Alexandria Sportsman's Report: Are You Ready for Some Alexandria High School Football?

(Editor’s note: The following information comes to Patch courtesy of the Alexandria Sportsman’s Club. Keep up to date with their activities by checking out there Web site, Facebook and Twitter pages. The Alexandria Sportsman’s Club, founded in 1947, is a non profit, sports-oriented, civic club organized to recognize and reward local high school athletes for excellence in sports and proficiency in the classroom.)

We are excited about all the fall sports, but the purpose of this report is to inform you that the night of 22 Sept at 7:15PM is when the Alexandria Sportsman’s Club features our four high school football teams. An annual tradition for decades, “Alexandria High School Football Coaches Night” will soon be here; block the date on your calendar so you will have the opportunity to hear from the head football coaches of Bishop Ireton, Episcopal, Saint Stephens and Saint Agnes, and T. C. Williams.

This will be the night that we introduce the NEW T.C. Williams coach, Marc Matthie, to the Community! Marc is a Chantilly High School graduate and, as Offensive Coordinator, led Centerville to State and National recognition. He is committed to bringing TCW back to its glory days of football by attracting outstanding, role-model coaches who will get the best out of our outstanding TCW student-athletes. We all look forward to hearing Marc discuss his program and mention some of his superstars. TCW is not the only football story in town.

Bishop Ireton Coach Tony Verducci, with the most tenure and wins of any coach in BI’s 50 year history, is poised to take the team of over 20 returning seniors back to the State Championship.

Episcopal Coach, Panos Voulgaris, has attracted some great offensive line standouts that he hopes will help his team win the Independent Athletic Conference outright, after achieving a 7-2 record in 2014.

SSSAS Coach Bernard Joseph will definitely improve on a challenging 2014 season; will definitely position his team to be a tough city rival; and will leverage his outstanding, regionally recognized, tight end to help his team move the ball down field.

The Sportsman’s Club is honored to hear from all these coaches and their outstanding teams and student-athletes. The 22 Sept meeting, at the Old Dominion Boat Club, is open to all and will start with a reception at 6:30PM hosted by John O’Connor, of State Farm Insurance. The meeting will begin at 7:15PM with the Mayor of our City, Bill Euille, planning to serve as the honored guest host.

This meeting will kick-off our 2015-2016 year. You will hear from all four coaches. Nick Roman (TCW grad), owner of Fairlington Pizza, the Original Neighborhood Pizzeria, will host a light dinner following the meeting.

The Alexandria Sportsman’s Club is very grateful for these two sponsors and we hope that you will consider talking to John about insurance or stopping by Nick’s place in the Fairlington Shopping Center for some great pizza, pasta and gyros.

Please go to the home page at www.alexandriavasports.org for more information about our outstanding speakers. You can also visit us on Facebook and Twitter.We look forward to seeing you on 22 September.

John R. Duke

President, Alexandria Sportsman’s Club

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