Alumni Game Information - 2/20/10

Message to Alumni:

Hope everyone is well. Not sure if you are aware, but we have the 5th Alumni match coming up February 20, 2010. Currently the series between the Boys Varsity squad and Alumni squad is 2-1-1 with the Alums having the advantage. We have a 3 game undefeated streak that we need to keep going .

This year’s event will be a big celebration as Coach Kevin Heise is celebrating his 20th season as Varsity coach at BC. There aren’t many coaches that stay at one place for 20 years and have had the success that Kevin has had year in and year out. Just so you know, in his 19 seasons so far, here are some of his accomplishments:

Overall record of 315-131-17 .699 win percentage. Top 10 among active coaches in South Carolina in terms of career victories and is one of only nine prep coaches in the Palmetto State to eclipse the 300-win plateau.

SCACA Coach of the Year - 2001
NSCAA S.C. Large School Division Coach of the Year - 2006
North-South Soccer Classic All-Star Game Coach - 3 times (1997-2002-06)
The State/Neighbor's All-Area Coach of the Year - 3 times (1993-95-2001)
Region Coach of the Year - 7 times (1994-97-98-2000-01-02-05)
BCHS Athletic Staff Coach of the Year - 2001

Team Honors –
5 NSCAA Team Academic Awards
2 3A Lower State Championships
5 Final Four Appearances
9 Region Titles
16 Top 10 Rankings
17 Consecutive Playoff Appearances
14 season with 15+ Wins
7 seasons with 19+ Wins

We are hoping to get friends and family out to the game to help celebrate Kevin’s 20th season and to celebrate the program that he has built here at BC. It will be great to see old friends and to see how out of shape we all are! For those who have been involved in past Alumni matches, this is going to be similar to the weekends festivities from 2 years ago. After talks with Will Eudy (’95), Troy Lesesne (’01) and other Alums, we have come up with some ideas. The match itself will be the same, but we are trying to make it more of an entire weekend gathering of former teammates and friends. Plan are as follows:
Friday Night--February 19th, 2010

7:30-- Dinner at Grecian Gardens with the current Varsity Boys squad and coaches. This will give us a chance to interact with the current squad and allow us to catch up with former teammates. We will be having a buffet style (pizza, salad, chicken strips). If you plan to attend the dinner please let me know ASAP so I can let the restaurant know how many will be attending

9:00-- After dinner with the current squad, the adults will head on to Bogart’s to continue the celebrations.

Saturday--February 20th, 2010

12:30-- Girls Alumni Game

2:30-- Boys Alumni Game

7:30-- Evening…. we will have an outing for both Girls and Boys Alumni at Hard Knox Grill or Bogart's in West Columbia. Please feel free to bring wives,husbands, girlfriends,boyfriends or any friends. It will be a celebration long into the night.

For those who are interested in attending any of the weekend festivities, please contact me so we can better organize the weekend. Also, if you have other ideas please let me know.

Forward this to anyone that I may have missed.

Thanks,
Alex Koutrakos (’94)
alexk94@sc.rr.com