Cougar Call
Volume 1, Issue 3
Homecoming
The Homecoming celebrations were planned and run by the Student Council. The members are: President Hank Strickland, Vice President Matti Smith, Treasurer Brice Dodson, and Secretary Talon Anglin.
Spirit Week consisted of a theme each day. Monday, students wore college apparel. On Tuesday, the theme was camouflage. Character Day was Wednesday. Thursday was deemed Nerd vs. Jock Day. Extreme Spirit Day was Friday.
On the day of Homecoming, a pep rally was held. The football players wore dresses while the cheerleaders wore football jerseys for Mock Homecoming. They crowned "Foxy Knoxy" Mock Homecoming Queen. Some football players also dressed up as cheerleaders and performed a cheer routine.
Cross Country
The next meet took place at Monsignor Donovan on 9/24. Mari Jablonski was permitted to race as a 7th grader event though this was a varsity only race. She came in 2nd place with a time of 23:25:79. Coach Traci Brady states that, "we are expecting big things from her in the future. Alina Jablonski finished in 5th with a time of 24:32:00. Brice Dodson came in at 27:00. The region meet will take place at Monsignor Donovan on October 18th for the varsity team. Middle school will have their final season end meet at Trinity in Dublin on October 8th.
At the GISA Varsity end-of-season meet held at Trinity Christian School in Dublin, Piedmont won its first overall state championship. Mari Jablonski earned her third first place win and her first state championship title. Coach Traci Brady stated, "This is absolutely a case of hard work and dedication paying off." She ran 17 seconds earlier than the second place runner with a time of 13.51.22. Gracie Black came in at 17.37.36 and finished in 16th place. Mallory Boyd finished with a time of 18.44.47 which brought her in 21st place. Garrett King ran his fastest time of the season and finished at 17.11.15 with 28th place. Coach Traci Brady commented, "It is an encouraging way to end the year."
The next varsity meet will be at Monsignor Donovan for the GISA 4AA regional meet on October 18th.
Student Poll
If someone could tell you the exact day and time that you are going to die, would you want them to tell you?
yes
-girls: 4
-boys: 9
no
-girls:11
-boys: 2