The 2nd annual Protect The Game Banquet, originally scheduled for November 13, 2020, has been postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions. Protect The Game is working on setting a new date in the Spring of 2021. If you have already purchased a ticket or have a voucher from our golf tournament, that will still be honored at the new event. The event will still feature guest speaker Jerry Schemmel, a 28-year Denver sports broadcaster and author of Chosen to Live. The book chronicles his survival of the crash of United Airlines flight 232 in Sioux City, IA in 1989 and its subsequent effects on his life.
All proceeds will go to Protect the Game. Margaritas will be provided by Coyote Gold. Beer provided by High Country Beverage.
Protect the game provides opportunities for U.S. Military Veterans to train and then be paid to work in youth sports and builds the numbers of qualified youth sports officials in America.
We offer a 4 x 4 intense officiating training session (no cost to the veterans), which is 4 hours x 4 consecutive evenings (Tuesday – Friday leading up to the event). The trainee then becomes certified as a “Protect the Game” official. Protect The Game donates the officiating gear (gently used) and an officiating shirt emblazoned with the Protect The Game patch. Trainees begin by officiating a younger age group game (or games), paired with an experienced official on the Saturday of the event with the potential of working Sunday. They are paid once the event has concluded. The training sessions are sport specific (baseball, fastpitch, volleyball, basketball or lacrosse) and are held in the same area as the event; we accept 10 trainees per session.
All proceeds will go to Protect the Game. Margaritas will be provided by Coyote Gold. Beer provided by High Country Beverage.
Protect the game provides opportunities for U.S. Military Veterans to train and then be paid to work in youth sports and builds the numbers of qualified youth sports officials in America.
We offer a 4 x 4 intense officiating training session (no cost to the veterans), which is 4 hours x 4 consecutive evenings (Tuesday – Friday leading up to the event). The trainee then becomes certified as a “Protect the Game” official. Protect The Game donates the officiating gear (gently used) and an officiating shirt emblazoned with the Protect The Game patch. Trainees begin by officiating a younger age group game (or games), paired with an experienced official on the Saturday of the event with the potential of working Sunday. They are paid once the event has concluded. The training sessions are sport specific (baseball, fastpitch, volleyball, basketball or lacrosse) and are held in the same area as the event; we accept 10 trainees per session.
About Jerry Schemmel
Jerry Schemmel has been a sports broadcaster in Denver for the past 28 years.
He spent the past 10 seasons as a radio play by play announcer for the Colorado Rockies. Before that he was the broadcast voice of the Denver Nuggets for 18 seasons, from 1992 to 2010, working both radio and television. Prior to the Nuggets, he spent two seasons as a broadcaster for the Minnesota Timberwolves. His sportscasting career spans nearly 30 years and includes extensive radio and television play by play of both professional and major college sports.
Schemmel is the author of the book, Chosen To Live. Chosen To Live chronicles his survival of the crash of United Airlines Flight 232 in Sioux City, IA in 1989 and its subsequent effects on his life. He is also the author of The Extravagant Gift, an evangelistic outreach booklet. He has also been featured on several national programs, including an extended feature piece on ESPN in 2009.
In addition to completing three marathons and nine triathlons, Schemmel twice rode a bicycle across the United States, as a fundraiser for two Denver area charities. In June of 2015, he successfully completed the Race Across America, as part of a two man cycling relay team, covering 3,000 miles in seven and a half days, to win the overall two person relay division. A documentary about the effort, called Godspeed, was released in the fall of 2016. In September, 2017, Schemmel set the official age group record in the Race Across Colorado, a 468 mile bicycle race from the Utah/Colorado border to the Kansas border. In the summer of 2018, Schemmel was part of a two person cycling relay team that completed all four directions across Colorado, breaking the two person record in all four races.
Schemmel spent one season (2009) as the Head Baseball Coach at Metro State College of Denver, after being a volunteer assistant at the school for two years. He has also been a volunteer assistant at Colorado Christian University.
Schemmel earned a law degree in 1985 from Washburn University, after receiving his undergraduate degree from the school in 1982. He also played baseball at Washburn and later was an assistant coach at the school for three years.
Schemmel grew up in Madison, SD and now resides in Littleton, CO with his wife Diane. They have two adult children, Maggie and Ryan.
Jerry Schemmel has been a sports broadcaster in Denver for the past 28 years.
He spent the past 10 seasons as a radio play by play announcer for the Colorado Rockies. Before that he was the broadcast voice of the Denver Nuggets for 18 seasons, from 1992 to 2010, working both radio and television. Prior to the Nuggets, he spent two seasons as a broadcaster for the Minnesota Timberwolves. His sportscasting career spans nearly 30 years and includes extensive radio and television play by play of both professional and major college sports.
Schemmel is the author of the book, Chosen To Live. Chosen To Live chronicles his survival of the crash of United Airlines Flight 232 in Sioux City, IA in 1989 and its subsequent effects on his life. He is also the author of The Extravagant Gift, an evangelistic outreach booklet. He has also been featured on several national programs, including an extended feature piece on ESPN in 2009.
In addition to completing three marathons and nine triathlons, Schemmel twice rode a bicycle across the United States, as a fundraiser for two Denver area charities. In June of 2015, he successfully completed the Race Across America, as part of a two man cycling relay team, covering 3,000 miles in seven and a half days, to win the overall two person relay division. A documentary about the effort, called Godspeed, was released in the fall of 2016. In September, 2017, Schemmel set the official age group record in the Race Across Colorado, a 468 mile bicycle race from the Utah/Colorado border to the Kansas border. In the summer of 2018, Schemmel was part of a two person cycling relay team that completed all four directions across Colorado, breaking the two person record in all four races.
Schemmel spent one season (2009) as the Head Baseball Coach at Metro State College of Denver, after being a volunteer assistant at the school for two years. He has also been a volunteer assistant at Colorado Christian University.
Schemmel earned a law degree in 1985 from Washburn University, after receiving his undergraduate degree from the school in 1982. He also played baseball at Washburn and later was an assistant coach at the school for three years.
Schemmel grew up in Madison, SD and now resides in Littleton, CO with his wife Diane. They have two adult children, Maggie and Ryan.