January 21st, 2020

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Tuesday, January 21st, 2020

There will be a drama club informational meeting on Thursday January 23 from 3pm-4pm in the PAC. Anyone who is interested in being apart of the spring musical of “We Will Rock You” should attend. We will talk about auditions, crew, and the upcoming musical plans. If you have any question contact Ms. Hudson.

Attention NHS members:  We will meet at 2:30 on Thursday, January 23 in the upper media center.  See you then!

Senior pictures need to be emailed to Mr. Zimmerman as soon as possible for the yearbook.

Attention: any 9th-12th grade girl interested in playing softball this year, there is a mandatory meeting and uniform fitting on Thursday, January 23rd immediately after school. We will meet in the cafeteria before heading into the locker room for fittings. Any player planning to play that cannot make the meeting should let Coach Davie know before Thursday. 

Now for the week ahead

Lists are now posted outside the guidance office of those students who have qualified for the 2nd quarter honor roll recognition.  It will be Thursday, January 23.

Class officers need to meet in Ms Mann’s room on Wednesday, January 22, at 1:40 for a short meeting. Also, class officers please check your Talawanda email.

And now for What’s the T and Luke WP

This past weekend the swim & dive teams took part in the Southwest Ohio Officials Classic.  This is the largest meet in the entire country as over 110 teams take part in it.  Out of those 110 teams the girls team finished in 38th place and the boys team finished in 17th.  The meet was highlighted by two outstanding individual performances.  Maren Patterson finished in 10th place in the 100 Backstroke and Sam Hool won the 1 Meter Diving event.  Congratulations to both.  On the boys side 3 relay teams also placed in the top 16.  The 200 Free Relay composed of Ben Crowder, Luke Liang, Rhyan Meyers, and John Anzano placed 13th.  The 400 Free Relay composed of the same four boys placed 14th.  And then the 200 Medley Relay team of John, Blake Madden, Ben, and Luke placed 13th.  The swim and dive teams are next in the water this Friday in a tri-meet against Little Miami and Hagerstown, Indiana.  The meet will be at the Miami Rec Center and it will be senior night for the Brave.  Be sure to come out and support your 13 time league champion Brave swim and dive teams Friday at 6 PM.

This past weekend the wrestling team competed in the Sycamore Invitational and placed 9th overall out of 22 teams.  Making it to the podium for the team was Colton Baker, finishing 2nd in the 106 lbs. weight class; Logan Crauder, finishing 5th in the 152 lbs. weight class; and Terrel Wills who finished 2nd in the 220 division.  

 This Wednesday Talawanda hosts its only home match of the season against the Madison Mohawks.  Terrel Wills will be the Brave’s only senior, let’s try to pack the house to send him off the right way.  It’s a Brave out so wear your Talawanda gear or something that is red, white, or blue.  The middle school starts competition at 4:30 and The high school team will kick off the action at 6:00 pm in the gym.  Let’s bring the noise and beat the Mohawks.

The boys bowling team fell to Hamilton by a 2602-2382 score Gaege Feix led the Brave with a 450 series. They fall 6-7 on the year.

The girls bowling team fell to Hamilton 2259-1361 they fall to 0-12 on the year and both bowling teams will take to the lanes tonight at home versus Mount Healthy.

The boys basketball team fell to Badin by a 69-48 score Jonathan Richter led the Brave with 18 points on the night, the basketball team falls to 3-10 on the year and plays tonight at Little Miami.

The girls basketball team defeated Dayton Stivers by a 56-20 score they improve to 4-9 on the year and they play this Wednesday at Ross.

The hockey team went 1-3 on the weekend at the Pioneer Classic defeated Canton-Akron and falling to Olentangy Orange, Olentangy Berlin and Hudson. The Brave’s next game is this Friday at Sycamore.

Home games for today: none.

That’s our broadcast on this day I’m Luke West Poley, thanks so much for watching, and have a great day.