The Houston Tiger Booster Club recently received permission to sell all-sports passes for the 2008-’09 school year. The pass will grant the holder access to every home ballgame, excluding sanctioned MSHSAA playoff games, at both the high school and middle school levels.
Passes cost $25 for students, $50 for individuals and $75 for families. They will be available at home football and volleyball games. They will also be sold on the Houston Schools campus, Houston Herald, VIP Properties and Sassafras Salon.
The passes will offer considerable savings to Houston sports fans. There are 58 home games in fall and winter sports, which would equal $174 for one adult. Varsity games only would be $93.
A small portion of each sale will be given to the booster club, which last year gave $2,500 to the baseball team toward the purchase of a new scoreboard and held a successful end-of-the-year banquet for every high school athlete.
“We appreciate the support of the school faculty, especially Mr. (Ben) Yocom, Dr. (Dan) Vandiver and coach (Chris) Edwards,” said Jeff McNiell, booster club president. “They played pivotal roles in making this possible. We’d also like to thank the school board for giving us this opportunity”
The booster club is hosting a membership meeting at 6 p.m. Sunday at the football field. Anyone interested in joining or supporting the booster club is asked to attend. Membership dues of $15 will be collected that evening.
Members will receive an exclusive T-shirt and be invited to future announced booster club meetings to voice their opinion and help make decisions. They will also volunteer in the concession or memorabilia stand at home games to help raise money for Houston’s athletic teams.
