Good morning Talawanda, today is Monday, August 23rd, 2021.

Tuesday, August 24th, 9th grade students will be receiving their chrome book.

Class Meetings for Juniors and Seniors will happen tomorrow morning, then 9th and 10th grade will happen in the afternoon.

And now for a short video about returning to school, featuring interviews from your favorite teachers.

If your school group would like anything covered on the news this school year, please email the news at channel85@talawanda.org or see Mr. Z in room 301.

Now for sports with Luke WP.

Welcome back THS, fall sports season is already in full swing so let’s jump right in with our weekend scores.

The football team dropped their season opener at Monroe on Friday with a 49-14 final, Deondre Bothast-Revalee had 2 touchdowns to start his season. The team will take on Little Miami on the road in week 2 action this Friday.

The volleyball team fell in 4 sets to Colerain to start their season, but will have a quick chance to rebound tonight in their home opener against the Big Blue of Hamilton.

The boys soccer team tied Taylor on Saturday 1-1, Logan Kent scored the lone goal with the assist to Andrew Shrider, the team will take on Colerain on the road tomorrow.

The girls soccer team was defeated by Taylor on Saturday, 6-1 was the final, the team will also take on Colerain tomorrow as they will play host.

The cross country teams competed at the OHSAA pre-season invitational on Saturday, the boys were 22nd and the girls were 38th, the teams will begin their regular seaon this Saturday at home.

Home games for today: the field hockey team will take on Kettering Fairmont at 6, and the volleyball teams will go at it, freshman versus Badin at 4:30, JV versus Hamilton at 5:45, and varsity also against the Big Blue at 7.

That concludes the first broadcast of the year, I’m Luke West Poley, thanks for watching, and have a great day.