Padre Football

Parents Planning Guide

The following will give parents and players a general idea of the entire football program. You might think the football program starts in August and ends in October, but you'd be very wrong. There are many, many activities that run the whole year.

The following is a overview of those activities and events. If you have other items you think should be added to the list, please contact any Touchdown Club board member.

Timeframe	Participants	Description
End of May	Seniors	Graduation and announcement of Ernesto and Nora Ramirez Scholarship recipient.
Last week of May, first few days of June	All Players and family	Summer Vacation. Best time to take a family vacation!
Late May to late July	All Players	Strength, Agility, and Speed (SAS) training. A morning and afternoon session is offered and runs a couple hours per session Monday-Friday. Cost normally runs $100 per player.
A Saturday in Mid June	Invited Players	All Star Game.
A Saturday in late June and/or July	All Players	Sports Physicals. Scheduled for convenience in accomplishing physicals portion of the Athletic packet. Typically held on a Saturday and sometimes a Notary is available.
Last week of July	F/JV/Varsity	Champ Camp. Pre-season skills camp. Runs every day for several hours. Cost normally runs $80 to $100 per player. Meals provided.
Late July	F/JV/Varsity	Players Meeting.
Early August	F/JV/Varsity, families, and friends	Pre-season Social. Typically held as a local restaurant.
Mid-Late August	Seniors	Senior Dinner. Seniors honored before season starts. Set goals for the year.
Mid-Late August	Varsity	Round Robin Jamboree. Local high schools (Chandler, Dobson, MdN) evening of round robin scrimmages. MdN sells merchandise; Grad Night sells water.
Mid-Late August	F/JV/Varsity	Pictures. Photos taken for the media, annual program.
Mid-Late August	MdN Touchdown volunteers	Yard Signs. Yard signs are made for all players to be distributed at Freshman/JV scrimmage.
A Saturday in Late August	F/JV/Varsity parents and family	Freshman/JV Scrimmage, Hot dog/Potluck Social, Mandatory Parents meeting. Typically held on a Saturday at MdN. Usually meeting held at 5 pm, potluck at 5:30 and scrimmage at 6 pm. Freshman and JV eat after scrimmage.
August/September	Parents of F/JV/Varsity Players	Pre-game meal fees are due. All players are provided a meal before every game. Typically the cost is $30 per player.
August/September	F/JV/Varsity	Gold Card Sales Fundraiser. Proceeds goes to Coach for team needs (apparel, trips, etc.)
August-October	F/JV/Varsity	Every day practice and regular game season. Typically Freshman play on Wednesdays at 6 p.m., JV plays on Thursdays at 6 p.m., and Varsity on Fridays at 7 p.m.
A Saturday in August or September	F/JV/Varsity	Car Wash. Typically held in MdN student parking lot from 7:30 am to noon. Freshman work 7:30 to 9 am, JV 9 to 10:30 am and Varsity 10:30 am to noon.
Late September to October	F/JV/Varsity	Candle Sales. Players sell candles wrapping up orders before fall break. Candles delivered between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
November to January	Varsity	Practice and Post-Season (playoffs)
A Saturday night in January or February	Varsity and family	Varsity banquet. Celebration held at a facility/restaurant - dinner is served.
Last Varsity regular season home game typically in November	Seniors and family	Senior Night! Parents and family walk out onto the field with their Senior before kickoff.
January to April/May	TD Club volunteers	Golf Tournment work Sponsors/Donations. Work begins to get sponsors for event and donations for raffle/auctions.
A day in February	8th graders	Eight Grade Orientation. MdN Football information and paraphernalia distributed to 8th graders.
February - May	All Players	Open field. Typically held a couple days a week after school to allow youngsters to come and get better. No cost.
A Saturday in April (hopefully) or June	Player volunteers and golfers	Golf Tournament for the first 120 or so golfers to sign up! This event raises the majority of funding for the Touchdown Club. Parents - bring your game!
Mid- to late- April	Seniors	Applications for "Ernesto and Nora Ramirez Scholarship" due.
April - July	Players selected by coaches. Head Varsity coach selects coaches.	Passing Leagues, Combines, Clinics are held during this timeframe. Examples are San Diego Passing league, UofA Passing League, NAU Passing League, Surprise Passing League. ASU Coaches Clinic, USC Coaches clinic, NAU Passing League,
May-June	F/JV/Varsity	MdN Passing League. Held at various local high schools
May - August	Touchdown Club and volunteers	Work starts on annual Football Program. Extensive work on selling ads and getting sponsors. Goal is to be finished before first Varsity home game.
First couple weeks in May	JV/Varsity	Spring Football.
Mid-May	Incoming Freshman	Freshman football. Typically held the last two days before the Brown and Gold Scrimmage.
Mid-May	F/JV/Varsity and family	Annual Brown and Gold Scrimmage and Potluck Social. Held at MdN. End of Spring Football celebration. Typically held the second week of May on a Thursday, but depends on baseball, finals, and baseball season.