Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Monday, March 8th, 2021.

Boys Tennis Tryouts will be today thru Friday at 3:00 on the Tennis courts for anyone interested in trying out this year.  See Coach Thomas in room 310 with any questions.

Ahead of March Madness, Talawanda Hope is sponsoring a pet tournament.  Upload a picture and blurb about your pet on the form shared in google classroom.

Best Buddies will host our March meeting on Wednesday, March 10 at 2pm. All students are welcome to join us. We love meeting new people! Please email Mrs. Sammons for the link. Also, stay tuned for activities later in the month to celebrate inclusion here at THS!

Now for some information about sharefest, followed by sports with Luke West Poley

This Saturday on Channel 85, Jon Richter and Grady Holmes will lead the Brave Lacrosse team onto the field for their first matchup of the season versus the Fairfield Indians, I’ll have the call right here on our channel at 2.

Here in broadcast journalism there is nothing we love more than some competition, many of you may remember the pumpkin finding competition competition from last year, unfortunately due to the current situation we cannot have people running around the school punching out roof tiles and looking for pumpkins, however there is a major event coming up in the NCAA basketball world, so this year the THS Daily News will be sponsoring a March Madness Bracket Challenge pool, more on that throughout the rest of this week.

That’s our broadcast today, I’m Luke West Poley, I want it, I got it, thanks so much for watching, and have a great Monday.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Friday, March 5th, 2021.

Boys Tennis Tryouts will be Monday March 8th thru Friday March 12 at 3:00 on the Tennis courts for anyone interested in trying out this year.  See Coach Thomas in room 310 with any questions.

Any senior who would like to have a senior quote in the yearbook needs to email Sarah Goll at sarah.goll@talawanda.org. Make sure your senior quote is appropriate.

Talawanda Hope wants to see what your spark is.  Submit a video or picture of what you are passionate about.   Send to hope@talawanda.org

Don’t forget Monday is crazy sock day!

Ahead of March Madness, Talawanda Hope is sponsoring a pet tournament.  Upload a picture and blurb about your pet on the form shared in google classroom.

Best Buddies will host our March meeting on Wednesday, March 10 at 2pm. All students are welcome to join us. We love meeting new people! Please email Mrs. Sammons for the link. Also, stay tuned for activities later in the month to celebrate inclusion here at THS!

Now for Teacher Features, followed by sports with Luke West Poley

15 days until the first spring sports event of the year, so nothing until then.

That’s our broadcast today, I’m Luke West Poley, skrr panda panda panda panda panda, thanks so much for watching, and have a great weekend.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Thursday, March 4th, 2021.

Boys Tennis Tryouts will be Monday March 8th thru Friday March 12 at 3:00 on the Tennis courts for anyone interested in trying out this year.  See Coach Thomas in room 310 with any questions.

Any senior who would like to have a senior quote in the yearbook needs to email Sarah Goll at sarah.goll@talawanda.org. Make sure your senior quote is appropriate.

For March, Talawanda Hope wants to CELEBRATE YOU.  Throughout the month,  we will offer fun opportunities and chances for you to share your passions and interests.  The first event is crazy sock day on Monday March 8th.  Wear your favorite goofy socks, mix and match with your friends, or wear something that’s fun.

Ahead of March Madness, Talawanda Hope is sponsoring a pet tournament.  Upload a picture and blurb about your pet on the form shared in google classroom.

Congratulations to sophomores Lilly Byers, Annmery Katto, and Brooklyn Moore for their presentations to the Oxford Rotary Club on Wednesday, March 3. Each of them shared a personal essay with the club during a remote meeting and were able to connect with local community leaders. The three shared personal stories and impressed the club with their poise and talent. Congratulations again Lilly, Annmery, and Brooklyn!

Best Buddies will host our March meeting on Wednesday, March 10 at 2pm. All students are welcome to join us. We love meeting new people! Please email Mrs. Sammons for the link. Also, stay tuned for activities later in the month to celebrate inclusion here at THS!

