Successful Friday

I knew it would be a busy, crazy day. I just hoped things would go smooth. 

For the most part, yes, they did. 

First off, we had the winter Pep Rally at Ludlowe. 

While I wasn't running it, I was more involved from an Athletics and Nest Advisor standpoint, as our Athletic Director, Todd Parness, was at an Athletic Director's Conference. 

There were also a lot of additions from Pep Rally's we have done in the past. It wasn't just sports team, but clubs and other school groups were added. 

This made for more teamwork and planning, but everyone worked together to get all the students' recognition they deserve. Yes, I'm a sports person, but we have so many other great groups at the high school also. 

Big shout out to Head Principal Dr. Greg Hatzis for the overall leadership and oversight. 

Great work by Nick Albano and the drum line. Fun addition to the music that The Nest plays throughout the event. 

Speaking of music, thanks to Jack Bilotta for helping to play the music between groups. 

The Nest Leaders, way to lead the Pep Rally. Scotty, Stuart, Kiera, Katherine and Kayleigh. Tremendous work. 

The Nest Leaders

All the other club advisors, student leaders and captains, good job promoting your clubs, groups and teams. 

I know there was a lot of prep work that was done by Todd and Greg, as well as the student council advisors.

Very pleased with how the Pep Rally went, especially considering there were many changes from the past. Hopefully, we make a few tweaks, and the next ones are even better. 

Then it was on to the season opener for Ludlowe boys' basketball at Bullard Havens. 

This was a matchup against former Ludlowe assistant coach Lawrence Richardson, who is the head coach of the Tigers. That made for some added fun. It was great to catch up with Lawrence before and after the game. 

As for the game, it was a tight first half, with Ludlowe up 32-31 at the break. The Falcons were able to break it open in the second half and came away with a 68-48 victory. 

Ludlowe was led by the Mahoney brothers as Tate had 21 points and Charlie had 19. It was a great team win with contributions from seniors through freshman. 

Good start to the season. Lots of basketball to play. 

A long but successful day.