Tracy High Football: Welcome
Thursday, May 24
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A great learning opportunity awaits all youth - freshman football levels on June 19-21 from 6-8 p.m. @ Wayne Schneider Stadium (Tracy High). Join us for the Bulldog Football Summer Skills Camp.
Cost: $40 (includes t-shirt, wristband, BBQ, and 3 quality days of instruction).
Make checks payable to THS Skills Clinic. Mail the registration form and check to Tracy High football Attn: Matt Shrout. 315 E. 11th Street, Tracy CA 95376
See attached flyer for more information and the registration form.
The camp will be instructed by the Tracy High football coaching staff, former Bulldog players and local youth football coaches.
More questions??? Contact Matt Shrout 830-3360 ext 2281 or mshrout@tusd.net
Thursday, May 24
The final payment for the St. Mary's (Moraga) Team Camp is due on June 1 (last day of school)
The varsity has a passing tournament on June 23 at Delta College from 8-noon.
The August 18 scrimmage at St. Mary's (Stockton) will start at 10 a.m. for all three levels of play.
New summer calendars for varsity and sophomore have been produced below.
The practice schedules for the summer and fall are below followed by the game schedules. Note this is always subject to change. Always check the website for the latest.
Varsity 2012 Summer and Fall revised May 24, 2012
Sophomore 2012 Summer and Fall revised May 24, 2012
Freshman 2012 Summer Full fall game schedule here.
2012 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE + KEY DATES (click to expand)
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Tuesday, May 8
The Dogs have been on the practice field a couple of times each week learning formations. Summer practice beings June 4.
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Monday, April 30
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Saturday, April 28
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Cody Daniel who led the Bulldog offense in 2011 and put up some heavy duty numbers has signed with Sewanee University located between Nashville and Chattanooga Tennessee.
"I went on a visit there in January and really like the campus, the football coaches, and the entire program," said Daniel in an interview with me. "The coaches worked hard to get me to come to their school and gave me an offer that I could not pass up. I chose that school over California schools because they run the same offense as the Bulldogs and I will be able to play quarterback instead of defensive back."
Cody will leave for his new school on August 11 and begin preparing immediately for the first NCAA games which start on September 1.
Tuesday, March 20
Football Players and Parents - I've attached the March 6 letter highlighting the summer practices, the St. Mary's camp, and eligibility. Please read in either the Adobe Acrobrat version or Microsoft Word version.
Highlights of the memo include:
- Summer Practice is June 4-15
- St. Mary's College summer camp for the team is June 24-27 ($275 per player). Deposit of $150 due on April 30 with balance due on June 1.
- 2.0 GPA and no F's to be eligible to play football.
- Full summer schedule will be posted here in the near future.
Wednesday, April 18
HISTORIC GAME FILM LIBRARY AVAILABLE (click to view)
Monday, February 20
If you have a son in the Tracy High Football program, the coaching staff strongly suggests you schedule your summer vacation plans for the month of July. June is filled with football related activities, practice, and camps. In early August football kicks into full swing with preparation for the season.
If you have any questions, please contact your repsective coach at the freshman (Coach Fishburn), Sophomore (Coach Smith), or varsity (Coach Shrout) level.
Thursday, January 26
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In the fall of 2012, the Tracy High Bulldogs will call West High home for all their football games while the new stadium is built at Tracy High. A total of 6 games will be played at West in 2012.
Monday, November 7
Tracy Press photographer Glenn Moore graduated in the THS stadium in 1982. He was on hand Friday night to document the game and shares his thoughts on his snapshots blog which you can view here.
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Sunday, November 6
I've placed in one location all the photos and videos from each game of the 2011 season. You can order photographs in one of two ways:
- Through the photo library website that the photos appear on (requries a credit card to purchase), OR
- You can e-mail me the file name and size of print you want, and I'll get it professionally processed and hand deliver to you here in town (cash or check). It is a few cents less this way as there is no shipping cost or middle man.
Remember that my photo prices are significantly less than the corporate photographers who are interested in profiting from your purchase. Any revenue generated on my pictures goes right back into paying for the websites and multimedia gear to cover Tracy High sports. When you buy one of Wayne Thallander pictures (on my website), the proceeds go right back into helping with the school journalism program.
