1. Boys Basketball Improves to 3-1

The Trojans (3-1; 1-0) never trailed and extended their win streak to three in a hard fought, physical section opener 64-61 over Keystone Oaks (2-2; 0-1).
Tyson Webb recorded his second double-double in as many games with 19 points & 10 rebounds. For the second straight game, Derry Area had four players score in double figures with Brady Angus 16, Gabe Carbonara 15 and Nate Papuga 12. Jake Watson, playing with a heavy heart, grabbed 8 rebounds.

In a slugfest at Jeannette in the WCCA Shootout, Yough outlasted Derry Area 63-59.  Tyson Webb paced the Trojans with 22 to go along with his team leading 9 rebounds. Gabe Carbonara posted 14 & Nate Papuga with 11.

2. Library Closed

The library remains closed today and tomorrow due to the Christmas Dinner Box project. Students who wish to check out or return books may be sent.

3. Homeroom Meetings

Yearbook Staff will be meeting in E305, and HS Ensemble will be in VMR.

LUNCH TALK

Meatball Sub with Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, Garden Salad, Fruit Cup, and Milk

(CNN) – Biotechnology company Moderna announced Monday that preliminary data suggests its half-dose booster shot increased antibody levels against Omicron compared with the levels seen when a fully vaccinated person does not receive a booster — and a larger-sized dose of the booster increases antibody levels even more.

TODAY’S QUOTE

The hits just keep coming.

(WTAE) – Says Dr. Jacqueline Pflaum-Carlson, an emergency medicine specialist in Detroit, as hospitals across the country are struggling to cope with burnout among doctors, nurses and other workers, already buffeted by a crush of patients from the ongoing surge of the COVID-19 delta variant and now bracing for the fallout of another highly transmissible mutation.

TODAY’S NUMBER: $2,844

A distracted trader accidentally sold ‘Bored Ape,’ a non-fungible token (NFT) for $2,844, when it was worth $284,495.

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