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Bulletin Board
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Class of 2008--Plans for Life after Eye Street
Lafayette College
Rodney Gould
University of Maryland
A.J. Francis.
University of Pennsylvania
Jason Schmucker
Stanford University
Johnson Bademosi
Trinity College
Victor Farr
Eamon Hanifin
University of Virginia
Cameron Johnson
Winston-Salem State
Eric Wiggins
St. Vincent College
Terry Kernan
University of Michigan
Ryan Cantarella
Washington and Lee University
Taylor Malone
University of Kentucky
Jimmy Ingram
Brown University
Kenny Newcomer
Lafayette College
Rodney Gould
Loomis Chaffee
Wes Taylor
Colorado State
Dave Thompson
James Madison University
Matt Long
Johns Hopkins
Alex Villa
Milton Academy
Zory Lyles
St. John's University
Andrew Wurst
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IMPORTANT DATES!!
Tickets for the Jesuit Gridiron Classic Game are on sale in the Athletic Department. Tickets are $10 each. All proceeds go to the Washington Jesuit Academy.
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Embroidered Gonzaga Sportswear
Gonzaga Embroidered Sweats Order Form
A wonderful Gift Idea from a football mom!
Mary Sue Kernan. If you have any embroidering needs, such as personalized gifts (monogrammed towels, shirts, bags), other teams/school clothing (basketball, lacrosse, wrestling, baseball..), coaches gifts, etc, let me know.
My address is:
16820 Camberford Street, Derwood, MD 20855. Please call me at 301-330-5285 or email me at mskernan@comcast.net, if you have any questions.
See Handout Menu for Order Form.
(Online Form will be available later this week.)
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Preventing Staph Infection
Staph
With all of the media attention given to staph in schools and particularly among football players, I thought I'd pass along some information on how we can best keep our players and coaches healthy. Staph is, by far, the most common skin bacteria, and most staph responds well to anti-bacterial agents--soap, ointment, and disinfectant. The more dangerous strain of staph that you are hearing about on the news (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus--called MRSA) is resistant to conventional treatments, and the best way to keep it from becoming a problem at Gonzaga and among our players is to prevent it.
Gonzaga, the Athletic Department in particular, has already taken aggressive steps to disinfect the locker room and equipment, but the best way to protect against staph and other types of opportunistic infection is to shower using anti-bacterial soap and wash practice gear every day. This is a major departure from the norm for most players, so be prepared to meet resistance--then insist that they comply. Please tell your sons to keep their gear locked up. Your sons' best efforts to keep themselves bug-free go out the window if someone with an infection uses their girdle, pants or even pads. It happens all the time that guys 'borrow' from open lockers.
Most importantly, staph looks somewhat like acne (red dots and pustules), and it is most easily treated if detected early--often it appears on legs, arms, armpits and shoulders. It is spread by contact and bodily fluids, and it can be transmitted to skin from surfaces of clothing and equipment. Cuts and scrapes should be washed with anti-bacterial soap and treated with bacitracin as directed, then covered until they are completely healed during periods of contact with other players. Anything that looks suspicious or spreads needs to be evaluated by a doctor ASAP.
A staph infection is not an indictment of one's personal hygiene, but preventing it requires taking careful measures in that department. Please insist that your son not put on anyone else's helmet or shoulder pads, or use someone else's pads, wrist bands, gloves, girdles, mouthpieces, or even t-shirts. Under no circumstances should they share bars of soap, antiperspirants, hair brushes, combs, or anything else that makes contact with skin.
Thanks for your help keeping our players healthy.
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Medical Forms
Medical Forms may be turned in at any time to the Headmaster's Office at Gonzaga. All players must have medical forms on file to participate in the first day of practice
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