 A huge congratulations to the FFA Parliamentary Procedure Team that won the state contest on Saturday, February 16, 2019! The following members will now represent TA FFA at Nationals in October: Shelvin Arey, Paul Craun, Jacob Craun, Matt Williams, Bonnie Rhodes, Rachel Craun and Madison Nelson. A job well done on your victory. We are so proud of you!  The TA Boys' and Girls' Swim Team had ten swimmers compete at the Regional Meet on Friday, February 8, 2019. Grayson Blye qualified in the 50 Freestyle and the Boys' 200 Freestyle Relay of Jack Sellers, Brett Heatwole, Seth Furry and Grayson Blye. He also qualified for the State Swim Meet by swimming a state cut. Also representing TA, were Aldo Heredia, Ally Eberly, Mycala Kiracofe, Ally Adams, Emma Burkholder, and Gillian Hedrick. Overall, everyone swam great and dropped time in their events.
 The Forensics team had a great showing at Saturday’s (2/5/19) Regional Tournament, with the Knights finishing second overall. Leading the way were Region Champions Emily Villacrusis in Humorous Interpretation and Ian Phillips in Prose Interpretation. Also medaling were Abby Villacrusis, 2nd in Storytelling, and Ben Neher, 3rd in Extemporaneous Speaking. All four of them advance to the Super Regionals on Saturday, March 2, 2019. Asher Davis and Evan Gillette finished 4th in Humorous Duo and will be alternates for the Super Region. Joe Blanton rounded out the team scoring, placing 6th in Prose. Great job by the entire team!  Congratulations to the boys' indoor track team for finishing 1st in the district championship and the girls' team for finishing 3rd. District champions include Grant Swinehart, Sam Quesenberry, Will Eckard, Jeremy Christian and Jerralee Testa.
 The TA boys' Swim Team placed 4th at the District Swim Meet yesterday and the girls' team placed 5th. The following students are All-District and Regional Qualifying swimmers:
Qualifying for regionals by placement for the Boys' Team were the following:
Qualifying for Regionals for the Girls' Team were the following students:
 Congratulations to the Scholastic Bowl teams on their performance at their final regular competition for the season, A team was 2-1 and B team was 1- 2. The A Team will be going to the regional competition on February 2. Good luck team!
 The forensics and debates teams wrapped up the ShenVaFL season with a fine showing at the Champions Tournament on Saturday, January 26, 2019. Top finishers included:
 Congratulations to the following TAHS students for making All State Choir! One hundred and twenty-six (126) students auditioned for twenty-four (24) spots available in our district. TA students filled five (5) of those spots and had one alternate! This was the most from any school in the district.
Julie Armstrong - SSAA Aly Harmes - SATB Rachel Lowe - SATB Emily Reichard - SATB Audrey Sellers - SATB Andrew Lowe - Alternate  Congratulations to the following band members for being selected to the VBODA All-District 5 Honor Band:
Audrey, Emma, Owen and Zeke placed in the top of the district, making them eligible to advance to the All- State Band. Great Job everyone!  Congratulations to all the students who were selected to the Harrisonburg City - Rockingham County Honors Band. Turner Ashby High School had thirteen (13) students selected:
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