I can also do cropping and other special adjustments on any picture. I also do montages as gifts. I can be reached at stujossey@tracyhighbaseball.com OR 209-609-1456.
| Los Banos | Golden Vly | Kimball | West | Franklin E.G. | Lodi | Lincoln | Chavez | B.C. | Franklin | |
| Freshman | None | None | Pictures | Pictures | Pictures | Pictures | St. Mary | |||
| Sophomores | Pictures | Pictures | Pictures | Pictures | Pictures | Pictures | None | Pictures | Pictures | Pictures |
| Varsity | Pictures | None | Pictures |
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Friday, November 4
A nice article written by Sam Matthews appears in todays edition of the Tracy Press here. Below is the timeline they presented:
1921 - Football begins at Tracy High
1925— Football returns to Tracy High School.
1927— Citizen volunteers build fence around football field, which is named Peter B. Kyne Field for San Francisco author. Bleachers erected.
1936— Lights installed atop eight wooden utility poles to begin night games. Track constructed around field. (photos available on this website).
1948— Wooden bleachers from U.S. Navy Fleet City reconstructed on home side of field.
1979— Home-side bleachers found to be fire and structural hazards, ruled unsafe for use. Temporary bleachers used.
1980— Save Our Stadium (SOS) citizens’ group leads project, by raising funds and completing construction, to build new home-side metal bleachers and install new lights. Contributed and district funds finance project.
1993— Press box on east side reconstructed a year after arson fire destroys citizen-built press box.
1997— New natural turf is installed on a field leveled and prepared by citizen volunteers, who raised funds for project.
2008— Stadium is named Wayne Schneider Stadium to honor longtime coach of championship teams.
2011 — Final football game is played Nov. 4 on field. Demolition scheduled to begin in July.
2012 - Tracy to play home games at neutral sites
2013 - Field grand opening for Fall 2013 season
Saturday, October 3
While I have a whole page on this site dedicated to answering frequently asked photo questions, I thought I would highlight one basic question that comes up frequently and is often misunderstood. If you see a picture you like in one of my web galleries on "Smug Mug," and you would like a print, you can order directly from that site. This is a professional retail photo service that I pay for which accepts credit cards and your order is printed through Bay Photo Lab which has been in business since 1976 offering high quality photo finishing. The pictures are mailed directly to you in a couple of days (not bad for less than $3). I don't handle or see your financial transaction, I'm only alerted that an order has been placed.
If you don't want to use a credit card, can't seem to get the shopping cart to work, or have any type of special request, you can always e-mail me with the file name and size of the picture you want. I'll develop it locally at a quality printing service and deliver it to you (check or cash accepted) usually within a week.
Remember the small proceed of approx $1.50 per picture goes towards keeping the site up and running or is contributed to the Tracy High School newspaper when ordering a picture taken by Mr. Thallander of THS.
These prices are significantly less than the professional photographers in town or Max Preps.
Players, remember I can always provide you with small images for free that I scale to fit on your Myspace or Facebook sites. Enjoy!
Tuesday, January 11
NCAA ELIGIBILITY WEBSITE
Friday, May 27
Here are the contacts for the football program:
Varsity Head Coach - Matt Shrout - mshrout@tusd.net
Sophomore Head Coach - Greg Smith - gsmith@tusd.net
Freshman Head Coach - Jay Fishburn jfishburn@tusd.net
Questions about this website, photos, video, advertising, etc can be directed to me stujossey@tracyhighfootball.com
Wednesday, August 10
There was a time just a few decades ago where being a Bulldog meant everything to the youth of Tracy. Tracy High was the one and only school in town and the Bulldog football program was the prime attraction in the community. "The town used to shutdown on Friday nights and pack the stands whether we were at home or on the road," said legendary Tracy High Coach Wayne Schneider.
As I've begun to closely follow and document the Bulldog football program over the past several years I've acquired an appreciation for the rich history of the program and the pride that the Tracy alumni have for their program. I'm in the process of integrating numerous historical pieces to provide a detailed look at Tracy High Football from the 1920s to present.
To start with, here is a short documentary done in 1987 by Bay Area news station KRON on Tracy High. It is titled "The Boys of Autumn" I've made a digital copy of it, placed it on You Tube, and created several DVDs.
MEET YOUR 2012 FOOTBALL COACHES
