The 9th Grade Experience - Season 2, Episode 16: Student Profiles - Chase Muckey, Dylan Darville, and Daniel Charlot (Freshman Boys Basketball)

Season 2, Episode 16: Student Profiles - Chase Muckey, Dylan Darville, and Daniel Charlot (Freshman Boys Basketball)

02/20/20 • 24 min

In the world of high school athletics, and even on previous episodes of this podcast, most of the attention is placed on the results of the varsity teams. But before the Friday Night Lights, local television, newspaper and radio coverage, and league and district championships, many athletes improve their skills on junior varsity or freshman teams. In perennially strong programs, like boys basketball, making any of the three teams is quite the accomplishment for a 9th grader.

If the success of this season’s Freshman Boys Basketball team is any indication of future fortunes, the Hornets hoops program will be in great shape. The boys went 20-1 during the regular season and won a season-ending tournament, while outscoring teams over the course of the year by an average of 28 points per game.

In this episode, we catch up with three members of the team, Chase Muckey, Dylan Darville, and Daniel Charlot, who spoke about the process of coming together as a team, the sacrifices of individual players for team success, and the adjustment to competitive high school basketball.

So it’s time to run the three-man weave as we go strong to the hoop with Chase, Dylan, and Daniel.

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Season 2, Episode 15: Hello, Freshman! Inside the Emmaus Theater Department, Volume 3

It's getting closer to the opening curtain for the freshman involved in the production of the theater department's spring musical Hello, Dolly! In Volume 3 of this behind-the-scenes look at the preparation before the show's Wednesday, March 18 debut, we check back in with Mason Steltz, Dom Zientara, and Jacob Klinedinst to see what has happened to them since their auditions at the end of December. In this conversation that took place right before taking the stage for an afternoon dance routine practice on the stage for the first time, the boys discussed the anticipation of waiting to hear if they made the show, what the practice schedule has been like, and how they have adjusted to their roles in the show and their place in the theater department. If you are interested in learning more about the performance of Hello, Dolly! or are interested in purchasing tickets, please go to https://www.eastpennsd.org/ehs/article/hello-dolly-tickets-on-sale-now/.

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Season 2, Episode 17: March Career Readiness Month with Mrs. Grim, Mrs. Demchak & Mr. McInerney

While March is usually a time reserved for college basketball madness, this year at Emmaus High School, the third month of the year will be devoted to an even crazier topic: What to do with your future?

It may seem like just yesterday (or now 7 months ago!) that this year’s 9th grade class entered the halls of EHS. Yet, in our rapidly changing and evolving world, it is never too early to think about skills and strategies that may help prepare you to be successful in your post-school outcomes.

Led and and coordinated by EHS School Counselors Mrs. Grim, Mrs. Demchak, and Mr. McInerney, March will feature a focus on employability skills and how career readiness is something that is happening everyday throughout your schedule without you even knowing it. In addition, there will be over 30 speakers from local businesses that can give real-world advice into potential careers that textbooks just can’t provide.

So it’s time begin to see where your path will lead with Mrs. Grim, Mrs. Demchak, and Mr. McInerney.