AWAY TEAM DINNER
It is our request that each parent or pair of parents hosts an away team dinner but everyone should be
involved in at least one of these dinners. It is very important that our daughters receive a nourishing
meal at these away games because they are long evening and they often don’t return to OPHS until
9pm. Obviously mood, energy level, and play improves with the meal so we need to coordinate this task
to feed our athletes at these games. Always consider a healthy and nutritious meal after all this is the
fuel our athletes will be competing on.
This task includes ordering and picking up the food, set up, serving, and clean up. Have the athletes help
with their own clean up and enlist their help if you need to bring items back to your car. A budget shall
be provided by the team parent for each game prior to the away game to purchase the meal or
reimbursed immediately after. Please provide receipts to your team parent. Any extra monies should
be returned to the team parent and if there are any extra monies at the end of the season, they will be
returned to the volleyball account. We perform this task and share menu ideas to keep the meals
consistent and approximately equal. These monies were collected at the Fall sports Parent Meeting and
we typically budget $10.00 per athlete per game.
Most restaurants offer on-line ordering and offer a catering menu for large groups. You may even
consider preordering for pick-up in the area where the games are hosted. When traveling to Ventura
(St. Bonaventure) or Santa Barbara (Bishop Diego) consider food that will keep well and not require reheating.
When ordering food for the athletes, consider each girl = ¾ a person since they don’t consume a typical
“person” serving. If your team has 10 girls then for ordering purposes consider them 7. If two separate
families team up, one parent may want to handle the food ordering and the other parent handles the
water, sliced fruit, and any other purchased grocery food items. Since the F/S and JV teams eat after
they play, those teams can consume a bit “heavier” meal than the V team which eats before their game.
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F/S Team dines immediately AFTER their game and feeds the F/S coach (approx. 5pm)
JV Team dines immediately AFTER their game and feeds the JV coach (approx. 6pm)
V Team eats during the F/S game and feeds the V coach (approx 4pm)
For all meals, it is suggested that you bring the following:
 Hand sanitizer
 Table cloth
 Serving utensils, if needed
 Paper plates & cutlery
 Cooler with +/-20 cold water bottles
 Box of Capri Suns – Fruit punch or Pacific Cooler
 Sliced/cubed fruit – oranges or apples or strawberries or watermelon or cantaloupe or cuties
 Table to serve food
Most places like Stone Fire and Wood Ranch provide paper goods but the other restaurants do not.
Since F/S & JV Eat AFTER they play, you may want to include some cookies or brownies, etc.
Some potential menu ideas for away team dinners (remember to allocate $$ for water and fruit):
PANDA EXPRESS http://www.pandaexpress.com/
Party Size 12-16
2 Entrées (Orange chicken & Broccoli Beef)
2 side dishes (Mixed Veggies & chow mein)
$89.99 + sales tax
WOOD RANCH http://www.woodranch.com/
$11.00 / person
Package 1
BBQ Chicken Breast
2 Signature Sides (Original Peanut Coleslaw & mashed potatoes
Freshly baked garlic rolls
Add small side of Lauren’s Favorite Mac & Cheese for $25.00
$11.00 Per Person + sales tax
WOOD RANCH http://www.woodranch.com/
BBQ Chopped Chicken Salad Small (Serves 6-8) $24.00
Asian Chicken Salad Small (Serves 6-8) $22.00
Lauren’s Favorite Mac & Cheese Small (Serves 10) $25.00
Freshly Baked Garlic Rolls 1 dozen $3.50
$64.50 + sales tax
PIZZA HUT http://www.pizzahut.com/
2 large pepperoni pizza $10.00
1 large cheese pizza $10.00
2 Tuscani Meaty Marinara Entrees & breadsticks $26.00
Purchase 2 bags of Caesar salad from the grocery store $6.00
$54.00 + sales tax
STONEFIRE GRILL http://www.stonefiregrill.com/
$7.99 per person package
Chicken Boneless Breasts
Caesar Salad – ½ pan
Macaroni & Cheese – ½ pan
Breadsticks
$7.99 Per Person + sales tax
STONEFIRE GRILL http://www.stonefiregrill.com/
$7.99 per person package
Chicken Boneless Breasts
Caesar Salad
Hot Pasta Marinara
Breadsticks
$7.99 Per person + sales tax
COSTCO
1 platter turkey wraps
1 Chinese chicken salad mix
1 Veggie platter with ranch dip
1 bag of Stacey’s chips & 1 container of humus
JERSEY MIKES http://www.jerseymikes.com/
Circulate to athletes in advance for their individual orders (ie. Practice or the game in advance of your
shift)
Order Mini size sandwich $5.25 on white bread
All subs served with onions, lettuce, tomatoes, olive oil blend, red wine vinegar, and spices.
1. Veggie Sandwich – swiss, provolone, greed bell peppers
2. Turkey Breast & provolone
3. American Classic – Ham & provolone
Purchase bag of Doritos & Lays potato chips from the grocery store $8.00
Purchase 2 bags of Caesar salad from the grocery store $6.00
$5.25 x X girls + $14.00 + sales tax
EL POLLO LOCCO
10 x bean and cheese burritos $10.00
10 x chicken tacos $10.00
10 x taquitos $10.00
Purchase 2 bags of Caesar salad from the grocery store $6.00
Purchase 2 bags of tortilla chips from the grocery store $4.00
Purchase 1 container of mild salsa from the grocery store $4.00
$48.00 + sales tax
OTHER RESTAURANT IDEAS
http://www.bajafresh.com/
http://www.mariasitaliankitchen.com/
http://sharkys.com/
http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/default.aspx
http://www.tikkagrill.com/Home.html
http://www.thenaturalcafe.com/index.php
http://willysbbqandgrill.com/about.html
www.chipolte.com
www.famousdaves.com
www.lampostpizza.com