Now for the sports report, followed by sports with Luke West Poley

The academic team lost 2 close exhibitions against Little Miami yesterday the first coming in overtime, now that the SWOC season has come to a close, some accolades were awarded to the team, Jens Bartel was SWOC player of the year and a member of the all conference first team, Paul Bolenbaugh was second team and Michelle Miao was an honorable mention, Daryl Zazycki won the sportsmanship award for the Brave and Coach Schmid was name co-coach of the year.

That’s our broadcast today, I’m Luke West Poley, and cheeseburger in paradise, heaven on earth with an onion slice, thanks so much for watching, and we’ll see you tomorrow.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021.

Boys Tennis Tryouts will be Monday March 8th thru Friday March 12 at 3:00 on the Tennis courts for anyone interested in trying out this year.  See Coach Thomas in room 310 with any questions.

Any senior who would like to have a senior quote in the yearbook needs to email Sarah Goll at sarah.goll@talawanda.org. Make sure your senior quote is appropriate.

Seniors, you also need to make sure your senior portrait is submitted to yearbook by March 5th. If you do not submit your senior portrait, yearbook will use your life touch photo.

Now for a video from Mock Trial, followed by sports with Luke West Poley

Good luck to the Ac Chal team who will face former SWOC rival and ECC champion Little Miami tomorrow afternoon at Turpin high school.

That’s our broadcast today, I’m Luke West Poley, and I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling 22, thanks so much for watching, and we’ll see you tomorrow.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Monday, March 1st, 2021.

The THS Media Center has double the number of overdue books due to the remote learning and school closings.  We did not have a chance to collect most of the books that were due from the 2019-2020 school year and most of the books that were checked out during the brief face to face weeks in late October and early November 2020.  If possible, especially those who are currently attending in person, please return or renew any book you currently have checked out that is overdue.

Seniors, if you ordered graduation announcements they can be picked up in the main office.

Seniors, you also need to make sure your senior portrait is submitted to yearbook by March 5th. If you do not submit your senior portrait, yearbook will use your life touch photo.

Here’s a round table discussion with Ms. Sarno about adapting curriculum to our new way of learning, followed by sports with Luke West Poley

The hockey team closed out their season this weekend, on Saturday the Brave defeated Olentangy Orange 6-4, Goon Squad combined for 3 goals and the Shrider boys had 1 each, Niko Amarantos also tacked one on for the Brave, on Sunday the team had their district championship hopes ended by Columbus St. Charles Prep, 2-0 was the final in that one, the Brave finish with a record of 27-8-2 and will look to reload for next season.

This past weekend the swim and dive teams competed at the state championships.  Maren Patterson finished in a tie for 21st in her 100 Freestyle and 23rd in her 100 Backstroke.  Sam Hool finished in 14th in the 1 Meter Diving Event and the boys’ relay team of Alex Carlson, Blake Madden, Ben Crowder, and Maxx Gregg finished in 22nd place in the 200 Medley.  That same foursome also placed 23rd in the 200 Freestyle Relay.  The boys finished the meet in 45th place out of the 127 schools in Division 1.  This officially concludes the swim and dive season.  Congratulations to all members of the teams for another outstanding season.

Gracelyn Steigerwald finished her season 4 pins away from qualifying for state with a 617 series at the district bowling tournament this year she was also the highest SWOC finisher at the meet so congrats to her and the rest of the team on a great season.

This past weekend the wrestling team competed at the sectional meet to close out their year Sammy Dillon was 6th and Nick Engelhard was 5th for the Brave congrats to the team on a great season.

2 big shoutouts today first to Kiefer Bell who finished 9th at the Adidas Nationals mile yesterday with a time of 4:16, and also congrats to junior Deondre Bothast-Revalee who received his first division 1 offer from Dartmouth College.

That’s our broadcast today, I’m Luke West Poley, here at Channel 85, we have a boss mentality, thanks so much for watching, and we’ll see you tomorrow.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021.

The THS Media Center has double the number of overdue books due to the remote learning and school closings.  We did not have a chance to collect most of the books that were due from the 2019-2020 school year and most of the books that were checked out during the brief face to face weeks in late October and early November 2020.  If possible, especially those who are currently attending in person, please return or renew any book you currently have checked out that is overdue.  

