TMS Athletics Highlights from Week 4 (Oct. 12 - Oct. 16)

We love having families and friends come cheer on our teams. This coming week is the final week of Fall Sports, so come watch the following opportunities at Talmadge / ACES:

We have loved all the parents and students coming to support our teams. Remind your students who come to follow our school and league expectations for positive fan behavior. 

Please come cheer them on! Our League Sportsmanship Pledge is:

Check out the results and highlights from our competitions this week!

Soccer teams had 2 games this week.

Boys A Team: A 0-4 loss, but the team played hard. We had many good shots on goal, but just couldn't get the scores. 

Boys B Team:  Cougars lost 1-6. Gael H. scored the lone TMS goal. 

Girls Team: (No update shared yet)

Boys A Team: A team rebounds and gets a 3-1 win over the Cascade team. 2 goals by Christian D. and 1 by Mito R. A great save by Garret H on a penalty early in the 2nd half kept the game at 1-1. 

Boys B Team: A super close game that TMS lost 1-2 at the last minute. Ozzy played a great game as our keeper. He blocked a penalty and  saved a few dangerous shots. Alex scored our lone goal on the night. 

Girls Team:  (No update shared yet)

Cross Country participated at the Cascade Corncob Classic on Oct. 13. Athletes love running this race as those who place high enough get a neat wood carved medal and a can of corn! 

TMS Girls placed 5th overall (9 teams competed) and had 6 runners in the top 40 (147 total).  New personal bests for Luisa S., Marley U., Finley S., and Abigail S.

TMS Boys also placed 5th overall, finishing just a few points behind hosts Cascade. 5 Talmadge boys finished in the top 30 (146 runners). New Personal Bests by Ayden A., Griffy G., Koal O., Bennett T., Ruben B., and Henry G., Congrats to Ayden A on his 6th place finish! Can of Corn achieved!

Here's what coaches had to share about our games this week: 

7th Grade Team vs. Cascade: Cougars had a very tough game this week. Both sides played very well. Players of the game are Adam A., Eli H., and Sam H. A huge shout out to our defense for keeping us in the game and getting turnovers. 

8th Grade Team vs. Cascade: A 0-53 loss, but some really good moments in the game. Ezra B had an awesome game with many tackles and big kick returns. Rowen C had some great runs. Levi T played really hard and was willing to play anywhere we asked. Aaden R had some big tacles. 

Our Volleyball Teams had 2 games this week. Here are some highlights!

7th A Team: Cougars started off strong, winning the first game 25-20. Unfortunately we were not able to carry the momentum forward and lost the next two sets 8-25 and 7-15. Ari, Kollins, and Nia all had great serving streaks. Ari and Kollins also had amazing passes and digs. 

7th B Team: Won 2 of 3 games in the match. Amaryllis and Sophia had some great passes. Jorilynn had a few aces. Sadie played reallly well at the net. 

8th A Team: Won 3-0 against a really strong Silverton team. It was a whole team effort, but two of our hitters, Emma O and Dayna B had really strong games offfensively. 

8th B Team: A 2-1 win. Shout out to Miya R for serving 6 in a row in the 3rd set to push us to the win. Also, great aggressive play by Jayden M in both passing and hitting. 

7th A Team: Cougars fought hard but the Tigers pull out the win. 1-2 loss for TMS. Shout out to the whole team for playing together, hustling, and communicating. Serving shout outs to Kollins (11 in a row) and Ireland (5 in a row). 

7th B Team: Lost 1-2 on the night. Close games. One of the best games we've played offensively. Amaryllis, Kinsley, and Sophia with the bump, set, spike. Amaryllis had a great save out of the net. Sadie had amazing serves at the end to keep up alive in the 3rd game. 

8th A Team: Lost 1-2 to an excellent Sweet Home team. Reba D. had an awesome game setting and playing defense while Aaliyah G. had a great serving run at the end. 

8th B Team: Another 2-1 win. Shout out to the whole team for working really hard to get 3 touches each rally and for facing adversity and winning the 3rd set after losing the 2nd. Great job and overall team play.