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Welcome back to Trojan Talk. This week has been really busy and let’s get into it.

In sports news, The sports schedule kicks off with JV baseball on April 16 hosting Grainger County for games at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., followed by an away triple-header on the 28th at MoWest against West Ridge at 1 p.m. and Grainger again at 3 p.m. Varsity baseball faces Dobyns-Bennett home on the 13th and away the 14th, both at 6 p.m., before returning home to play Grainger on the 16th at 5:30 p.m. and Knox Central the 17th at 5 p.m.

Lady Trojan softball meets MoEast on the 13th at home and the 14th away, with both varsity and junior varsity squads playing at 5:30 p.m.; the varsity team then travels to Greeneville for the Tiny Day Tournament from the 16th through 19th.

Men’s soccer hosts a conference match versus Jeff County on the 16th at 6:30 p.m., while tennis travels for matches against Science Hill on the 13th and Chuckey-Doak on the 16th at 4 p.m. Finally, track and field competes in the Motown East/West High School Shutdown in Morristown on the 14th at 4:30 p.m. and the Vol Track Classic in Knoxville on the 17th and 18th starting at 4 p.m.

In club news. FCA will meet April 14 in the library. Congratulations to FBLA on 12 state wins. Congratulations to the entire chapter.

Thomas Drinnon – 1st place Marketing Concepts

Madilyn Simpson – 4th place Retail Management

Jessica Gonzalez, Yuveri Torales, Anely Sanchez- Top 8 Community Service Project

Bradley Hart, Alejandro Rios – Top 8 Entrepreneurship

Jesica Esteban, Brooklyn Shelton- Top 8 Marketing

Kyland Kiser – Top 8 Intro. Business Concepts

Jonathan Gray – Top 8 Advertising

Honoka Suzuki – Top 8 Customer Service

Entire Chapter – Top 50 Award

FBLA is sponsored by Mrs. Jessica Patrick and Mrs. Amy Whaley

Attention seniors! Hello, Class of 2026!

From Sarah Stafford

My name is Ms. Sarah Stafford, and I have the honor of announcing your names at graduation this year. As with my predecessor, Dr. Herron, it’s very important to me that I pronounce your name exactly as you would like. This is a huge moment in your life, and I want to celebrate it correctly.

I have started visiting TNN classes to hear the correct pronunciation of everyone’s names.

Please be thinking about how you would like me to say your name at graduation, and keep in mind any preferences your family might also have.

I must follow what is listed in PowerSchool; however, I can omit parts of your name if you prefer (for example, middle names). I cannot add anything that is not already in PowerSchool.

If you would like, you can also submit a recording of your name using the assignment Names/Nombres in this Google Classroom, which will help me make sure I pronounce it perfectly.

This edition of Trojan Talk highlights a busy week of sports, including baseball, softball, soccer, tennis, and track, alongside important graduation name pronunciation submissions for seniors with Ms. Stafford. Support our teams and prepare for the upcoming milestones, and as always, Go Trojans!