Good morning Talawanda, today is Tuesday, December 7th, 2021.

There will not be an FCA meeting this Wednesday, December 8th. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Jacob Farmer, Harrison Cradduck, or Dean Cradduck.

Diversity Club will be having a holiday party after school on Friday, December 10th in room 221 from 3:00 until 4:15. All teachers and staff are invited to celebrate, have snacks, and create winter-themed crafts with us!  

The hallways have been boring in between periods, Dawson decided to spice it up with some mini sticks.

Need help preparing for your exams? Talawanda Hope is partnering with NHS to host two after school study sessions with tutors and teachers available to help you review for your exams. This is a great opportunity to help you feel more confident about your study materials. Sessions are right after school today and Thursday from 3-4pm. Todays session will be held in the freshman hallway, and the Thursday session will be in the media center. Hot chocolate and cookies will be provided!

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

A big win for the girls basketball team last night as they knocked off Valley View 60-19, Taylor Farris led the team with 18 points, including a 4-5 performance from beyond the arc and 7 assists, the team is still undefeated at 5-0 and will head to Edgewood tomorrow.

Tonights Boys basketball game at Edgewood has been moved to Friday, December 17th, the boys next game will be Friday at home against Harrison.

Home games: none.

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

Good morning Talawanda, today is Monday, December 6th, 2021.

IT is the the FINAL FOUR DAYS to turn in new, unopened boxes of cereal for the Best Buddies and Key Club food drive. We have around 300 boxes of cereal collected and would love to reach our goal of 500 boxes! Any student who donates between now and Thursday will be entered into a raffle to win a $15 Cane’s gift card. If we reach our goal, a second Cane’s card winner will be announced! Congratulations to last Friday’s winners! Ellie Reynolds is the winner of a $10 SoHi gift card and Maxon Owens is the winner of a $10 Dunkin Donuts gift card! 

Diversity Club will be having a holiday party after school on Wednesday, Dec. 8 in room 221 from 3:00 until 4:30. All teachers and staff are invited to celebrate, have snacks, and create winter-themed crafts with us!  

Need help preparing for your exams? Talawanda Hope is partnering with NHS to host two after school study sessions with tutors and teachers available to help you review for your exams. This is a great opportunity to help you feel more confident about your study materials. Sessions are right after school on Tuesday the 7th and Thursday the 9th from 3-4pm. The Tuesday session will be held in the freshman hallway, and the Thursday session will be in the media center. Hot chocolate and cookies will be provided!

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

The boys basketball team crushed Valley View on Saturday 93-69, the team had 4 scorers with 14 or more points led by Logan Smith with 18, congrats to Coach Davie on his first win as head coach and good luck to the team tomorrow as they will open up conference play at Edgewood.

The hockey team tied Beavercreek yesterday 2-2, the team is now 1-0-1 in league play and will have a road game at Moeller this weekend.

The Wrestling team opened up their year on Saturday at Dayton Christian, first place finishers for the Brave included Logan Crauder, Sammy Dillon and Shae Dillingham, the team will head to Trenton on Friday for the Edgewood invite.

The Ac Chal team had a successful tournament at the Northmont Rowdy Raider.  The JV team led by Tesh Bali won the title in their division.   The varsity, despite not knowing the capital of Texas had a strong showing competing against some of the best teams in Ohio.   Congratulations to Michalle Miao for becoming Talawanda’s all time leading scorer in Ac Chal.

Home games: the girls basketball team will host Valley view today Freshman at 4:30, JV at 6 and Varsity at 7:30. 

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

Good morning Talawanda, today is Friday, December 3rd, 2021.

Thank you to all of those individuals who donated blood today in FCCLA’s blood drive.  You have saved some lives today, and the blood center appreciates you.

Best Buddies and Key Club are collecting new, unopened boxes of cereal now through December 9th for the Oxford Food Pantry. If you bring in cereal this week, we will have drawings next week for the gift cards. 

Congratulations to the FFA parliamentary procedure team who finished first in the district last night.  Next up is the state competition in Columbus on December 17th.  Best of luck Aggies!

Addie Danner has some life advice for you today.  She’s only a freshman, so this is a pretty short video.

Need help preparing for your exams? Talawanda Hope is partnering with NHS to host two after school study sessions with tutors and teachers available to help you review for your exams. This is a great opportunity to help you feel more confident about your study materials. Sessions are right after school on Tuesday the 7th and Thursday the 9th from 3-4pm. The Tuesday session will be held in the freshman hallway, and the Thursday session will be in the media center. Hot chocolate and cookies will be provided!

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

The bowling teams were defeated by Northwest on the road last night, the boys by a score of 2176-1687, and the girls by a score of 1648-1053, both bowling teams will have an away match at Ross next Thursday. 

