Eagle Brief Feb. 23 – March 2

Kalyani Rao, Executive Editor-in-Chief|February 23, 2023

Kaya Miller

With a National Speech and debate Association District Qualifier plaque in hand, junior James Kim stands with his teammates – freshman Aaditya Ananth, junior Jamie Obala, junior Kaya Miller, sophomore Avery Parker and junior Sasha Zhindon, after the congress district tournament. Kim ranked second in the senate room. NSDA will host the national tournament June 11-16 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Eagle Update & Resources

Upcoming

  • The Prosper ice hockey team has their round one playoff game this Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in McKinney at the Children’s Health Stars Center. Come out and bring your Prosper spirit! Admission is FREE!
  • Prosper High School will host the Eagle Idol Talent Show Wednesday, March 1. Submissions to participate in this year’s talent show are due no later than Wednesday, Feb. 22.
  • Cheer tryouts will be held Feb. 27 – March 3. The mandatory informational meeting will be held Feb. 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria.
  • To view the events FFA is holding to celebrate National FFA week, click here.
  • The Prosper Esports team is selling Jerseys to support participation in tournaments, travel, and hosting tournaments in the future. If you would like to support the Prosper Esports club, email Coach Kincaid.
  • Prosper Rocket League Varsity team is currently undefeated in the HSEL Spring Open, winning four to zero against Alice High School Coyotes in their first match, and four to zero against Denham Springs HS in Louisiana last week. Tune in tonight at 5 p.m. on the Prosper HS Eagle Esports twitch channel to watch as they march towards Nationals!
Prosper ISD is introducing a JV Drill Team. The PHS meeting will be held Feb. 28 at 6:30 p.m., and tryouts will be held on March 31. At Rock Hill, the meeting will be held March 1 at 7 p.m. in the RHHS LGI. Tryouts will be March 30. (JV Drill Team Prosper ISD)

Sports schedules

  • Thursday, Feb. 23
    8 a.m. JV Girls Tennis vs. Rock Hill Tournament
    9 a.m. JV Boys Track vs. Flower Mound
    9 a.m. Varsity Boys Track vs. Hebron
    9 a.m. JV White Baseball vs. McKinney
    11:15 a.m. JV White Baseball vs. Lovejoy
    2 p.m. Varsity Baseball vs. Lovejoy
    3 p.m. Varsity Softball vs. South Grand Prairie
    4 p.m. JV Boys Tennis vs. Rock Hill Tournament
    4 p.m. JV Green Baseball vs. McKinney North
    5 p.m. JV Girls Track vs. Flower Mound
    5 p.m. Varsity Boys Track vs. Flower Mound
    5 p.m. Varsity Girls Track vs. Flower Mound
    5 p.m. Varsity Softball vs. Lake Creek
    5 p.m. Varsity Boys Powerlifting vs. Sherman LQM
    6 p.m. JV Green Baseball vs. Rockwall Heath
    7 p.m. Varsity Baseball vs. Permian
  • Friday, Feb. 24
    8 a.m. Varsity Boys Tennis vs. Prosper HS Tournament
    8 a.m. Varsity Girls Tennis vs. Prosper HS Tournament
    8 a.m. Varsity I Boys Golf vs. Waco ISD Spring Invitational
    9 a.m. Varsity Softball vs. Plano East
    11 a.m. Varsity Softball vs. Rockwall
    12 p.m. JV Green Baseball vs. Colleyville
    12:30 p.m. Varsity Baseball vs. Highland Park
    2 p.m. JV Green Softball vs. Forney
    4 p.m. JV Green Softball vs. Plano West
    4:15 p.m. JV2 Boys Soccer vs. Little Elm
    5 p.m. JV White Baseball vs. Marcus
    5:30 p.m. Varsity Baseball vs. Vista Ridge
    5:45 p.m. JV Boys Soccer vs. Little Elm
    5:45 p.m. JV Girls Soccer vs. Little Elm
    7:30 p.m. Varsity Boys Soccer vs. Little Elm
    7:30 p.m. Varsity Girls Soccer vs. Little Elm
  • Saturday, Feb. 25
    12 a.m. JV White Baseball vs. Plano West
    8 a.m. Varsity I Boys Golf vs. Waco ISD Spring Invitational
    9 a.m. JV Girls Track vs. Hebron High School
    9 a.m. Varsity Boys Track vs. Hebron
    9 a.m. Varsity Girls Track vs. Hebron High School
    9 a.m. JV Boys Track vs. Hebron
    10 a.m. Varsity Baseball vs. Denison
    11 a.m. JV Green Baseball vs. Boyd
    12 p.m. JV Green Softball vs. Wylie
    2 p.m. JV Green Softball vs. Plano East
    2:30 p.m. JV White Baseball vs. Jesuit
    5 p.m. Varsity Softball vs. Forney
    5:30 p.m. Varsity Baseball vs. Southlake
  • Sunday, Feb. 26 – No events.
  • Monday, Feb. 27
    4 p.m. JV White Baseball vs. Rockwall Heath
    6 p.m. JV Green Baseball vs. Heath
  • Tuesday, Feb. 28
    8 a.m. JV Boys Tennis vs. Allen Tournament
    8 a.m. JV Girls Tennis vs. Allen Tournament
    4 p.m. JV Silver Baseball vs. Wylie
    4:15 p.m. JV2 Boys Soccer vs. McKinney Boyd
    5 p.m. JV Green Softball vs. Keller Timber Creek
    5:45 p.m. JV Boys Soccer vs. McKinney Boyd
    5:45 p.m. JV Girls Soccer vs. McKinney Boyd
    7 p.m. Varsity Softball vs. Keller Timber Creek
    7:30 p.m. Varsity Boys Soccer vs. McKinney Boyd
    7:30 p.m. Varsity Girls Soccer vs. McKinney
  • Wednesday, March 1
    8 a.m. JV Girls Golf vs. Farmer Classic
    8 a.m. JV I Boys Golf vs. Farmer JV Classic
    1 p.m. Varsity Girls Powerlifting vs. Regionals
  • Thursday, March 2
    8 a.m. Varsity Boys Tennis vs. McKinney North Pool Play
    8 a.m. Varsity Girls Tennis vs. McKinney North Pool Play Tournament
    11 a.m. JV White Baseball vs. Lonestar
    11 a.m. Varsity Softball vs. Weatherford
    1 p.m. JV White Baseball vs. Jesuit
    1 p.m. Varsity Softball vs. Colleyville Heritage
    1:30 p.m. JV Green Softball vs. Plano
    3 p.m. Varsity Baseball vs. Edmond Santa Fe
    3 p.m. JV Green Softball vs. Marcus
    4:30 p.m. JV Green Baseball vs. Memorial
    6 p.m. Varsity Baseball vs. Deer Creek
    6:20 p.m. JV Green Baseball vs. Lake Dallas

