Four different sporting activities this week!
*Home Soccer game on Friday, Sept 14th. 5:30pm at the Lion's Club Soccer Complex in Rolla
*Home Volleyball game Friday, Sept 14th at 6pm at the Centre - JV and Varsity games
*Girls Basketball Open Gym, Thurs, Sept 13th at 6:30pm at First Assembly in Rolla
*Running Club, Tuesday, 7am at the Rolla Junior High Track, Thursday, 7am at Steeplechase Park, Saturday, 7am at Steeplechase park.

Come out and cheer on the Royals this week. Anyone is welcome to join the running club at any time! 

The RHAA Socer team will be playing at home on the following dates
***Times are subject to change***
Sept 14 - 5:30 home
Sept 17- 5:30 home
Sept 21- 5:30 home
All games will be at the Lion's Club Park Soccer fields!
Come out and cheer on the Royals!

Dear RHAA Parents,
It's hard to believe that basketball season is already upon us.
First we would like to announce the basketball coaching staff.
Listed below are the coaches that the RHAA board has selected for the coming basketball season.
Boys Varsity
Head Coach: Galen Johnson; 
Assistant Coach: Walter Williams 
Varsity/JV Team Coordinator: Tony Davis
JV Boys 
Head Coach: Tony Davis 
Assistant Coach: Chuck Cook 
Helpers: Joshua Riefer (when available)
Girls Varsity
Head Coach: Jill Dalton 
Assistant Coach: Tiffany Marshal
The rest of the information is intended for RHAA boys basketball only. Girls basketball is already offering open gyms on Thursdays. Additional information about try-outs will come out as a different communication.
We want to take this time to get you some information out on the upcoming season. We will begin having open gym/conditioning starting on 9/18 and one each of the following two weeks. Tryouts will start on 9 October and there will be a total of 4 tryout sessions. See the schedule below for details. If your son played for RHAA last season, he will need to attend the open gyms scheduled for the team he played for last season. The Junior team members and JV team members will need to attend the JV open gyms, and varsity players will need to attend the varsity open gyms. No self-promotion to the varsity level will be allowed. It will be the coaches' decision to move a player up to a higher level or down to a lower level. There is no guarantee that your son will play at the same level/team that he did last season. Tryouts will be used to determine who is on which team. Any new players age 16 and under should attend JV open gyms, and age 17 and over should attend varsity open gyms
We are expecting a large number of players to be at the open gyms and tryouts. We will likely have to make cuts this season, but that really depends on the number of players that tryout. We have considered many options for teams, but are leaning toward having a JV boys team, a JV boys practice team and a varsity team. We will get you more information on this JV practice team concept later. All of this is really dependent upon the number of players that try out, as stated earlier. Open gyms are not mandatory, but are highly encouraged. Open gyms are not tryouts, but the coaches do use them to evaluate players, therefore, please attend them if at all possible. We desire to have competitive teams with players that love to play basketball. If your son is involved in other activities that require him to miss a significant number of practices and games, he may want to consider not playing basketball this season. It isn't fair to the coaches or players if a player is missing a lot of practice time and games due to other activities.
If your son plans on wearing knee pads, arm sleeves, or a shirt under his jersey, they will need to be solid white in color. Rules require that the team all wear the same color of these items, and we have chosen white. They are welcome to wear whatever color they want to practice.
Listed below are the coaches that the RHAA boad has selected for the coming basketball season.
Listed below is a schedule of upcoming events.
Sep 18 - Open gym/conditioning - Redeemer Lutheran in Rolla - Varsity at 6:00 & JV at 7:30 - 9:00
Sep 25- Open gym/conditioning - Redeemer Lutheran in Rolla - Varsity at 6:00 & JV at 7:30 - 9:00
Oct 4 - Open gym/conditioning - Redeemer Lutheran in Rolla - Varsity at 6:00 & JV at 7:30 - 9:00
Oct 9 - Tryouts - Time and location to be determined
Oct 11 - Tryouts - Time and location to be determined
Oct 16 - Tryouts - Time and location to be determined 
Oct 18 - Tryouts - Time and location to be determined
* Teams will be announced by 7 pm on Oct 21
Oct 23 - 1st day of regular practice - Time and location to be determined
The game schedule is posted now on the Basketball Specific Calendar at rollaroyals.org. (http://www.rollaroyals.org/basketball-specific-calendar.html) These dates are subject to change due to facility availability and will be finalized by the end of October.
Thank you,
RHAA Board

Thursday, Sept 6, 6pm @ Truman Elementary
Friday, Sept 14, 6pm @ The Centre
Thursday, Sept 27, 5:30pm  @ Truman Elementary
Tuesday, Oct 9, 5:30pm  @ Truman Elementary
Monday, Oct 15, 6pm @ Truman Elementary

Come out and cheer on the Royals!

RHAA this week!
Volleyball HOME game, Thursday, Sept 6th . Come cheer on the Royals starting at 6pm at Truman Elementary in Rolla! Admission donation suggested.

Girls basketball open gym Thursday, 6:30-8 at First Assembly in Rolla

Running club, Tuesday morning at 7am, meet at the Rolla Junior High Track, Thursday morning 7am at Steeplechase Park, Saturday morning 7am at Steeplechase Park! ​

RHAA Girls Basketball will be conducting pre-season basketball clinics on Thursdays, 6:30-8 at First Assembly in Rolla, beginning on 8/30. 

​There is no charge for this clinic. This is open to girls ages 12-18, who are interested in trying out for this year's basketball season.  Please wear appropriate attire and bring a water bottle.  

***Changing Thursday running to morning to be available for CHESS picnic Thursday evening.***

​Homeschool students 12 and up and their parents or older siblings are invited to join in a running club.
The purpose of the running club is to gain endurance to prepare for another sport or just for general health and have some companionship while doing so.
We will meet at Steeplechase Park on Coventry Lane. (Turn south on Aintree Rd at the KTTR Studios on Soest.) We will stretch and go over a short running tip and then divide up into groups. I will have route maps for about 3 miles, 2 miles, and 1 mile that start and return to the park. The goal is to run as much as you can and try to improve your personal endurance. The routes are on streets so runners will need to obey normal pedestrian rules.
The park has a basketball court and a playground.

Sat, Aug 18, 7am
Tues, Aug 21, 7am
Thur, Aug 22, 7am
Sat, Aug 25, 7am

Tuesday:  (Immanuel Lutheran)
Girls 6-7:30 
Boys  7:15-9:00  
* Meet in the adjoining cafeteria at 7:15 for a brief meeting before starting practice at 7:30.
           

Thursday:  Girls   6-8:00 (Immanuel Lutheran)
                    
*Boys teams will be divided for their practices on Thursday. Time and place too be determined.  I will send out by Wednesday. 

***Detailed information about boys basketball practices will move to the calendar and to more private messaging after teams have been determined. 

***If girls are interested, there is still room!