Meridian Community Unit School District #15

Hawk Nation, we need you in the HS gym tomorrow night!

The evening includes:
Winter athletic program announcements
2 short, varsity level, scrimmages
Meridian Cheerleaders
Meridian Band
Opportunities to make half court shots
Free Pop-Corn and Drinks(PROVIDED BY BOOSTER CLUB)
Fun

See you tomorrow!

Last night we were able to celebrate our 8th grade girls, as their regular season begins to come to an end.

This year's 8th grade basketball players are: Caitlin Burgess, Hayden Crist, Jensen Dawson, Zada Dudley, Bella Durbin, Ella Hilton, Khloe Leffler, Attison McNeely, and statistician, Aleeah Armour.

Finish the season strong, girls!

Our boys kicked off their home opener last night vs AO. Both the 7th and 8th grade captured wins.

The 8th grade squad came back from being down earlier in the game. Last minute free-throws sealed the deal. Free-throws win games (and defense...lol)!

The new cheer team made their debut and kept a fantastic basketball vibe all night!

#Meridianproud

McKenna Koehler represented Meridian in Saturday's swim sectional at Champaign. She was able to to achieve her personal best in her 100 fly and 500 free race. Hopefully, McKenna can take this post season momentum with her into collegiate swimming at Millikin.

Great work McKenna!

Here is this weeks' athletic calendar for the HS.

As we gear up for our boys' and girls' basketball season, please consider coming to the scrimmage on Green and White night scheduled for this upcoming Friday. This scrimmage will include announcements of our Winter programs.

See you there!

Here is this weeks' athletic schedule for the MS.

Don't forget we have 8th grade night for our girls on Tuesday AND we have our big GREEN AND WHITE Winter program on Friday the 14th.

See you there!

The Meridian School District would like to thank Melanie and Al Schelling with State Farm Insurance for sponsoring our October athletic attendance event drawing. We also want to thank all students (and the rest of Hawk Nation) who showed support this month.

Students who attended any Meridian home game had an opportunity to write their name on a ticket and turn it in for a chance to win at the end of October. Every game attended meant more chances.

We were able to draw 4 winners from each school. Each winner won a $25 Amazon gift card.

This Month's winners are: Wyatt L., Harrison N., Malachi W., Brooklynn Z., Jarrett K., Cali S., Lukas S., Qwyn W., Arianna H., Maggie S., Christian S. and Weston R.

We will continue our athletic attendance drawing for November. Stay tuned for our new sponsor.

Remember the more you attend games....the better your chances. Good luck and go Hawks!

Meridian has 3 swimmers that participate in the yearly IHSA State Series. McKenna, Colton, and Kellen all received their swim hats today in preparation. Tomorrow, McKenna will be representing Meridian in the Girls' Sectional. On behalf of all of Hawk Nation, we would like to wish her the best of luck!

Go get it McKenna!

Here are more Senior Day pictures. The credit for these pictures goes to our fantastic MHS Yearbook staff. They call themselves "The Talon," and they do a great job of covering our extra-curriculars. We are only able to post a few of the pictures they take. So, don't forget to buy your Meridian yearbook at the end of the year where you can get a comprehensive picture of our student portion of Hawk Nation. We are proud of "The Talon."

Go Hawks!!

At the end of October we celebrated Senior Day at the football game. It was a perfect Fall game where we took the win.

Before the game he recognized and honored our seniors for football, cheer, band, and swim. Here are the pictures for football and cheer. This is a 2 part post.

Fall Seniors: Christian Espiritu, Carly Fitzpatrick, Furie Fringer, Lily Jibben, McKenna Koehler, Carson Ryan, Alayna Bickel, Grace Gorden, Eva Snow, Ted Jones, Austin Merritt, and Jason O'laughlin.

At the end of October we celebrated Senior Day at the football game. It was a perfect Fall game where we took the win.

Before the game he recognized and honored our seniors for football, cheer, band, and swim. Here are the pictures for band and swim.

Fall Seniors: Christian Espiritu, Carly Fitzpatrick, Furie Fringer, Lily Jibben, McKenna Koehler, Carson Ryan, Alayna Bickel, Grace Gorden, Eva Snow, Ted Jones, Austin Merritt, and Jason O'laughlin.

Here is this week's athletic calendar for MS.

The boys kick off their game schedule with a tournament at Cerro Gordo this upcoming weekend.

Good luck boys!

Hawk Nation, thank you for all of your support leading up to Saturday's football playoff game. The atmosphere was fantastic. It was directly connected to our fans, coaches, cheerleaders, band, and community.

To the seniors; thank you for working hard to build momentum for our future at Meridian. Hopefully we can use the momentum that was created in the Fall and use it as fuel for our Winter sports and beyond! (Stay tuned for Senior Day pictures)

Keep it up Hawk Nation!!

Now that the football season is over, our school is looking for feedback and collecting data on this year's season and 8Man football. If you would like to provide feedback, open the link and take the survey. Thank you for your time!

https://www.cognitoforms.com/MeridianFootball/_8ManFootballSurvey

Here is the link to watch the high school football playoff game. https://www.youtube.com/live/TBSd7rq6QHQ?si=YKSKb0pvbYVzW2Er

Our 7th grade girls' team was the consolation winner of the Okaw Valley conference tournament.

Good effort in this tournament, girls!

Pep Rally--Friday @ 1:30--MS Students, HS Students, and Community. Hawk Nation, if you are able, please come to our HS gym and be a part of the celebration and encouragement. WE NEED YOU HERE!!

Player Escort--Saturday @ 8:00am- The football players are being escorted out of town by the fire department and local law enforcement. Whether or not you are making the trip, please come park along Wall Street to honk your horns as the bus rolls by. Mattie's has given us permission to use their parking lot if needed. Let's pack the street as we send them off!!

Game Time--Saturday at 2:00 in Milledgeville. Use the link to watch the game on YouTube if you can't be there in person.
https://youtube.com/live/TBSd7rq6QHQ?feature=share

Playoff Spirit wear-- Orders should be available at the school during the day tomorrow (Friday). We will keep you posted.

Hawk Nation--Our football team is hungry for post season playoffs and we are trying to build community support. Please show up for our school. If you can't make the game, please show up for the pep-rally AND the team send off. Our players need to know YOU are there. Help make this a great day for our Hawks and let's build on this every year!

Let's Go!!!