Reminder to seniors applying for the OCE or THS Local Scholarships – Packets are due by 3pm this Thursday!  Mrs. Roy will be in the guidance office tomorrow and Thursday if you don’t drop them off today.

Quarter Two Honor Roll certificates have been distributed.  Congratulations to all of our recipients!  Remote learners earning honor roll, your certificates are available in the main office foyer.  Contactless pickup, weekdays between 7:30 am – 3:00 pm.

THS Mock Trial Team Rage Against has qualified for  STATE!!!! Talawanda Mock is now in the top 19 teams in Ohio.  Please congratulate team members Rita Barclay-Hart, Eliot Berberich, Kel Fisher, Nathan Hall, Madeline Moser, Jean Pateman, and Emma Schrimper.

Boys interested in playing tennis this spring please see Coach Silberstien in room 117 or Coach Thomas in room 310.  You can also email Coach thomas at thomasp@talawanda.org.

Now for this week’s student spotlight, followed by sports with Luke West Poley

James Anzano is up for Enquirer athlete of the week this week after his 2 goal performance versus Kilbourne last weekend, so make sure to vote for him on the Cinci Enquirer high school sports page.

Congrats to the mock trial team on qualifying for states, that was announced last night so good luck to all of them as they will compete March 11-13th to complete their season.

Slow sports day today, but that’s all for us on this Monday, enjoy this message from Talawanda Hope, good luck to the ACT people tomorrow, and you all better hide your girl, because it’s flex season.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Monday, February 22nd, 2021.

The track and field team will start practice today from 3:30-5:30.  We will meet each day at the track.  Please check your school email for details.  You must have a completed physical to practice.

Seniors, We have extended the deadline for applications for both the Oxford Community Foundation and Talawanda Scholarships until this Thursday, 2/25.  You will need to have them turned in to the Guidance Office no later than 3 pm on Thursday. Please allow enough time for anyone writing letters of recommendation for you.  You can either request a copy of your transcript through Parchment or if you are in the building you can stop by guidance and get a copy.  These do not need to be official so you can make as many copies as you need.   Please see  Mrs. Roy with any questions.

Boys interested in playing tennis this spring please see Coach Silberstien in room 117 or Coach Thomas in room 310.  You can also email Coach thomas at thomasp@talawanda.org.

Talawanda HOPE is sponsoring self care month at THS.  To end February self care month, this week is focused on managing stress.  One of the easiest ways to manage stress is through deep breathing.  Here is a short video to teach a deep breathing technique, followed by Goon Squad with sports.

Welcome back everyone, hope you all had a great weekend. Concussion Boy STILL can’t stand in front of bright lights and we must have done a good job last week so GOON SQUAD is back

Boys bababol fell to Walnut Hills on Friday 58-40. Craig James led the way for the Brave droppin 15 on the Owls. Johnny Richter shot 71% from the field, good for 12 points. The boys finish the season with a 7-16 record.

Congrats to a number of swimmers who competed last weekend with hopes of moving on to states, Maren Patterson was the lone qualifier for the girls in the 100 free and 100 back, the relay team of Alex Carlson, Blake Madden, Ben Crowder, and Maxx Gregg qualified in the 200 medley relay and the 200 freestyle relay and Sam Hool capped it all off for the Brave as he repeated as district diving champion. Congrats to all the swimmers on a great season and good luck to all of them next weekend.

The Hocka team annailated Kilbourne yesterday with the game ending in an 11-1 mercy rule. Andrew Shrider paved the path with a hat trick and James Anzano nipped 2 genos in his first game back from a horrific shoulder boo boo. Other goal scorers were the Amarantos twins with two apiece, and we both scored as well.

Congratulations to Grace Steigerwald for qualifying for districts in bowling.

Shoutout to Michael Zachary Sens for being an absolute stud muffin

Spring sports start today so go hit some dingers and rip some bardownskis. Baseball tryouts for 9th and 10th grDE WILL BE FROM 6-730 in the gym. 11th and 12th grade will be from 730-9. Pleease enter through the cafeteria doors.