Also yesterday I said the girls basketball team will host Badin tomorrow, that game has been rescheduled to January 27th, the girls next game will be Monday at home against Valley View.

Home games: the boys basketball team will host Valley view tomorrow Freshman at 4:30, JV at 6 and Varsity at 7:30, also the hockey team will play Beavercreek at Goggin Sunday at 1, and good luck to the wrestling teams who will open their season at Dayton Christian tomorrow.

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

Good morning Talawanda, today is Thursday, December 2nd, 2021.

Best Buddies and Key Club are collecting new, unopened boxes of cereal now through December 9th for the Oxford Food Pantry. If you bring in cereal this week, we will have drawings on Friday for gift cards. 

We’ve gotten a lot of feedback about ‘Tyler Spells’ from students and teachers.  How does Tyler make it this far in high school?  Is he even literate?  Does he know how to spell his own name?  But most importantly, is there anyone else who spells as bad as him?  And now for a heated battle between Anna and Tyler to answer that question…

Need help preparing for your exams? Talawanda Hope is partnering with NHS to host two after school study sessions with tutors and teachers available to help you review for your exams. This is a great opportunity to help you feel more confident about your study materials. Sessions are right after school on Tuesday the 7th and Thursday the 9th from 3-4pm. The Tuesday session will be held in the freshman hallway, and the Thursday session will be in the media center. Hot chocolate and cookies will be provided!

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

The girls basketball team held off Harrison at home yesterday 53-44, Kylee Fears and Taylor Farris led the Brave with a double-double each, the girls are now 4-0 on the season with a big matchup set for Saturday afternoon as they host Badin.

Home games: None.

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

Good morning Talawanda, today is Wednesday, December 1st, 2021.

Best Buddies and Key Club are collecting new, unopened boxes of cereal now through December 9th for the Oxford Food Pantry. If you bring in cereal this week, we will have drawings on Friday for gift cards, one to Dunkin’ Donuts and one to SoHi. 

And now here’s a look at December at Talawanda High School

There will be an FCA meeting today, at 2:15 in the breezeway after school. Anyone is welcome to attend! If you are interested or have any questions, contact Jacob Farmer, Harrison Cradduck, or Dean Cradduck.

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

The boys basketball team fell on the road in their season opener against Anderson 64-49, team leader in points for the Brave was Jay Reynolds with 20, the team will open their home season against Valley View on Saturday.

The Bowling teams opened their seasons yesterday at the Oxford Lanes against Middletown, the girls fell by a score of 2089-1588 and the boys dropped the match 2531-2032, both teams will head to Northwest Lanes for conference match #1 tomorrow.

Home games: The girls basketball team will host Harrison, JV at 6, Varsity at 7:30, make sure to pack the gym tonight or tune in live here on Channel 85.

And that’s our broadcast on this day I’m Luke West Poley, thanks for watching, and we’ll see you tomorrow.

Good morning Talawanda, today is Tuesday, November 30th, 2021.

Best Buddies and Key Club are collecting new, unopened boxes of cereal now through December 9th for the Oxford Food Pantry. If you bring in cereal this week, we will have drawings on Friday for gift cards, one to Dunkin’ Donuts and one to SoHi. 

Please make sure to turn in your signed blood donation forms during lunch to select your time to donate. You can also turn them into the office and room 611. We need to have them all in by Thursday.  You will be saving 3 lives with each donation.  Thank you for your support!

Now for a girls basketball review with some reminders about their upcoming schedule

There will be an FCA meeting Wednesday, December 1st, at 2:15 in the breezeway after school. Anyone is welcome to attend! We hope you consider joining our chapter to help grow our community and impact our school. If you are interested or have any questions, feel free to contact Jacob Farmer, Harrison Cradduck, or Dean Cradduck.

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

If you traveled to Hamilton last night you witnessed a massacre as the girls basketball team defeated the Big Blue by a 66-21 score, Kylee Fears led the team with 20 points, followed by Halee McDade with 16 and Myah Keene with 15, the girls are now 3-0 and will host conference game #1 tomorrow against Harrison.

Home games: The bowling teams will host Middletown at 4, also good luck to the boys basketball team who will head to Anderson tonight to open their season at 7:30.

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

Good morning Talawanda, today is Monday, November 29th, 2021.

Best Buddies and Key Club is collecting new, unopened boxes of cereal now through Dec 9 for the Oxford Food Pantry. If you bring in cereal this week, we will have drawings on Friday, December 9 for gift cards, one to Dunkin’ Donuts and one to SoHi.

Please make sure to turn in your signed blood donation forms during lunch to select your time to donate. You can also turn them into the office and room 611. We need to have them all in by Thursday.  You will be saving 3 lives with each donation.  Thank you for your support.