Uplifting

To celebrate national FFA week, the PHS FFA is hosting several events. The week is Feb. 18 – Feb. 25. Among the events included are a scavenger hunt, game night and “wear blue” day. (PHS FFA)

On Wednesday, Feb. 22, members of the PHS Speech and Debate competed in the National Speech and debate Association District Qualifier. Junior James Kim placed 2nd in Congressional Debate and qualified for the National Tournament.

The Swim and Dive State Qualifiers just came back from a great meet in Austin and came home with a Silver award in the 100 Fly, finalists in the 50 Free, 1M Diving, the 100 Fly, the 100 Back and the 400 Free Relay, as well as four All-Americans.

Results
Shaelyn Haiman – State Finalist, 1-Meter Dive (16th)
Georgia Wimberly – State Finalist, 100 Backstroke (14th)
Jacob Wimberly – State Finalist/Runner-up, 50 Freestyle (5th) & 100 Butterfly (2nd)
Boys 400 Free Relay: Jacob Wimberly, Brayden Jones, Michael Morrow, Grayden Barker – State Finalists (6th)

New School Records
Boy’s 50 Freestyle – Jacob Wimberly (20.27)
Boy’s 100 Butterfly – Jacob Wimberly (46.99)
Boy’s 100 Freestyle – Jacob Wimberly (44.23)
Boy’s 400 Freestyle Relay (3:04.98)

All-America Automatic Qualifiers
Jacob Wimberly – 50 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly, 100 Freestyle
Boy’s 400 Freestyle Relay – Jacob Wimberly, Brayden Jones, Michael Morrow, Grayden Barker

On Saturday, PHS artists competed in the State VASE Regional Competition. PHS showed up with the most entries of any school in our region and walked away with a total of 159 Regional Medals and 15 State Qualifiers. Congratulations to all who competed and to the following students who qualified for the State Event:

Avery Canuteson
Gray Haviland
Miriam Kassem (2)
Cal Kindiger
Kiera Payne
Linda Thai
Anna Wren
Kamila Cudzich
Carolina Miao (2)
Leah Muhia
Evelyn Paolo
Elisa Arbaiza (2)
Marina Wassef

Four PHS filmmakers won first in state in the category of 6A Traditional Animation for their short film entitled “Lift” at the UIL Academic Young Filmmakers Championship!

The students are:
Eliana Hamilton: Director, Sound Designer
Giovanni Spampinato: Animator, Producer, Editor, Story Development
Michael Soler: Animator, Voice Actor, Story Development
Rocco Spampinato: Environment Artist, Voice Actor