That’s all from GOON SQUAD today.  Go Brave.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Monday, February 8th, 2021.

The track and field team will start practice on Monday. February 22 from 3:30-5:30.  We will meet each day at the track.  Please check your school email for details.  You must have a completed physical to practice.

Today kicks off Nationals FCCLA Week! What does FCCLA stand for? Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.  This is Ohio’s 75th year of having FCCLA.  Nationally there are 181,353 members, THS chapter has over 181 members.  

Each day we are highlighting our FCS/FCCLA Seniors, today we are honoring Jasmine Huntsberry and Linzie Gabbard.

Calling all performing artists–musicians, poets, comics–the Setting Stone’s Winter Coffee House livestream will take place on Friday, February 19th, and we need performers!  email settingstone@talawanda.org with your name and type of performance to be added to the lineup!

And now an Overview of Signing Day followed by Sports with Luke West Poley

Welcome back everyone, hope you all had a great weekend, and congrats to everyone who signed last week.

A resounding victory for Tom Brady and the Buccaneers came last night in the Super Bowl, 31-9 was the final.

Congratulations to the swim teams for an excellent weekend of swimming at the sectional swim meets.  In total the teams recorded 32 season best times this weekend.  That allowed both teams to finish in 3rd place at their respective meets.  For the boys 8 are moving on to the district meet now led by Ben Crowder who qualified in the 50 Free and 100 Free.  Also moving on to the district meet as a part of relays are Alex Carlson, Noah Femiani, Maxx Gregg, Zeke Groom, Blake Madden, Daniel Mullally, and Stephen Mullally.  The girls were led by the Patterson sisters as Maren qualified to the district meet in both the 100 Free and 100 Back, while Mercy qualified to the district meet in the 100 Fly.  Hannah Lippincott and Kenna Mondello also qualified to the district meet as a part of relays.  This Saturday will be the sectional diving meet, where Sam Hool is the heavy favorite to repeat as champion.

The wrestling team finished 5th at the SWOC championships this weekend, in front of Mount Healthy, Nick Engelhard was the SWOC champion at 145 for the Brave, as they will continue their season at the sectional meet in a couple weeks.

The boys basketball team fell to Northwest on Friday by a score of 50-44, Craig James and Jonathan Richter shared the points lead for the Brave with 14 each followed by Jay Reynolds with 9, the team falls to 6-13 on the year and 3-6 in the conference, their next game is tomorrow versus Badin, and their playoff matchup has been set as well, they will play Walnut Hills next Friday in the first round, it will be a 5 pm tip at Lakota West high school.

And the hockey team swept their final home weekend of the season with wins over Olentangy Berlin on Friday, Alter on Saturday, and Owensboro on Sunday, the team will seed for districts this week before heading to their final road trip of the year this weekend in northwest Ohio, their first game will be against Findlay.

And that’s our broadcast on this Monday, I’m Luke West Poley, thanks so much for watching, shoutout to Kiefer Bell for beating Mr. Mills high school mile pr this weekend in 4:13.7, by a full .3 seconds, and they say success is the best revenge, enjoy this from Talawanda Hope, and we’ll see you on tomorrow.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021.

Please make sure you are wearing your mask throughout the entire day.  The only exceptions are during lunch.  Stay safe Talawanda.

School staff will be vaccinated this Thursday.  For some more info, here is Kim Clark.

As a reminder, this Thursday we will be having a asynchronous learning day.  You will not be logging into Zoom at a particular time, but will be assigned work depending on the teacher.  Please check your Google Classroom and talk to your classroom teacher if you are still confused over what you are expected to do.

Now for some sleep facts from hope squad. Humans are the only mammals that willingly delay sleep. Don’t skip out. sleep is natural and good for you. There are individual differences in the need to nap, you might need to nap because you don’t get enough sleep at night. The senation of falling when half asleep and jerking yourself awake is called “hypnic jerks”. 1.2% of people dream entirely in black and white, this is typically in older people because of black and white television.

