The Golden Bears are scheduled to play in the 2011 Kirk Herbstreit National Kickoff Classic on Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 3:30 pm. ESPNU will carry the game live from the Ohio State University Stadium.

Tickets are $15each and are on sale in the UAHS athletic office now. For those tickets sold prior to the game: UAHS Athletic Department will keep $2.00 for every adult ticket sold and $1.00 for every student ticket sold. Order your tickets here!

Read the Springfield News-Sun article about this game
Read about the Herbstreit Challenge on HighSchoolRivals.com
Visit HerbstreitFootballSeries.com
Order your tickets here!
Make it a UA Golden Bear Day! After the football game on September 4, please continue the Golden Bear Spirit at the UA Education Foundation's annual Golden Bear Bash! This year's Bash! will be held at Huntington Park, home of the Columbus Clippers, from 7:00 - 11:00 pm. See details here.

Pre-season ticket sales are by mail order. Student passes will be sold in the Athletic Office during book distribution days, August 16-22. Beginning September 12, 2011, strip tickets will be sold only in the School Store.

Read about our new UA Football Bear Den seating!

Print the 2011 - 2012 Ticket Order Form here.

The Golden Bear Touchdown Club organized an effort to renovate the Boys Varsity Locker Room. We raised over $52,000 of cash and in-kind donations and completed the project! Thank you to everyone who was involved!

In July, we had an open house before passing the locker room to the team. Thank you very much for your dedication to the Upper Arlington Football Program! Without your support this project would not have been possible!

Go Bears!

   
   
   
Upper Arlington High School Head Football Coach Mike Golden announces that WR Frank Epitropoulos has verbally committed to play football for Coach Jim Tressel and The Ohio State University, class of 2012.

The 6-foot-3, 195-pound junior had more than a dozen BCS offers and chose the Buckeyes over Stanford, Tennessee and Big Ten rivals Wisconsin and Michigan State.

Epitropoulos is being recruited as a wide receiver and will also help with the punting game.

Frank is planning on studying pre-med with aspirations of being a physician.

The Golden Bear Touchdown Club honored the 2000 Upper Arlington High School State Championship football team on September 10, 2010, as this is the 10th anniversary for the state championship football team.

A reception for the 2000 team was held insideMarv Moorehead Stadium near the main entrance from 6:00 to 7:15 pm and each team member was given two complimentary tickets to the game.

The 2000 team formed a tunnel as the Golden Bears took the field against Toronto Canada's Holy Trinity. A half-time ceremony celebrated and acknowledged the team's accomplishments.

See photos from this celebration.

Scott Kell, J. Richard Schleder, Bob Rauch, Rick Santho, Richard Vesper, Scott Guthrie,
Coach Phil Koppel, Bobby Reitter, Charley Franklin, John Kingsboro, Jay Richter, Coach Pete Corey.   
   
On Friday, October 16, 2009, the Golden Bear Touchdown Club honored the 1969 State Champion Upper Arlington High School football team with a reception and a recognition ceremony at halftime during the Golden Bears' game against Olentangy Orange at Marv Moorehead Stadium.

In honor of their 40 -year anniversary, the Touchdown Club brought the players together to celebrate a rare accomplishment. This talented team, led by the late Coach Marv Moorehead, captured three consecutive state titles in 1967, 1968, and 1969. Their former assistant coaches, Pete Corey and Phil Koppel, joined the players at the pre-game reception and at halftime, when the 1969 Golden Bear State Champs walked onto the field to applause for their achievements forty years ago.

The mission of The Golden Bear Touchdown Club, a 501C (3) group consisting of UAHS alumni, past, present and future parents of players, as well as fans of the Golden Bears, is to foster a sense of community and school spirit that inspires the citizens of Upper Arlington to enthusiastically support the UAHS football program.

  
See the slideshow of photos from the October 16 Reception.
Read the article in UA This Week
   

Golden Bear Touchdown Club Vice-President and former OSU Buckeye John Epitropoulos added a personal touch to the WUAR broadcast of the UAHS - Hilliard Darby football game on October 2 when he did color commentary with WUAR Radio play-by-play voice Ray Crawford.

To listen to John's commentary, visit WUAR Radio's web site, click "Program Archives," and then select "UA Football vs. Hilliard Darby."

   

The August, 2009 issue of Columbus Monthly magazine features an interview with Golden Bear Touchdown Club President Kirk Herbstreit, who explains the mission of the organization and the ways in which the Touchdown Club plans to increase community spirit for and participation in the Upper Arlington High School football program.

The article also spotlights the upcoming August 29 game in which the UA Golden Bears kick off their season at The Ohio State Uiversity's Ohio Stadium against the St. Thomas Aquinas High School Raiders. The game will be televised at noon on ESPN.

Read the complete Columbus Monthly article here.

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On Thursday, July 23, 2009, Mike Holman of WUAR Radio interviewed Golden Bear Touchdown Club's vice-president, John Epitropoulos about the Club and the excitement that is being generated by the August 29 Herbstreit Challenge football game that will be played at noon at the Ohio State University Stadium. They also discussed the recent activities of the Touchdown Club and the plans for upcoming events,

Listen to the WUAR interview (Click Program Archives and then Talk@Ten July 23)

   
The Golden Bear Touchdown Club made a colorful entrance in the 2009 Upper Arlington Fourth of July parade, carrying several former UA Golden Bear football players: Jeff Backes, Simon Fraser, Jesse Kline, and George Tzagournis. Also riding in the entry were Touchdown Club president Kirk Herbstreit and vice-president John Epitropoulos. Several of their children rode along as future members of the Touchdown Club. Please click the photos to enlarge them.
Pictured at left are VP John Epitropoulos and  President Kirk Herbstreit. Pictured on the right are Jeff Backes, Jesse Kline, Simon Fraser and George Tzagournis.
Kirk Herbstreit, John Epitropoulos, Dr. Alice Epitropoulos, the former Golden Bear players and their families told the crowd about the August 29 football game.
Future Golden Bears shared their enthusiasm for the upcoming BIG GAME to be played at Ohio State! on August 29

June 2, 2009: At the Golden Bear Touchdown Club's first public meeting on June 2 at UAHS, President Kirk Herbstreit and Vice-President John Epitropoulos introduced UAHS alumn Jack Graf, Class of 1939, as the club's first Honorary Member. Mr. Graf epitomizes the concept of "tradition" in Golden Bear sports, and the Touchdown Club takes pride in his membership.

Mr. Graf was the 1937 captain of the Golden Bear football team and also played basketball for UAHS. An All-American, Graf went on to play both football and basketball at The Ohio State University, where he earned the title of Big Ten MVP in 1941 and he later became a basketball coach at OSU, a career that spanned 25 years.

Read more about Jack Graf and his amazing athletic accomplishments here.

   
President Kirk Herbstreit, left, addressed the crowd of more than 100 people and informed them of the plans for the Touchdown Club. Speaking on behalf of the students at UAHS, 2009 - 2010 senior class presidents Erin W. and George K. (right) expressed enthusiasm for the Club.
2009 - 2010 UAHS Senior Class Presidents Erin and George
WUAR Radio WUAR is a full service online radio station featuring music, local news, weather and sports. They also broadcast a high school game of the week during the football season. Mike Holman, a UA resident and owner of WUAR, recently interviewed Golden Bear Touchdown Club Vice-President John Epitropoulos about the goals and mission of the Club. Listen to the interview here.
  
 
 
     
   
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