2017 - 11th Annual East Texas Passing Academy

2017 - 11th Annual

East Texas Passing Academy

quarterbacks / wide receivers / tight ends -- registration form

July 10th - 12th, 2017 (Monday - Wednesday)

5:30pm - 8:30pm

Camp Hosted at Jeff Traylor Stadium

Posted on June 16, 2017 by E-Mail

Matt Turner is joined by SMU "Guest Coach" Jeff Traylor; together they have coached the Gilmer Buckeyes to 14 undefeated district Championships and 5 state final appearances, including 3 state championships in 17 years. They are joined by Alan Metzel from the championship staff. You will always be working with some of the top coaches in the state.

BENEFITS

Receive personal instruction from each coach.
Receive in-depth training in the fundamentals.
You will concentrate on you area of expertise.
Associate with athletes from all around the state.
Gain an advantage over your competition

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How Gilmer came to be known as the Buckeyes

By JOE BLOUNT Long before the birth of Christ the buckeye was known to have medicinal value. The nutlike seed, found abundantly on shrubs here in East Texas, first got its notoriety as a curative agent from the Greco-Roman culture. Their god of medicine was Aesculapian. Even today botanical scientists place the buckeye within the genus Aesculus, recognize it as a member of the horse-chestnut family and are still highly puzzled by its many and varied phytochemicals. “Phyto,” as you may recall from biology, simply means “from plants.” There are a great number of antioxidants and maintenance chemicals found in the buckeye’s pulp. There are also many toxic compounds and several of the substances are downright poisonous. Early Greek docs would skin the buckeye and boil the endosperm, producing a brew that was taken internally. Most often, just as the case may still be today, the cure inevitably turned out to be worse than the disease. So now, we see that the buckeye is poisonous. We also b...

Ticket information

Tickets are now available to purchase online for our home game against Pine Tree this Friday. Go to gilmerisd.org and scroll down to “Box Office”. General Admission tickets are $8. Student tickets are available until noon on Friday for $5. Tickets will be sold at the gate (cash only) for $8. No student tickets will be sold at gate. Orange cards will be honored! Come out and support our Gilmer BUCKEYES!!!

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