Toadvine Blog

High school football is wrapping up over the next three weeks. It’s playoff time, which means your stadium and your scoreboard get a rest. If your team is still alive, then good luck. If you’re just curious which teams are still alive, then this link will let you search all of Kentucky football classes. While we’re at it, here’s a link for Tennessee, Indiana, and Ohio. We aim to please.

A lot of action has taken place during the season, and if your scoreboard has taken some dings, we’re here to help. Our team at Toadvine Enterprises, in partnership with Nevco, can fix what’s broken. If you’re just ready to replace your existing football scoreboard or soccer scoreboard, then we can help with that as well. Fill out our request a quote form on our website, and someone from our team will be in touch within 24 hours, probably sooner. We still use the telephone too, so ring us at 502-241-6010 if that’s your style.

While it’s easy to put off repairs with basketball season upon us and the focus shifting indoors, don’t wait. Check that puppy off your to do list this month.

Speaking of basketball season, we do indoor scoreboards as well for basketball and volleyball. If you’re in a bind and need a repair or a new one before the season gets rocking, contact us today.

P.S. Who’s gonna win the state football tournaments? Give us your picks in the comments below.

Can you believe it’s almost time for basketball season? While most of the college programs had their midnight madness a few Fridays ago, high school teams are practicing hard and gearing up for the season.

Speaking of basketball season, how’s your gym looking? Basketball season is the time when gymnasiums—and bleachers especially—see the most traffic, and wear and tear. Fans pack the stands for both boys’ and girls’ games each week, so it’s crucial that your bleachers are in good condition.

If you think it’s time to get your bleachers inspected before the season officially begins, check out Vine & Branch, our maintenance division. Our maintenance and safety inspection program handles all of your indoor and outdoor seating and equipment inspections. Vine & Branch is also fully staffed with manufacturer-certified service technicians to ensure the safety of your seating. You can fill out the maintenance form on our website to learn more and get the process started.

Need new bleachers entirely? We can help with that too. We just completed a bleacher installation at DeSales High School in Louisville, KY. This was a very large job, with three separate banks of bleachers. Whether your project is large like this or smaller, contact us for a quote or to get the process started.

So we’re halfway through the college football season, one-third of the way through the NFL’s schedule, and high school football will be approaching playoff time in a few weeks. But the real question is, how is your fantasy football team doing? Well, we’ll come back to that.

If you’re a Louisville or Kentucky football fan, you’ve had better and brighter Septembers and Octobers. We all knew it might be a rough year for the Commonwealth, but maybe not this rough. The other state schools aren’t fairing much better. Western Kentucky has picked up some big wins this year, but other than that we don’t have much to get excited about.

In terms of the NFL, it’s been interesting to see parity back in the game. The Colts minus Manning are getting drummed, while the 49ers, Lions, Bengals, and Bills are creeping toward the top of their divisions. The Eagles, Jets, Chargers, and Falcons have struggled. Then teams not used to the cellar are planted there like the Vikings, Jaguars, and Broncos. The Dolphins and Rams join the Colts as the only winless teams.

All signs point to the Pats and Packers. Of course the Steelers slow start could be just that. Who would count them out? Also, the Saints are playing well for the most part.

In the world of fantasy football, it’s been about Brady to Welker, Rodgers and Brees, Megatron, Fred Jackson, Matt Forte, Cam Newton, Jimmy Graham, and Arian Foster back with a vengeance. Big flops for many of the top draft picks are players like Vick, Chris Johnson, Peyton Manning, Phillip Rivers, and a whole host of other running backs and receivers. Hopefully you have a few of the players listed above, and not many of the players I just mentioned.

Even if you’re a bottom dweller, there’s always hope on the waiver wire. After all, you could have picked up Demarco Murray this week.

Whatever the case, it’s great to be in the middle of football season, and the beautiful fall weather.

If you’re interested in following the Kentucky High School Football standings and playoffs, here’s a great resource.

The Kentucky School Plant Management Association’s (KSPMA) 22nd annual conference is scheduled for October 25-28, 2011 in Lexington, KY.

The event will take place at Embassy Suites at 1801 Newton Pike.

KSPMA is a state organization that is dedicated to promoting and enhancing the educational process through proper management practices related to school operations and maintenance.

