Knights in the News

2019 - 2020 SCA and Class Officers

5/20/2019

Congratulations to the following students elected to class / SCA officer positions for next year:

Sophomore Class:
1.President- Audrey Sellers
2. Vice President- Ava Schrag
3. Abby Villacrusis
4. Jane McCoy

Junior Class:
1.President- Gillian Hedrick
2. Vice President- Jake Hamann
3. Erin Batten
4. Jay Longcor

Senior Class:
1. President- Kelsey Spickler
2. Vice President- Krista Wright
3. Maddie Schmidt
4. Cameron Tutwiler
5. Chesney Whimore

SCA:
1. President- Chesney Whitmore
2. Vice President- Gillian Hedrick
3. Jake Hamann
4. Blake Lipinski
5. Silas Bright

Varsity Baseball and Varsity Softball Win District Semi-Finals

5/16/2019

Congratulations to the varsity baseball and varsity softball teams on their District Semi-Final victories yesterday here at TA. The baseball team beat Rockbridge 5-1, and the softball team shut-out Spotswood 7-0. Both teams will play in the District Championship games Friday night at Harrisonburg High School. Both games start at 7:00 P.M., and you will be able to watch both if you choose.

Girls' Tennis Team Wins District Championship

5/9/2019

Girls’ tennis did it again! Valley District Champions two years in a row! They earned it by edging undefeated Fort Defiance 5-3. Battling to win some intense singles matches were Malena Hoover, Grace Pierantoni, Anna Phillips and Tori Moats. Pulling out of a one set hole, in doubles, to win the overall match were Grace and Anna at doubles. Congratulations to a tough minded and tenacious group of TA Knights!

TAHS Finishes Third in State AAA Debate Tournament

4/22/2019

The Debate program finished third at the AAA State competition on Saturday, April 20, 2019. Seth Stapel and Barrett Gay were the state champions in Policy Debate! Elsa Waidelich and Abby Villacrusis were also state medalists (3rd Policy Debate). Also competing for the Knights were Allison Miller (4th Student Congress), Brandon Onestack (6th Lincoln Douglas), and Austin Moody (11th Student Congress).

Envirothon Team Places Third

4/12/2019

Congratulations to the FFA Envirothon Team that placed 3rd in the local contest yesterday! These members will now move on to compete at the area level on May 1st. Great job to Shelvin Arey, Jacob Craun, Paul Craun, Grant Pennybacker and Madison Swope!

FCCLA State Leadership and Recognition Conference

4/9/2019

Congratulations to the Turner Ashby FCCLA students who have participated in this past weekends State Leadership and Recognition Conference!

Kendra Dodrill competed in the 'Say Yes to FCS' event and received a gold medal and trophy for her 1st place, perfect score. She will be advancing on to Nationals and will represent Turner Ashby and the state of Virginia as she compete on the national level.

Tori Moats participated in the leadership events as our chapter president and served FCCLA as a judge of competitive events.

Jordan Bridges, who is the 2018-2019 Vice President of Public Relations, and her state officer team created and implemented an incredible leadership conference! We appreciate her amazing year of representing Turner Ashby High School and Virginia FCCLA this past year as a state officer. This was a lot of work and responsibility and we are so pleased with her efforts!

Debate Team Advances to State Tournament

4/8/2019

The debate team won the VHSL Super Region Tournament this past Saturday! The following students are advancing to the State Tournament:

Barrett Gay and Seth Stapel, 1st in Policy;
Allison Miller, 2nd in Student Congress;
Elsa Waidelich and Abby Villacrusis, 2nd in Policy;
Brandon Onestak, 3rd in Lincoln- Douglas
Austin Moody, 6th in Student Congress.

Asher Davis also qualified as an alternate in Student Congress. Congratulations to everyone on another terrific team effort.

TAHS Students Rebuild Ottobine Elementary Playground

4/8/2019

Pictures of the project

Turner Ashby High School students participated in a service project to rebuild the Ottobine Elementary School Playground. (See link to a few pictures is above.) These students worked hard the first day, and endured a heavy, cold rain for hours the second day. Please pay special attention to the first seven students listed. They joined us on Tuesday over Spring Break to work a full day with us simply because they wanted to finish the job.

As you can see from the pictures, we replaced a large portion of the splintered wood with new lumber. Our goal was to improve the integrity of the structure, and limit the amount of splinters children were getting while playing. You may also notice a chainsaw carved Ottobine otter provided by Mr. Hanifee.

It was a very rewarding experience for the adults and for the students.

Noah Britt
Mason Guyer
Jordan Harley
Jesse McDonald
Logan Miller
Channing Shank
Chandler Wright
Daniel Delawder
River Higgins
Logan Grogg
William Bailey
Jared Eye
Colby Lambert
Benjamin Lloyd
Hunter Miller
Nicholas Smallwood
Daniel Alumbaugh
Wyatt Campbell
Evan Dodd
Addison Griffin
Nick Griffin
CJ Haskins
Jessie Knight
Luke Mowery
Chase Seward
Grant Swinehart

TAHS TSA - 04/05/19

4/5/2019

Congratulations to TA TSA members Madelynn Ritchie, Loren Satterwhite, Isabelle Ours, Charlie Britt and Daniel Alumbaugh who led a great workshop at the Stone Spring Elementary School STEM Fair last night.

Forensics Team Places Fourth at State Tournament - 03/30/19

4/1/2019

Congratulations to the Forensics Team which finished fourth at the VHSL State Tournament this past Saturday. Ian Phillips placed 2nd in Prose, Emily Villacrusis took 2nd in Humorous Interpretation, Ben Neher was 3rd in Extemporaneous Speaking and Abby Villacrusis was 4th in Storytelling. A special congratulations to seniors Ian, Emily and Ben; over the past three years, they have combined for eight State Tournament appearances, resulting in one 1st place finish, six 2nd places and one 3rd.

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