Eagle Brief: Feb. 10 – 15

Ethan Chatelain, Reporter • February 10, 2025

Under the lights, Isaiah Johnson returns to one of Trisha Weyenberg’s classes since he graduated in 2017. He lives in Kansas City for his job and travels around the country to speak in classrooms. “Don’t listen to people, because you can make money and be happy,” Romeo said. “And, I could be an example of that. I do what I love.” Another seperate article is coming out on Isaiah soon.

Eagle Update & Resources

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To view PISD events, click here.
To view the 2024–2025 academic calendar, click here.
To view the calendar of scheduled sporting events, click the high school athletics calendar here.

Upcoming

Valentines Day is on Feb. 14!
Students will have a four day weekend on Feb. 14 – Feb. 17.
The Talonettes will compete at Crowd Pleasers Regionals on Feb. 14 & Feb. 15 at Timber Creek High School.
The 2025–2026 Drill Team Informational Meeting is Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. in the PHS Auditorium.
The Prosper Education Foundation is offering scholarships to Prosper ISD students taking dual credit classes in the 2025–2026 school year. The application window will be from February 10th through February 28th. If interested, apply here.
Our Prosper Women’s Basketball team completed the season as the district champions and heads into the playoffs with our first game being tonight. We have what is probably the best girls basketball game in the state as we are the Maxpreps #10 Ranked team in the state and our opponent is the #3 team in the state. We would love to see you there and have your support. They will be competing against Guyer at

6 p.m. at Colony High School.

Sports Schedule

Monday Feb. 10

4:30 p.m. Boys Varsity Baseball vs Rockwall (PHS Baseball Field)

4:30 p.m. Boys JV Green Baseball vs Rockwall (Rockwall High School)

Tuesday Feb. 11

5 p.m. Boys Green 9th Basketball vs Plano West (PHS Gym 1)

6:15 p.m. Boys JV Basketball vs Plano West (PHS Arena)

7 p.m. Boys Varsity Basketball vs Plano West (PHS Arena)

4:30 p.m. Boys JV Baseball vs Rockwall (Rockwall High School)

8 a.m. Boys JV Tennis vs Rock Hill (Rock Hill High School)

8 a.m. Girls JV Tennis vs Rock Hill (Rock Hill High School)

5 p.m. Girls JV Softball vs Frisco Wakeland (PHS Softball Field)

7 p.m. Girls Varsity Softball vs Frisco Wakeland (PHS Softball Field)

4:15 p.m. Boys JV2 Soccer vs Plano West (Plano West High School)

5:45 p.m. Boys JV Soccer vs Plano West (Plano West High School)

7:30 p.m. Boys Varsity Soccer vs Plano West (Plano West High School)

5:45 p.m. Girls JV Soccer vs Plano West (PHS Turf and Track)

7:30 p.m. Girls Varsity Soccer vs Plano West (PHS Turf and Track)

Wednesday Feb. 12

8 a.m. Boys JV Golf vs Plano ISD JV Invitational (Pecan Hollow Golf Course)

Thursday Feb. 13

10:15 a.m. Girls Varsity Softball vs CFBIS Tournament of Champions (Creekview High School)

11:30 a.m. Girls Varsity Softball vs CFBIS Tournament of Champions (Creekview High School)

4 p.m. Boys Varsity Powerlifting vs Farmersville Invitational (Farmersville High School)

8 a.m. Boys Varsity Tennis vs Flower Mound (Flower Mound High School)

8 a.m. Girls Varsity Tennis vs Flower Mound (Flower Mound High School)

Friday Feb. 14

10:15 a.m. Girls Varsity Softball vs CFBIS Tournament of Champions (Creekview High School)

4:30 p.m. Girls Varsity Softball vs CFBIS Tournament of Champions (Creekview High School)

9 a.m. Boys JV Track and Field vs McKinney Boyd (McKinney – Ron Poe Stadium)

9 a.m. Boys Varsity Track and Field vs McKinney Boyd (McKinney – Ron Poe Stadium)

9 a.m. Girls JV Track and Field vs McKinney Boyd (McKinney – Ron Poe Stadium)

9 a.m. Girls Varsity Track and Field vs McKinney Boyd (McKinney – Ron Poe Stadium)

8 a.m. Boys Varsity Wrestling vs UIL State Championship (Berry Center)

