Good morning Talawanda, today is Monday, October 4th, 2021.

Today is the first day of FCCLA Awareness Week so what is FCCLA?  Family, Career and Community Leaders of America with 7,500 Ohio members and over 160,000 Nationally.

After school lifting for Monday, October 4 is cancelled. 

Congratulations to the FFA urban soils team who got 4th in the district and qualified for the state judging contest next Saturday.  Go Aggies!

Fall sports are in full swing, but it is never too early to think about our winter sports.  In honor of our wrestling team, here is Norah and Kadience doing their best wrestler impressions.  

People interested in playing in the Powderpuff football tournament, sign-ups for each class are posted outside room 301 in the rotunda. The cost is $15 for the team shirts, make sure you pick up your liability form when you sign up and turn it in by Friday, October 8th to room 301 to confirm your spot!  The games will take place Wednesday, October 20th starting at 6pm.  The football players for each class will be responsible for coaching up the girls for your team and everyone is invited to come watch.

The Talawanda Tribune needs photographers, writers, editors, and graphic designers.  If you’re interested, please attend Tuesday’s meeting after school in room 417.

Now for Whats the T followed by sports with Luke WP.

The football team lost to Ross on the road on Friday 41-20, the team is now 1-5 on the year and 0-2 in the SWOC and will head to Edgewood on Friday.

The volleyball team picked up a big upset win in 4 sets over Oak Hills on Saturday, the team has now won 10 of their last 11 and will host Preble Shawnee tonight.

The girls soccer team defeated Eaton on senior night on Saturday, 6-4, junior Rylyn Jackson had a hat trick in the winning effort for the Brave who are now 3-6-1 overall, the girls will head to Dayton to face Carroll tonight.

The cross country teams headed to Centerville to compete at the Saturday Night Lights invitational on Saturday, the girls team placed 9th in the Varsity A division and Hannah Lippincott was 27th as an individual in the championship race, for the boys, they came away with a 13th place finish in the championship race led by Kiefer Bell who finished second. Both cross country teams will have the week off before hosting the SWOC championships next Saturday.

Home games: the field hockey teams will host Mount Notre Dame, JV at 5, Varsity at 6:30, and the volleyball teams will host Preble Shawnee JV at 5:45 and Varsity at 7.

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