Calling all performing artists–musicians, poets, comics–the Setting Stone’s Winter Coffee House livestream will take place on Friday, February 19th, and we need performers!  email settingstone@talawanda.org with your name and type of performance to be added to the lineup!

And now for Sports with Luke West Poley

Welcome back everyone, I hope you all had a great snow day yesterday.

The hockey team had a rough weekend going 1-2 over the three days defeating Beavercreek but falling to Upper Arlington and St John’s Jesuit, the team has another big weekend coming up though, with the final homestand of the year beginning with a 7:15 puckdrop vs Olentangy Berlin on Friday.

The boys basketball team split their weekend beginning with a loss 60-46 on Friday night vs Mount Healthy, but rebounding the next day in the exact same score, but flipped, a 60-46 win over Franklin County, 4 players were in double digits on Saturday in the winning effort for the Brave who are now 3-5 in the SWOC and 6-12 overall with their next game coming on Friday vs Northwest.

The girls basketball team defeated Hamilton last night, 50-39 was the final, Eva Motta led the team with 16 points. The girls are now 9-11 on the year, they will play at Ross tomorrow in the regular season finale, and their playoff matchup has been set, the girls will battle the Kings Knights a week from Thursday at Princeton High School in the first round.

This past weekend the swim and dive teams hosted the SWOC Championship meet at Miami University.  Congratulations to the boys team for winning their 15th consecutive league championship.  En route to winning the championship by nearly 100 points over Ross, the boys went 1-2 in 7 of the 12 events contested.  Ben Crowder was named Male Athlete of the Year for the 3rd consecutive year as he set a conference record in the 100 Freestyle.  The 200 Freestyle Relay team of Ben, Blake Madden, Noah Femiani, and Maxx Gregg also set a conference record as well at the meet.  For the girls, they lost a heartbreaker to Ross by just 9 points coming in 2nd place for just the first time in the last 15 years.  Maren Patterson led the way for the girls by setting a conference record in the 100 Freestyle and the 200 Medley Relay team of Mercy Patterson, Maren Patterson, Kenna Mondello, and Hannah Lippincott also set a conference record.  Both the boys and girls teams will take to the water again this weekend as the state tournament begins with the sectional swim meets.  Good luck to both the boys and girls!

And that’s our broadcast on this Tuesday, I’m Luke West Poley, thanks so much for watching, and Honeys wanna chat, but all we wanna know is where the party at?, and can you believe it, we’ll see you on Friday.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Friday, January 29th, 2021.

Please make sure you are wearing your mask throughout the entire day.  The only exceptions are during lunch.  Stay safe Talawanda.

Did you start a new hobby during the pandemic?  The Talawanda Tribune is doing a story for their virtual magazine, Changing Perspectives, on students and staff members who have developed a new hobby since last spring.  Email talawandatribune@talawanda.org if you’re interested in being profiled for your new skill!

Key Club is hosting a meeting for new members this coming Monday, February 7th.  Everyone with an interest in service is welcome to join.  If interested, please contact Mr Ruther or one of the officers.  Hope to see you there! 

Now for a Yearbook announcement, followed by Sports with Luke West Poley

The bowling teams both fell to Ross last night, I mixed up my teams yesterday, the boys by a score of 2695-1857, David Harrison led the team with a 339 series, on the girls they dropped the match with a final score of 2178-1747, Jessica Meyers led the Lady Brave with a 309 series. The teams will head into the home stretch of the season next week as they will host the Harrison Wildcats at Oxford Lanes.

Home games this weekend: the boys basketball team will battle the Mount Healthy Owls at 6:30 tonight, the swim teams will go for their 15th straight conference titles at the SWOC championships at the Miami Rec Center tomorrow, and the hockey team will stop off at home to take on the Beavercreek Beavers at 5:15 at the Goggin for the nightcap tomorrow.

And that’s our broadcast on this lovely Friday, I’m Luke East Poley, thanks so much for watching, and 2DopeBoyz don’t want beef, they’re just overweight vegetarians… enjoy this swim and dive update before their conference meet this weekend, have a great and safe weekend Talawanda, and we’ll see you on Monday.