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ANNOUNCEMENTS/TODAY'S EVENTS
Happy Thursday, EAGLE NATION! Greet your problems and decisions with peace and calm. Reminder that Varsity Jackets have arrived. Please make sure you stop by to pick them up in the Guidance Office ASAP.
Don't forget we have a lot going on currently at Eagle Nation. We have raffle tickets (only 5 dollars) for a Syracuse vs. North Carolina Basketball game for sale for a truly great cause. Please let me know if you want to buy some tickets. The Booster Club is selling Bundt Cakes, and it is Cancer Week here at Eagles Nation as we have games lined up all week. Last night we had the 3rd & 4th grade and 5th & 6th grade foul shooting contest finals for the girls. Layla Benosky and Paige Graff dueled it out for 3/4th grade, and Avery Wood and Anna Smith battled it out for 5/6th grade. The boys' foul shooting will be on Friday at halftime of the JV Boys Basketball game.
Come out and support a great cause. This year, we play in memory of community member, Shelley Schaperjahn. Donations from ribbon sales will support the Saratoga Hospital Patient Cancer Fund, which goes directly to patients to help with medical bills, groceries, and other everyday needs during treatment. Join us in the stands to honor Shelley, support those currently fighting cancer, and be part of something bigger than the game. Every ribbon and every donation makes a difference
The Winter Olympics are right around the corner. Curling kicks off on February 4th and continues daily until February 22nd, which ends with the Women's Gold Medal Game. The USA Men's Hockey team kicks off on February 12th, and the USA Women's Hockey team opens on the 5th. Here is the Olympics Competition Schedule: https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/schedule/overview
Can you believe we are only one month away from the end of the Winter Sports Season? It'll be over before we know it. Make sure you come out to see some events.
We have announced a few members of the Teachers Squad, as they have signed their contracts with the GTA Squad, but who else is on the roster? Our next member stands at 5'7" and is a point guard. She was a three-sport star athlete in high school, where she attended Galway. She was a midfielder for soccer, a guard in basketball, and a pitcher and infielder in softball. She is also one of every student's favorite teachers. Who knows our next member??? Tune in tomorrow to find out. We continue to work on signing more talent before the game.
Teachers vs. DJ's Roster to date:
- Slammin' Jammin' Kirvin
- Deep Dishin' D'Alessandro
- Swishin' Schwab
- Sam Ratatouille Ratti-Robinson
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No Mercy Mac (if her agent agrees to the terms)
Well, Old Man Winter played nice last night and only brought us rain. Be prepared for this afternoon as the temperatures are going to plummet around midday and into the night. Think Spring!
Cows have a memory of about three years
Remember, keep it classy, Eagle Nation!
Countdown Clock
- 17 Days till Groundhog Day
- 19 School Days till February Break
- 22 Days till the Winter Olympics
- 30 Days till Valentine's Day - Make sure you are prepared!
- 51 Days till Daylight Saving Time - Spring Forward
- 52 Days till JV & Varsity Spring Sports
- 59 Days till Modified Spring Sports
- 60 Days till St. Patrick's Day
- 64 Days till Spring
- 80 Days till Easter
- 99 School Days till Graduation
- 129 Days till Memorial Day
- 157 Days till Summer
- 169 Days till 4th of July (250 Anniversary)
BASEBALL OPEN GYM
Attention students in grades 7-12 interested in playing baseball this spring. Open gyms will be held on Wednesday afternoons, right after school till 2:55 p.m., and Saturday evenings, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. in the Middle School Gym. All are encouraged to attend. Please join our program REMIND using the code @cd77ad for more information and updates, or see Coach Hayden.
Randall Syracuse Ticket Raffle
Eagle Nation, we are looking for your help!!!! Tragedy struck an athlete's family in our league, and we are helping the Canahoharie Booster Club sell raffle tickets to a Syracuse Men's Basketball game through our Booster Club.
One of the Canajoharie players, Senior Dillan Randall, tragically lost his step-mother, Braylynn Fahy, in a car accident on December 1st. Dillan is the same player whose father was killed last January in a tragic accident while repairing his mailbox. Dillan and his two younger brothers, who attend Fort Plain, have suffered unimaginable loss in less than a year, losing both their father and mother/stepmother. To show our support, we are joining forces to raffle off four tickets and a parking pass to the Syracuse versus North Carolina men's basketball game on February 21st (flyer attached) that were graciously donated by Empower Federal Credit Union! Tickets are $5 each and will be available for purchase at all home games or by reaching out to Coach Glenn (mglenn@galwaycsd.org). The winner will be drawn on February 13th at halftime of the Galway Varsity Boys at the Canajoharie Basketball Game. The winner does not need to be present to claim the tickets! All proceeds from the raffle will be donated directly to the family. We have 100 tickets to sell, and I am hoping we can sell all 100 to help support Dillan and his family!
