Attention Graduates:
The City of Goshen and the Goshen Tree Board want to recognize your accomplishments by offering you and your family a tree, which you may plant at your home, or another private site of your choosing.
The following link includes multiple resources about this program including:

• A Google Form for you to sign up and select your tree
• A congratulations letter
• Instructions for how to plant and take care of your tree
• An invitation to a tree planting ceremony

Trees For Graduates 2021 – Google Drive
Graduates signing up for a tree will receive it at Graduation Practice on May 27.

ATTENTION ALL SENIORS:
Please stop by the student counseling office and let us know where you would like your final transcript to be sent to if you are attending College/Trade School.
Please stop by the student counseling office and let us know if you have received any Scholarships.

The Color Guard Spring Training and Auditions for ALL STUDENTS will begin today May 11th at Goshen MIDDLE School.  Auditions will be held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from May 11th – May 26th from 4pm-6pm.  Meet in Mrs. Stoll’s room, 509.  Dress in athletic clothes including tennis shoes with socks.  Bring water.  No prior experience necessary.

Graduating Seniors should see Mr. Kissinger on Wednesdays during lunch in the former Red Zone to go over the pronunciation of your name for the graduation ceremony.  If you cannot see him in person, email him an audio file of you pronouncing your name correctly and a phonetic spelling would be much appreciated.   His email address is lkissinger@goshenschools.org.  This opportunity will be available every Wednesday starting 4/28.  Go RedHawks!

PROM:

Goshen City Council Youth Advisor voting for Thursday, 5/20   

If you are a current junior and interested in politics or government and would like to serve alongside the Goshen City Council, please contact Mr. Weldy via email at jweldy@staff.goshenschools.org about running for the 2021-22 Goshen City Council Youth Advisor position.  Feel free to contact Hazany Palomino with questions, as she is the current representative for GHS or reach out to Josh Scrock, Jake Smith, or Misleny Moreno as they were involved in the 2020/21 election and currently serving in other roles with Goshen city.

It is time for the annual GHS Prom Dress Drive.  The purpose of this drive is to provide free dresses for students who want to go to the prom but may be in financial need.  We have several dresses in various styles and sizes to choose from.  If you are in need of a prom dress or if you wish to donate a gently used dress, please contact Mrs. Hershberger in Room 3260 (rrhershberger@staff.goshenschools.org) or Mrs. Shakley in Room 2255 (tshakley@staff.goshenschools.org).  You may also email or ask one of your teachers to help you get in contact with one of us.

SPORTS:
Spring sports have started and the fan attendance plan is by venue. At track & field at Foreman Field, tennis, golf, JV baseball at the Little League and V/JV softball at Shanklin, there are no capacity limits but all Covid protocols must be followed to attend, including wearing a face covering at all times. For baseball played at Phend Field, we do have to restrict to 4 fans/rostered player.

The Indiana All-Stars vs Junior All Stars game will be played at Brownsburg High School on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. The doors will open at 5:00 PM with the girls game starting at 6:00 PM. Please enter Door 14. Tickets are $8.00 and can be purchase athttps://indallstar.eventbrite.com/. There will be no tickets sold at the door and only available online in advanced.
The 2021 Indiana vs Kentucky All Star Basketball Game will be played at the Owensboro Sportscenter in Owensboro, Kentucky on Friday, June 11, 2021. The doors will open at TBD with the girls game starting at TBD. Tickets information will be available at a later date.
The 2021 Indiana vs Kentucky All Star Basketball Game will be played at the Southport Fieldhouse on Saturday, June 12, 2021. The doors will open at 4:00 PM with the girls game starting at 5:00 PM. Tickets for the general admission are $10.00 and can be purchased at the Southport Athletic Website. For more information, go to https://southportcardinals.com/2021inkyallstar/.

SPORTS RESULTS:
The Goshen Varsity Softball Team knocked in 7 runs in the second inning on its way to a 12-2 victory over Plymouth.  Klair Sweet Olivia Koshmider, Liz Ramirez, and Tyra Marcum each had 2 hits.  Tyra Marcum and Liz Ramirez each drove in 4 runs on the evening.  Marcum hit a 2 run dinger and Ramirez hit a triple with bases loaded.  Olivia Koshmider broke the school record for Most Stolen Bases in a Season with 28.  Kareena Ulfig went the distance and earned the win in the circle.  The RedHawks resume play on Friday at Concord for a 5:00 start 

The RedHawks JV played an exciting back-and-forth game at Plymouth on Wednesday night.  Goshen scored four runs in the first inning to take the early lead before losing the lead in the 4th inning, and eventually losing 9-7.  Goshen had the bases loaded with no outs and was able to score once in the 7th inning before two strikeouts and a pop out to end the game.
Leading the offense for the RedHawks was Damian Castillo who went 3-for-3 with a walk and two RBI.  Gage Worthman drove in three runs on a double and a groundout.  Isaiah Park, Myles McLaughlin, and Laish Detwiler also hit singles.  Park stole three bases and pitched an inning of relief.  Caelan Miller pitched five solid innings on the mound, striking out four.
Goshen JV’s game versus Concord on Friday has been cancelled due to COVID issues with Concord’s JV.  Goshen plays a double-header on Saturday at Angola, with Game 1 being played as a JV game and Game 2 as a C game.  First game begins at 9am Saturday. 

The Goshen RedHawks (12-10, 6-5 NLC) got back on track offensively on Wednesday night defeating the Plymouth Pilgrims by a score of 14-10. Noah Meikle pitched 4.2 innings of relief to pick up the win in a slugfest game.
Mitch Daniels started the game on the mound for the RedHawks but was unable to contain the Plymouth bats. Noah Meikle came in and only gave up 3 hits and 2 earned runs in his efforts. Thomas Castillo came in to record a 1 pitch save. Quinn Bechtel came in off the bench to record a diving catch for the games final out.
The offense had a lot of heavy contributors on the evening. Thomas Castillo led the team with 5 runs. He was 2-2 with a triple, 2 walks and a hit by pitch. Noah Alford went 2-4 at the plate and Reece Fisher went 1-2.
The RedHawks are back in action on Thursday when they host an out of conference matchup with the Marian Knights. That game is set to start at 5:30pm at Phend Field

IN SPORTS ACTION TODAY:
The girls Varsity tennis team will play the second round of the NLC at Concord starting at 4:30pm
The boys JV and Varsity golf teams will play Concord and Northridge HS at Meadow Valley Golf Club starting at 5:00pm
The Unified Track and Field team will head to Warsaw HS to compete in the Warsaw Invitational starting at 5:30pm