8 a.m. Girls Varsity Wrestling vs UIL State Championship (Berry Center)

8 a.m. Boys Varsity Golf vs Region 1-5A Preview (Tanglewood Golf Course)

3 p.m. Boys JV White Baseball vs Hebron (Hebron High School)

5 p.m. Boys JV Green Baseball vs Hebron (Hebron High School)

3 p.m. Boys Varsity Baseball vs Hebron (PHS Baseball Field)

Saturday Feb. 15

8 a.m. Boys JV Track and Field vs McKinney Boyd (McKinney – Ron Poe Stadium)

8 a.m. Boys Varsity Track and Field vs McKinney Boyd (McKinney – Ron Poe Stadium)

8 a.m. Girls JV Track and Field vs McKinney Boyd (McKinney – Ron Poe Stadium)

8 a.m. Girls Varsity Track and Field vs McKinney Boyd (McKinney – Ron Poe Stadium)

8 a.m. Boys Varsity Golf vs Region 1-5A Preview (Tanglewood Golf Course)

9 a.m. Girls Varsity Softball vs CFBIS Tournament of Champions (Creekview High School)

Uplifting

The new Prosper High School 2024–2025 crewnecks & hoodies are out now! Show your school spirit and buy the merchandise with this link!
Happy Valentines Day!
This past weekend, 11 of our wrestlers competed at the UIL Region 2 6A tournament. Of those 11, 6 wrestlers qualified for the UIL State Tournament in Houston this coming weekend. Both teams finished inside of the top ten, with the boys placing 6th, and the girls placing 7th.
The Lady Eagle Powerlifters competed in the Denison YellowJacket Powerlifting meet on the eighth. Alyssa Gallaway and Savannah Vineyard both medaled for the Lady Eagles.
Nine of the speech and debate students have qualified for the National Speech & Debate Tournament this June!
- Keira Yang – Original Oratory
- Avery Parker – House Congressional Debate
- Jacob Piehl – House Congressional Debate
- Anshul Ganta – Policy Debate
- Sreekar Chalamalasetty – Policy Debate
- Mahnoor Waqas – Senate Congressional Debate
- Tanish Chauhan – Domestic Extemp
- Hassan Sarfaraz – Domestic Extemp
- Erica Smith – Program Oral Interpretation
Over the weekend, we had our Regional Swim and Dive meet in which we were able to get some kids qualified for state. In the Women’s 200 Medley relay and 400 Free relay the team of Georgia Wimberly, Kensie Albrecht, Addison Johnson and Ava Goodwill qualified in both events (new school records). On the individual side Georgia Wimberly has qualified in the 200 yard free and 500 yard freestyle. Addison Johnson in the 50 free and lastly Pierce McHam in the Mens 1 meter dive. Overall the boys finished eighth and the girls third in Regionals.
Fashion Design Students competed in the FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) Region III Leadership Conference last Friday and represented Prosper High School. Out of five entries, three will be advancing to the state competition! This marks the first time in many years that Prosper ISD has had an active FCCLA chapter.
- Jonnie Owens, Entrepreneurship, 2nd place, advancing to state
- Addison (Jade) Hotard, Fashion Construction, 4th place, advancing to state
- Anvi Bansal & Chloe Harbert, Fashion Design
- Grace Peden & Garrett Gray, Fashion Design, 4th place, advancing to state (Garrett was unable to attend the competition but put in a lot of hours working on the fashion illustrations, portfolio and hand embroidering the top.)
- Ryland Carty & Mia Yarrobino, Interior Design
There will be no school on Friday, Feb. 14.

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Ethan Chatelain, Reporter

Ethan Chatelain is a major Professional Wrestling fan, and could probably tell you everything you want to know about the industry. He wants to convey stories through his photos and deliver unfiltered, honest news. Ethan is looking forward to having fun on the newspaper, as well as making sure his teammates are enjoying their time on staff as well.

Ava Ruhter, Reporter

This is freshman Ava Ruhter’s first year on the newspaper. She is from Frisco, Texas. She plays flute in the Prosper High School marching band, which takes up most of her time. Outside of school she likes going on walks or runs and mountain biking. Since she was little, she wanted to study to be a veterinarian at Texas A&M University, but wants to be a photographer as a side job.