A Letter to our Parents...

Dear West Salem Booster Members:

The West Salem Booster Club is a volunteer organization that works with the City's Department of Parks and Recreation to find volunteer coaches, coordinate practice times, create team drafts, and purchase equipment for players that reside in West Salem. We're proud of the work we do to provide some of the best children's recreational sports opportunities in the Valley and we want to maintain open lines of communication between West Salem families and the recreational programs offered by the City.

We would like to tell you a few things about our programs:

1. ”It’s all about the kids”. Our programs are developed for the benefit of all players. We strive to teach the value of teamwork, physical fitness, healthy competition and the life skills that come with playing a sport. Anything else is secondary.

2. We hope that you will get involved! The Booster Club's membership comes entirely from West Salem families. We have a variety of projects (from coaching to uniform inventory) that are always in need of volunteers. In addition, your annual membership dues and contributions help purchase valuable equipment for our teams, provide "scholarship" funds for West Salem families in hardship situations who cannot afford playing fees -- and keep the cost of participation at a minimum for all players. To learn more about how you can get involved, visit www.westsalemboosterclub.com.

3. Our Coaches and our Boosters are all volunteers. As such, they devote a tremendous amount of time so that your child can have a positive sporting experience. If you have a problem or issue with a coach, please first consider whether or not your reaction is appropriate in light of the fact that our coaches volunteer their time. If you feel that there are serious issues regarding practice times, fairness and equity on the field, or coaching philosophy/behavior, then please know that this concern will be referred to the Booster Club Board immediately rather than being dealt with by the coach in question and the Board will decide what action, if any, is appropriate.

4. Officials are people too. Please remember that many of the people that are officiating games for your children do so for the love of the sport rather than the very meager stipend they are paid for each game. There will be calls that you disagree with as well as calls that officials simply miss. This is a part of the life of an athlete and complaining loudly from the sidelines does nothing to enhance anyone's enjoyment of the game. You might even go so far as to thank our officials after every game.

5. You are an example to your children. Your kids look to you for guidance and leadership far more than they will a sports coach. With that in mind, please be sure to be encouraging and positive in your interactions with players, coaches, and officials on the field and off. Children today face a world full of negative and angry messages. Try to counteract this by being your child's personal booster!


We would very much like for West Salem teams to be known for their good sportsmanship and outstanding parents as much as for their competitiveness. We appreciate everything you can do to make that happen.

Thanks again for encouraging your child to play sports with the City of Salem!

Photos from a season

Football season is winding down (everyone ready for Basketball?!) Here are some shots of our West Salem kids provided by Tammy Moushegian.

In some West Salem families, everone plays!



Jeff Clifton gets ready for another series.



Everyone needs some spirit!



WS 5th graders get ready to play...



West Salem after a win over North Salem.

West Salem players score big with Punt, Pass, and Kick!

The second, regional Punt, Pass, and Kick Competition was held last weekend and all 3 Salem players did a great job. Davey Pollard and Mackenzie Edwards won 1st place in each of their age groups and will hopefully have the opportunity to advance to the next level if they are in the top 5 of all the sectional winners. Zach Wright finished in second place. We'll have a picture of our players soon!

If you see these guys around town, congratulate them and thank them for representing us!

Fall Update 2009

Hello everyone,

It's the END of Football, Cheerleading, and Girls' Soccer season and we're looking for your great photos of games from West Salem teams to put on the web site. If you've got pictures of your kids playing in WS youth league games, please send them to us at tmoushegian@aol.com.

Membership meeting November 8th and By-Laws posted

Hello everyone, There will be a meeting of the West Salem Booster Club, Sunday November 8th at the Salem Parks and Rec. building on Florida Street @ 4:00p.m..

We've also made the Club's bylaws available online. You can view the By-Laws online here.

Spring soccer clinic pictures are up.

Hello! We've got pics from the Spring Soccer Clinic!

You can check them out here!

Basketball Play-offs... 10 year old girls

10 year old girls playoffs, final four pit the WS Slammers against the ES Tar Heels on a windy Saturday morning.



#2 Maya Cooke sinks a 2 point shot giving WS Slammers an 11 - 10 lead over the ES Tar Heels. # 51 Megan Megliarese of the ES Tar Heels defends, #23 Allyson Miller of WS Slammers in the background.

WS came from behind and won the game 15 - 10 to advance to the championship game!

Pics #3

March Madness is just around the corner... can you tell? Nick Ratliffe and Andrew Butts go head to head.



Clippers at the line, looking to make it a three-point play.

More Baskeball pics

Harlee Allen (#12) of the WS Wildcats puts one up after a steal. Evy Clyburn (#51) of the SS Wildcats tries to stop the shot. Go Wildcats!!



Brittney McDaniel (#31) puts up a jumper over Leshia Ahmed (#3) of SS...

Basketball pics!

The playoffs are just around the corner... here's what new in the world of Salem hoops.



Blake Davidson (#4) of the SS Heat is defended by the entire NS Amazing Spidermen team. Wonder if anyone else is open?



Braden Overstreet (#5) of the SS Heat puts one up from just outside the paint.

More to come!

Spring Sports Sign-ups

Hey everyone,

We're at the midpoint for Soccer signups. West Salem has approximately 95 kids signed up for soccer so far! Boys Baseball and Girls Softball are lagging behind though.

Signups continue til the end of the month. We'd love to see your child out there.

Basketball Game Schedules

The game schedule for Youth Basketball is available online. Just click the appropriate age group to find out when and where your child plays.

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Trophies

The West Salem Booster Club has put together some incentives that can benefit your players parents.

We currently have a program with Kudos trophies ( old CMT building ). Let them know you are a head coach with West Salem and they will give you 15% off your total purchase. Also they will give you two coaches plaques free.

Basketball Season!!

Hello everyone,

Basketball season is upon us. Practices are underway and we are looking forward to an exciting season of play for both boys and girls. The co-ordinators for our basketball programs are: Girls, Dennis Butts and Boys, Rob Almond. If you have a question that your child's coach can't answer, feel free to contact one of them.

Practice schedule to follow.