Booster Club Bundt Cake Fundraiser
The booster club is selling bundt cakes. Please see an athlete if you are interested in ordering
Fun fact of the day: On Earth, Sharks predate trees.
Did you know? London is the only city to host the Olympics three different times
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On this date in sports:
- In 1892, the rules of basketball were first published in Triangle magazine, written by James Naismith.
- In 1936, Horace Stoneham was elected president ofthe New York Giants MLB franchise; succeeds late father, Charles; remains president for the next 40 years, presiding over the move to SF, before selling the team in 1976.
- In 1942, the Chicago Cubs dropped plans to install lights at Wrigley Field because of the military's need for materials; takes 35 years before lights were finally installed at the venerable ballpark.
- In 1942, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent his famed "Green Light Letter" to MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, encouraging baseball to continue playing during World War II
- In 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers extended their 5-year lease on Ebbets Field by signing a new 3-year lease with real estate developer Marvin Kratter; the club moved to Los Angeles the next year
- In 1964, MLB executives voted to hold a free agent amateur draft, officially known asthe Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, in NYC.
- In 1965, one of the biggest trades in NBA history; San Francisco Warriors sent Wilt Chamberlain to the Philadelphia 76ers for Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer, Paul Neumann, and cash
- In 1967, Super Bowl I, LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA: Green Bay Packers beat KC Chiefs, 35-10; MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB.
- In 1981, Pitcher Bob Gibson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility; after a stellar 17-year career, polls 337 votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America.
- In 1987, Champion Boston Celtics NBA forward Larry Bird was named Man of the Year by 'The Sporting News' and Athlete of the Year by 'Associated Press'; the first time one athlete gained both distinctions.
Today is National Hat Day!!!!!
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***Some Reminders!!!!***
- 01/19 - No Classes - MLK Day
- 01/23 - Grades 7-12 (only) No Classes
- 01/23 - Jr/Sr. High End of Second Marking Period
- 01/26 - Jr/Sr. High Start of the Third Marking Period
- 01/29 - Jr/Sr. High Report Cards Mailed
- 02/02 - Groundhog Day
- 02/04 - National Girls and Women in Sports Day
- 02/06 - 02/22 - The XXV Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina
- 02/12 - BOE Meeting @ 6:30 p.m.
- 02/14 - Valentine's Day
- 02/14 - 02/22 - Mid-Winter Recess
- 02/23 - Classes Resume
On this date in history:
- In 2025, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was announced, 15 months after the war between them began. It took effect four days later and held for two months before fighting began again.
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In 2009, US Airways flight 1549, piloted by Captain Chesley (“Sully”) Sullenberger III, landed in the Hudson River after the plane flew into a flock of Canada geese shortly after takeoff, resulting in severe damage to the plane's engines; there were no fatalities.
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In 1974, the American television series Happy Days, a nostalgic comedy set during the 1950s and '60s, premiered on ABC.
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In 1967, in the first Super Bowl game, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League by a score of 35 to 10.
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In 19019, a storage tank collapsed in Boston, sending more than two million gallons of molasses flowing through the city's North End; the Great Molasses Flood, as it became known, caused extensive damage and killed 21 people.
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In 1870, the donkey appeared as a symbol of the U.S. Democratic Party in a Thomas Nast cartoon.
- In 1844, the University of Notre Dame, founded in Indiana by the Congregation of the Holy Cross, was officially chartered.
- In 1797, a top hat almost certainly did not cause a riot in London on this day, but the story of this supposed riot, traditionally blamed on haberdasher John Hetherington, has a thread of truth: the top hat was a new kind of hat in the 1790s, and people were often surprised when they saw a man wearing something on his head that was shaped like a chimney and reached as much as two feet in height.
- In 1759, the British Museum, which counts among its notable antiquities and archaeological holdings the Elgin Marbles, the Rosetta Stone, and a large collection of Benin Bronzes, opened to the public in London. It had been established by an act of Parliament in 1753.
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