March 29th, 2021

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Monday, March 29th, 2021.

Oxford Community Parks is looking for volunteers to help with their annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday April 3rd.  Volunteers would need to arrive by 9 and would be done by noon.  If you are interested reach out to Ryan Himes (rhimes@cityofoxford.org) and Emily Sollenberger (esollenberger@cityofoxford.org).  

FCCLA will be hosting the spring Blood Drive to be held on Friday April 16th, 7:30-11:30.  You must be 16 years old to donate.  Each Donation Saves 3 Lives!  Sign ups will start after spring break, forms will be available then.

Now for sports with Luke West Poley

Welcome back everyone, hope you all had a great break, in the bracket challenge currently in second place is Brayden Shiflett, and Productions’ own Caleb Bogseth is in first, there’s still time to catch up though the elite eight will begin tonight.

The baseball team opened up their regular season with a 6-1 win over the Fenwick Falcons on Saturday, they’ve got a big week coming up with a four game set starting with a 5 pm start tomorrow at Monroe.

The softball team opened their regular season with a split against Mount Notre Dame this weekend, the first game was a 3-0 win for the Brave, the second a 6-3 loss, they also have a big week coming up, beginning with a trip to Hamilton to play the Big Blue at 5 o’clock tonight.

The track teams opened their season this weekend also at the Harrison Wildcat opener, there were numerous event wins on both sides for the Brave with the boys coming out with a second place finish and the girls with a 3rd, the track team will host the Talawanda Brave Invitational tomorrow night.

The lacrosse team swept their games over the break starting with a 21-1 road blowout over Xenia, then back at home a 22-2 victory over Taylor, and finally a 19-16 win over Monroe, Grady Holmes led the team with 20 goals over that stretch, Brendan Bohon had 13, and Ben Shrider is undefeated in net, the Brave will continue their season tonight as they will head to Dayton to battle Chaminade Julienne.

That’s our broadcast today, I’m Luke West Poley, thanks so much for watching, all the single ladies put your hands up, and we’ll see you tomorrow.