The annual convention is held each fall in different cities associated with KSPMA. From this conference you can expect to:

• See the newest equipment and materials.
• Discuss common and not so common problems in your field.
• Receive the latest information on pertinent topics from professionals.
• Enjoy a variety of social activities.

Matt, Mike, and Chris will be attending the event to answer questions about maintenance services as well as provide information related to indoor and outdoor athletic equipment, indoor seating, outdoor seating, and more.

Exhibitors can pre-register on KSPMA’s website. If you’re planning on attending as a guest, please stop by our booth and say hi. We’d love to connect with you!

We have a few overstock items for sale that we wanted to pass along. Please call our office at 502.241.6010 or contact us through our website for more information.

• Four 4 row x 21 foot and three 4 row x 27 foot bleachers (slightly used, only a few months old)
• An overstock of blue bleacher riser (brand new)
• Two shot clocks (brand new)

For those of you looking for a new volleyball system, Porter’s Powr-Rib II Volleyball system is the ultimate indoor system. This system is designed for its strength and ease of set up, and the best part is, it comes at a competitive price. This system has all of the features you need to play competition volleyball, including:

• Revolutionary design. The Powr-Rib II gets its name from its design. The volleyball end standards are constructed of high strength, lightweight aluminum extrusion which reduces the weight of the system incredibly. This allows for the ease of installation by the end user. Two reinforcing ribs are centered throughout the entire length of the uprights to increase strength and durability. The top and bottoms of the up rights are fitted with custom molded caps to protect the finish of the floor.

• Quick-release tension straps. This helps to keep the cable from fraying and kinking, by not having to wrap around the winch drum. The functional, multi-sport use and the sliding collar allow for this system to be used in all men’s, women’s, and junior USVBA competition-height settings. This system can go further with its ability to also be converted into a tennis net system.

• Height adjustment lock and net height markings. Collar instantly locks into place using a pressure lock T-handle which provides a positive locking feature at any height on the upright. The Powr-Winch net tension system is a positive disc brake release device which provides the most durable, safe, and simple net attachment system available.

Call Toadvine Enterprises today at 502.241.6010 to find out more about our athletic equipment and pricing on the Powr-Rib II Volleyball System!

In case you haven’t seen or heard, there’s a new trend in high school and middle school athletics, VIP seating. It’s like what you see in college: a select section of the stands is devoted to VIP seating, with season tickets being sold for each seat.

The trend we’re starting to see in high school athletics—which is also a great fundraiser for the school—is installing a section of VIP seats and selling season tickets for these seats at a higher rate than normal admission to the game.

Toadvine Enterprises is very grateful and appreciative of our customers and their support over the years. We wanted to show our appreciation by giving back, so we’re launching our Good Samaritan Program. The mission of our Good Samaritan Program is to promote benevolence and compassion and encourage others to give back.

Here’s how it works: Whenever a school purchases VIP seating from Toadvine, we will buy two season tickets from that school to help with the fundraising efforts. The tickets will be given back to the school, and the school can then award the tickets to a good samaritan in their community. The good samaritan could be a teacher, parent, fan, or someone else deserving—it’s up to the school to decide.

This is where it gets even more fun. We’ve be created a Good Samaritan page on our website and will publish a “Good Samaritan of the week” post along with a picture, name of the school, and short write-up on that page.

We’re also encouraging you to get involved by posting pictures and stories about the good samaritan winner on our Facebook page.

All schools in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Southern Ohio can take part in the Good Samaritan Initiative, and we look forward to sharing your stories each week.

If you want to get involved, you can get started here.

For all of you die-hard UK and UofL fans out there, we’ve complied a list of resources for you to check out that will keep you up-to-date on any and everything going on with your team.

We’re talking players, recruits, stats, general information and news, and more. Check them out and bookmark them for easy reference.

Websites:

• True Blue Kentucky published by Marc Maggard
• Cats Illustrated
• CatsPause
• UK Athletics
• Inside the Ville published by Mike Hughes
• Louisville Rivals published by Howie Lindsey
• UofL Athletics

Radio:

• The Afternoon Underdogs 790 AM
• The Joe B and Denny Show 790 AM
• Drew Deener with the Early Birds 790 AM
• Sports Talk 84 with Lachlan McLean
• Matt Jones UK Sports Radio

Did we miss your favorite? If so, chime in below and tell us where you get your UK and UofL information or who you listen to on the radio.