There will be NO chess club this week.

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

Welcome back THS, hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, let’s jump into the scores from the long weekend.

The hockey team went 1-3 at the DiPaolo tournament this weekend with a win over Amherst and losses against Miami and Gilmour Academy, the team is now 4-8 on the year and will have a single set this weekend at home against Beavercreek.

We’ll have to wait just a bit longer for boys basketball season to begin as their opener against Preble Shawnee on Saturday was postponed until February 1st, the will now open their year at Anderson tomorrow.

Home games: None, but good luck to the girls basketball team who will have a big matchup against Hamilton tonight on the road at 7:30.

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

Good morning Talawanda, today is Monday, November 22nd, 2021.

THS Best Buddies is collecting new boxes of cereal between now and December 9 to create a giant hallway dominoes and to donate to the Oxford Food Pantry. Any student who brings in a box of cereal between now and Tuesday, November 23rd will be entered in the raffle to earn a $15 Cane’s gift card! 

Now for a recap from Thursdays hockey game

Just a reminder that the Dipalo tournament will be taking place at Goggin over Thanksgiving break, stop by and check out Talawanda’s Broskis

Butler-Tech/Talawanda FCCLA is sponsoring a winter Blood Drive on December 3rd. Give the gift of life and save up to 3 lives per donation. If you donate 3 times in your high school career, you will receive cords at graduation and every donation earns a free t-shirt! There are only 80 slots available, so sign up soon to save your spot! Forms can be found in the office, outside room 611, and at every lunch!

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

The girls basketball team defeated county foe Monroe to begin their season on Friday 46-23, Kylee Fears led the team with 18 points, and Taylor Farris tacked on 6 assists, the team will look to keep rolling tonight against Franklin County tonight, more on that in a second.

Congratulations to Hannah Lippincott, Mercy Patterson, Alex Carlson, and Zeke Groom on being named captains of the swim and dive team.  The boys team will be looking to win their 16th straight league title this year, while the girls team will be looking to get back to their championship ways after narrowly losing the SWOC meet last year.  The season for the Brave Swim & Dive team begins on December 14th with a tri-meet against Wilmington and Clinton-Massie.

The hockey team defeated Troy in their first SWOHSHL game of the season on Saturday, Parker Geshan was just off the school record with 5 goals, he also had 2 assists in that game, the hockey team will host the annual DiPaolo tournament this weekend beginning with a matchup against Gilmour Academy on Friday afternoon.

Home games: the girls basketball team will host Franklin County, JV at 6, Varsity at 7:30, it is a pajama out if you’re heading to the gym to support the girls tonight, also as mentioned the hockey team will host the DiPaolo tournament with 4 games this weekend.

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

Good morning Talawanda, today is Friday, November 19th, 2021.

THS Best Buddies is collecting new boxes of cereal between now and December 9 to create a giant hallway dominoes and to donate to the Oxford Food Pantry. Our first gift card winner is Halen Thomas! Halen, thank you for brining in cereal. Any student who brings in a box of cereal between now and Tuesday, November 20 will be entered in the raffle to earn a $15 Cane’s gift card! 

And here is some more information on that Best Buddies cereal box drive

Butler-Tech/Talawanda FCCLA is sponsoring a winter Blood Drive on December 3rd. Give the gift of life and save up to 3 lives per donation. If you donate 3 times in your high school career, you will receive cords at graduation and every donation earns a free t-shirt! There are only 80 slots available, so sign up soon to save your spot! Forms can be found in the office, outside room 611, and at every lunch!

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

Good morning Talawanda, today is Thursday, November 18th, 2021.

Just a reminder we will have a brief chick-fil-a meeting in room 611 right after school today we will be introducing the leadership academy and deciding dates for meetings.  Think of ideas for Do Good December service projects!  

THS Best Buddies is collecting new boxes of cereal between now and December 9 to create a giant hallway dominoes and to donate to the Oxford Food Pantry. Our first gift card winner is Halen Thomas! Halen, thank you for brining in cereal. Any student who brings in a box of cereal between now and Tuesday, November 20 will be entered in the raffle to earn a $15 Cane’s gift card! 

With the Swim season about to start, Livvy Rhoton interviews some of the swim stars in preparation for their title run.

Talawanda Baseball is looking for enthusiastic and responsible students to announce home varsity baseball games this spring. If you are interested in being a part of the team, please see Coach Lykins for more details!

Butler-Tech/Talawanda FCCLA is sponsoring a winter Blood Drive on December 3rd. Give the gift of life and save up to 3 lives per donation. If you donate 3 times in your high school career, you will receive cords at graduation and every donation earns a free t-shirt! There are only 80 slots available, so sign up soon to save your spot! Forms can be found in the office, outside room 611, and at every lunch!

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