03/11 Daily Eagle

ANNOUNCEMENTS/TODAY'S EVENTS

May this Tuesday morning be not only good but may it be blessed in all you do Eagle Nation!  Today looks to be the best day of the year so far with a high of 60. Hopefully, that snow will melt fast today.  Remember Spring Sports sign-ups are open on Family ID.  We offer Baseball, Softball, and Track & Field.  Please get signed up ASAP and the start date will be here before we know it.  See the info below for the link to register.

The individual Spring Sports stores have been extended a few days to be open, so if you want to order something make sure to get it today. 

Remember keep it classy Eagle Nation!

• JV & Varsity Sports - August 18th
• Modified Sports - August 25th

Spring sports open gyms have started (check the times below)!!!

• There are only 9 days till Spring (PLEASE BRING NICE WEATHER HERE QUICKLY!!!!)

• 16 Days till MLB Opening Day

• 60 more class days left of school

•  76 Days till Memorial Day

• Tuesdays - 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. - MS Gym
• Thursdays - 2:30 - 3:15 p.m. - MS Gym
• Saturdays - 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. - MS Gym

• Sundays -Hitting and Fielding - 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. - MS Gym
• Sundays - Pitching and Catching - 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - MS Gym
• Sundays - Fielding - 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Elem Gym

• Baseball Store
  •  https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/wwKPxrVmoG
• Softball Store
  • https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/JTNzKR4sNQ
• Track and Field
  • https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/PaM3g6X3KC
• The Galway Eagle Apparel Store
  • https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/new_york/galway/galway-central-high-school
    

• JV & Varsity Practice Start Date: 3/17
• https://students.arbitersports.com/programs/galway-spring-2025-sports-registration-jv-and-varsity

• Modified Practice Start Date: 3/31
• https://students.arbitersports.com/organizations/galway-athletics

• In 1892, the first public basketball game was held in Springfield, Massachusetts.
• In 1912. the first Stanley Cup game was played using three 20-minute periods, as it was formerly two 30-minute halves.
• In 1927, the first Gold Gloves boxing tournament was held.
• In 1981, Johnny Mize and Rube Foster were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

• 3/14 - Blood Moon (2:26 a.m. - 3:31 a.m.)
• Jr/Sr. Interims Mailed
• 3/17 - St. Patrick's Day
• 3/19 - Meet the Coaches Night at 6:30 p.m. in the Auditorium
• 3/28 - Dress like the 2000's

• In 2020, the World Health Organization declared that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic.
• In 2011, an earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan, causing widespread damage in the country and triggering a devastating tsunami that instigated a major nuclear accident.
• In 2006, Chilean politician Michelle Bachelet became the first woman to serve as the country's president as she was sworn into office.
• In 2004, Madrid suffered a series of terrorist attacks when 10 bombs, detonated by Islamist militants, exploded on four trains at three different rail stations, killing 191 people and injuring some 1,800 others.
• In 1990 following a vote in the parliament, Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to declare its independence from the U.S.S.R.
• In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev succeeded Konstantin Chernenko as leader of the Soviet Union.
• In 1942, during World War II, Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific Theatre came under the command of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur following his tour of the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines.
• In 1941, the U.S. Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act.
• In 1930, William Howard Taft was the first U.S. president to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
• In 1918, one of the most devastating pandemics in human history reached the United States as the country reported its first cases of the Spanish flu.
• In 1888, a winter storm began on the Atlantic coast of the United States, ultimately blanketing New York City with 22 inches of snow and other areas with up to 50 inches; the Great Blizzard of 1888, as it became known, killed more than 400 people and caused widespread property damage.

• JV & Varsity Practice Start Date: 3/17
• Modified Practice Start Date: 3/31

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