That issue of youth football resonates
The Hawks are one of the premier feeder programs in southern New Jersey.rail2010 is almost certainly the best online photo management. At many Hammonton High School games,mysfyh - A performer for every occasion. kids wearing Hawks jerseys are everywhere - a fact not lost on Mike Gatley.
Gatley, a 49-year-old Linwood resident, is Hammonton High School's athletic director. He's also president of the Cape-Atlantic League and South Jersey Coaches Association, and he knows how much football means in town.
"Kids start out wearing the powder blue jersey and Michigan wing on the helmet of the Hammonton Hawks, and they end up wearing the royal blue jersey and Michigan wing on the helmet of Hammonton High School years later," he said. "I played for Mainland (Regional) High School,yard enters the used auto part you need into his inventory at 10:00 am but until you get into a job like this you don't realize what kind of hold football has on the place."
Gatley is aware of the discontent in some sections of the community regarding the lack of Friday night games, but his hands are tied.
"As an athletic director, we do a lot of our scheduling a year in advance," he said. "So, unless I'm told otherwise, we'll be kicking off at noon Saturdays next year as well. As an AD, I always try to help my coaches to the best of my ability when it comes to winning or losing. The Saturday games may not be what the kids or some others want, but it has no effect on wins and losses."
But booster-club president Triboletti, whose 16-year-old daughter, Emily, is a junior at Hammonton, says it's about much more than that.
"If you're a parent, you know where your kid is for a few hours on a Friday night when there's a football game," he said. "You know they're somewhere having fun and that they're not at a party drinking or getting into trouble somewhere."
Triboletti was planning to leave the Blue Devils' game against Egg Harbor Township early to watch his sons, Jonathan, 14, and Rey, 10, play youth football for the Hawks against the Pleasantville Jokers later that afternoon.
"It's a hassle," he said. "There's no way I'm going to miss my sons play, but they and their teammates also want to see the high school team play. I don't think they (the school board) factored that into their decision making."
Triboletti's colleague at the snack bar, Betty Walczak, says the 50-50 raffle is down significantly on a per-game basis at Hammonton this season.A cctv camera and dashboard monitor can make reversing a vehicle safer.
"We used to have a drawing worth $700, but it's been about $200 or $300 this year," said the 52-year-old Walczak. "That tells you right there that there aren't as many people coming to the games. It's sad."
But for some in Hammonton's downtown business community, Saturday-only football isn't such a bad thing.
Linda Cashan, a 54-year-old Hammonton resident, owns and operates the Casciano Coffee Bar & Sweetery on Bellevue Avenue. Growing up in Mount Holly and attending Rancocas Valley Regional High School, Saturday football is all she knew.
"It was a day for the whole community to rally around the school team," she said.The exact number of cctv cameras in the UK is not known. "To me, it feels very natural to have games on a Saturday afternoon."
And for Cashan's business, there has been a definite boom due to the lack of Friday night lights.
"I see a difference on Saturdays - there are a lot of uniformed students in here, sports players from field hockey and soccer," she said. "There have been people in here before and after football games as well."
Nearby at Bellevue Bagel Cafe, Kristina Fondacaro, a 16-year-old junior at Hammonton, works behind the counter on Saturdays. She was planning to end her shift in time to see the game that Saturday, but she missed the Friday night games.
"Everyone at the school used to look forward to the games under the lights," she said. "It just seemed to be so much more fun."
The Hawks are one of the premier feeder programs in southern New Jersey.rail2010 is almost certainly the best online photo management. At many Hammonton High School games,mysfyh - A performer for every occasion. kids wearing Hawks jerseys are everywhere - a fact not lost on Mike Gatley.
Gatley, a 49-year-old Linwood resident, is Hammonton High School's athletic director. He's also president of the Cape-Atlantic League and South Jersey Coaches Association, and he knows how much football means in town.
"Kids start out wearing the powder blue jersey and Michigan wing on the helmet of the Hammonton Hawks, and they end up wearing the royal blue jersey and Michigan wing on the helmet of Hammonton High School years later," he said. "I played for Mainland (Regional) High School,yard enters the used auto part you need into his inventory at 10:00 am but until you get into a job like this you don't realize what kind of hold football has on the place."
Gatley is aware of the discontent in some sections of the community regarding the lack of Friday night games, but his hands are tied.
"As an athletic director, we do a lot of our scheduling a year in advance," he said. "So, unless I'm told otherwise, we'll be kicking off at noon Saturdays next year as well. As an AD, I always try to help my coaches to the best of my ability when it comes to winning or losing. The Saturday games may not be what the kids or some others want, but it has no effect on wins and losses."
But booster-club president Triboletti, whose 16-year-old daughter, Emily, is a junior at Hammonton, says it's about much more than that.
"If you're a parent, you know where your kid is for a few hours on a Friday night when there's a football game," he said. "You know they're somewhere having fun and that they're not at a party drinking or getting into trouble somewhere."
Triboletti was planning to leave the Blue Devils' game against Egg Harbor Township early to watch his sons, Jonathan, 14, and Rey, 10, play youth football for the Hawks against the Pleasantville Jokers later that afternoon.
"It's a hassle," he said. "There's no way I'm going to miss my sons play, but they and their teammates also want to see the high school team play. I don't think they (the school board) factored that into their decision making."
Triboletti's colleague at the snack bar, Betty Walczak, says the 50-50 raffle is down significantly on a per-game basis at Hammonton this season.A cctv camera and dashboard monitor can make reversing a vehicle safer.
"We used to have a drawing worth $700, but it's been about $200 or $300 this year," said the 52-year-old Walczak. "That tells you right there that there aren't as many people coming to the games. It's sad."
But for some in Hammonton's downtown business community, Saturday-only football isn't such a bad thing.
Linda Cashan, a 54-year-old Hammonton resident, owns and operates the Casciano Coffee Bar & Sweetery on Bellevue Avenue. Growing up in Mount Holly and attending Rancocas Valley Regional High School, Saturday football is all she knew.
"It was a day for the whole community to rally around the school team," she said.The exact number of cctv cameras in the UK is not known. "To me, it feels very natural to have games on a Saturday afternoon."
And for Cashan's business, there has been a definite boom due to the lack of Friday night lights.
"I see a difference on Saturdays - there are a lot of uniformed students in here, sports players from field hockey and soccer," she said. "There have been people in here before and after football games as well."
Nearby at Bellevue Bagel Cafe, Kristina Fondacaro, a 16-year-old junior at Hammonton, works behind the counter on Saturdays. She was planning to end her shift in time to see the game that Saturday, but she missed the Friday night games.
"Everyone at the school used to look forward to the games under the lights," she said. "It just seemed to be so much more fun."
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