Pasta dinner helps support Boardman Athletics

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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Gina Saxton and Diana Alvino helped out during the Booster Club Pasta Dinner on Feb. 19. They passed out cake to the guests.

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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Boardman Booster Club hosted its third annual pasta dinner on Feb. 19. Several committee members, coaches, athletes and other community members helped serve dinner, including upcoming Boardman Superintendent, Tim Saxton (left).

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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Players from the Boardman baseball team helped during the dinner by selling auction tickets. Pictured, from left, are Chris Dailey, Drew Wagner, Noah Lane, Lou Cardona, Hudson Widrig and Evan Noll.

By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI

abartolomucci@vindy.com

Boardman High School hosted its third annual Athletics Booster Pasta Dinner on Feb. 19.

The pasta dinner is put on during the basketball season and is sponsored by the Boardman Booster Club to help benefit Boardman athletics. The Booster Club members, other volunteers and some Boardman athletes were at the dinner selling raffle tickets, serving meals and helping in other various ways.

“The Boardman Booster has executive committee members that are here to help tonight. They are an organization that is extremely supportive of all of our athletic teams,” said Denise Gorski, Boardman Athletic Director.

The dinner is planned out to be on the night of a basketball game against a local rival team for the guests to enjoy after. Gorski uses halftime to honor the senior cheerleaders, basketball players, managers and community members who have given a lot to the Boardman schools, as well as Boardman superintendant, Frank Lazzeri, who is retiring after 44 years as superintendent, and Tim Saxton, the upcoming superintendent.

Gorski credited Diana Alvino and Jean Armstrong, two executive committee members of the Booster Club, for all of the work they do, as well. They are two large contributors to the dinner and to the Booster Club that helps Boardman and its athletics in several ways.

“I couldn’t even think of doing something like this without the two of them,” said Gorski.

This has become an annual tradition and a way to bring the Boardman community members together with the athletic community at Boardman. The Booster Club allows the Boardman athletics to have events like this and show how appreciated the athletic teams and Booster Club are.

“It’s a way to develop camaraderie between all of our athletic teams,” said Gorski.