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03/02 Daily Sports Eagle

Posted Date: 03/02/26 (08:43 AM)
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03/02/26
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ANNOUNCEMENTS/TODAY'S EVENTS

This is your Monday morning reminder that you can handle whatever the week throws at you, Eagle Nation!  We made it to March.  Today marks the start of meteorological spring, and it looks like warm temperatures are finally heading our way. It is quiet on the Athletics front, as Winter sports have ended, and we have a little time until spring sporting events start.  Think Spring!!!!!!  Springfest is this Thursday from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., and the Teachers vs. DJ's game is Friday night.  Get your tickets before they sell out.


Spring Sports Registration is open for Modified, JV, and Varsity Sports. See the link below.  Make sure you get signed up ASAP.



Tickets for the Coaches vs. DJ's game are now on Sale.  Please see Christine Adams for tickets.

Remember, keep it classy, Eagle Nation!


Link for Spring Sports Sign-ups is Open
  • JV & Varsity Sign-ups Open:
    • Season Starts: 03/09
  • Modified Sign-ups Open:
    • Season Starts: 03/23

***Some Reminders!!!!***
  • 03/03 - Jr/Sr. High Choral Concert
  • 03/04 - Jr/Sr. High Band Concert
  • 03/06 - Jr/Sr. High End of Third Interim
  • 03/08 - Daylight Saving Time - Spring Forward
  • 03/09 - JV & Varsity Spring Sports Start
  • 03/10 - Spring Sports Meet the Coaches @ 6:30 p.m. - Auditorium
  • 03/12 - BOE Workshop at 6:30 p.m.
  • 03/13 - Superintendent's Day - No Classes
  • 03/17 - St. Patrick's Day
  • 03/20 - First Day of Spring
  • 03/23 - Modified Spring Sports Start
  • 03/26 - BOE Meeting @ 6:30 p.m.
  • 03/27-28 -Jr/Sr. High Drama Production
  • 03/29 - Palm Sunday
  • 04/01 - Passover Begins
  • 04/01 - April Fool's Day
  • 04/02 - Jr/Sr. High End of Third Marking Period
  • 04/03 - 04/12 - Spring Recess - No Classes
  • 04/13 - Jr/Sr. High Start of Fourth Marking Period
  • 04/15 - Tax Day


SPORTS SCHEDULES
Spring Sports Events
  • Coming Soon


INFORMATION & HAPPENINGS

One beef cow can eat about five 900-pound hay bales each winter. That’s a lot! Hay is dried grass, and hay season is one of our busiest times of year.


Countdown Clock
  • 6 Days till Daylight Saving Time - Spring Forward
  • 7 Days till JV & Varsity Spring Sports 
  • 15 Days till St. Patrick's Day
  • 18 Days till Spring
  • 21 Days till Modified Spring Sports 
  • 23 Days till Opening Day
  • 34 Days till Easter
  • 38 Days till the Masters
  • 68 Class Days left
  • 84 Days till Memorial Day
  • 101 Days till the World Cup
  • 110 Days till Summer
  • 124 Days till 4th of July (250th Anniversary) 

Fun fact of the day:   Chainsaws were first invented for childbirth. They were developed in Scotland in the late 18th Century to help aid and speed up the process

Did you know?  Glenn Hall, a goalie from 1952-1971, played a record 502 consecutive games in the NHL.

On this date in sports:

  • In 1874, the National Association of Professional Baseball Players officially adopted the batter's box; it decided any player betting on his own team would be expelled, and any player betting on any other team would forfeit his pay.
  • In 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored a record 100 points in a single NBA game, a record that has not been surpassed to this day. His Philadelphia Warriors (later the Golden State Warriors) defeated the New York Knicks 169–147.
  • In 1968, 19-year-old American Peggy Fleming won her 3rd consecutive World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva, Switzerland; announced her retirement, turned professional, and eventually went into broadcasting
  • In 2003, America's Cup, Auckland: Swiss yacht Alinghi beats Team New Zealand by 0.44s to sweep series, 5-0; Alinghi's Russell Coutts wins last 14 America's Cup races he's competed in as skipper; most in history
  • In 2004, Saint Joseph's Hawks finished their college basketball season with an 82-50 win over St. Bonaventure; the Hawks were undefeated with a perfect 27-0 record in the A-10 East Conference.

Today is National Read Across America Day!!!! Aka Dr. Seuss Day!


On this date in history:
  • In 2023, after a six-week trial, a jury deliberated for three hours and found former lawyer Alex Murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and his youngest son, Paul Murdaugh, at the family's estate in South Carolina.
  • In 1995, researchers at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, announced the discovery of the top quark (subatomic particle), the sixth and most massive quark.
  • In 1965, The Sound of Music, a film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical play, premiered.  The movie, which was based on the real-life story of the Trapp family of Austria, was a commercial success and won an Oscar for best picture.
  • In 1933, the landmark monster movie King Kong had its world premiere; in addition to pioneering special effects by Willis O'Brien, it was the first significant feature film to star an animated character.
  • In 1904, Theodor Seuss Geisel, who, under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, wrote and illustrated such hugely popular children's books as How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Cat in the Hat, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts.
  • In 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the disputed presidential election of 1876 after a special Electoral Commission awarded him all contested electoral votes; he was sworn into office the following day.

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