The Williston Northampton Wildcats are excited to host two playoff games on campus today: boys basketball and girls hockey.

You can find the today’s tournament schedule and more information online here.

The boys basketball team will take on Tabor Academy at home at 1:00 p.m.

The girls hockey team will face St. Paul’s at home at 3:00 p.m.

Knowing that many of our families would like to watch the games from wherever they are, we’re trying a live stream service called High School Cube—as we did on Wednesday. This is a new service for us, and we hope it helps you share in the excitement on campus.

You can download the High School Cube app on your phone, and then follow the Williston Northampton Live Stream Channel. Please note: there are two Williston Northampton channels, but only the Williston Northampton Live Stream Channel will be showing the games as they are played.

Go, Wildcats!

Beginning later today, February 15, and through tomorrow, Western Massachusetts will be experiencing some of the coldest temperatures and wind chills that have been experienced in this area in at least a decade.

Roads have been cleared after last night’s storm, and road conditions are safe,  but there are strong gusts and a wind chill index as low as -30 degrees Fahrenheit. Frostbite can occur is as little as 10 minutes of exposure to this weather.

Please recognize that heat loss from your body is accelerated in these conditions and frost bite is a serious concern for any exposed skin. Please dress warmly with zipped-up coats, hats, gloves, hood, scarves, and layers to stay warm. This is a serious concern, so make sure you do your part in keeping yourself safe and healthy!

The 12 p.m. Student Activities departure to the Hampshire Mall with Mr. Sawyer, and 1 p.m. departure to the Holyoke Mall with Ms. Ram proceeded as scheduled.

Due to the dangerous wind chill forecast for today and this evening, however, the Dean’s Office will not be authorizing any more off-campus travel and will not be signing any more white sheets for students unless they are traveling with a parent or guardian.

Students should remain on campus and stay inside if they can. Stay warm and take care of each other!

The girls hockey team will be hosting Hotchkiss on this Saturday, January 31 for our 4th Annual Pink in the Rink event.  Last year we raised over $1,200 and we hope to do the same this year.  All the funds will be going to the Avon Breast Cancer Foundation.

Please join us tomorrow night for the 4th Annual Pink in the Rink Event at 5 p.m.! Wear as much pink as possible!

Also, Buy a raffle ticket and get a baked good for free! Below are the items at the raffle!

• Vera Bradley bags
• Fitbit
• Beats
• 4 Willy Hockey Sweatshirts
• Williston Nike Sweatshirt
•  Bruins Jacket
• Bruins ladies sweatshirt
•  2 Patriot Winter Hats
• A Bruins Hat
•  2 Bath and Body works baskets
•  Alex and Ani Bracelet
• Ladies Patriots sweatshirt and winter hat
• Tucca Rask signed photo
• Signed puck by Bruins player
• Bruins Cup Champions 2011 plaque
• Tucca Rask jersey
• Tucca Rask photo
• breast cancer blanket/water bottle
• magic bullet desert
• Can Jam game
• Olaf pillow pets
• 3 different hockey sticks
• 30-minute massage
• Gift Cards to Pure Hockey, Big E, Dominos, Tandem, Riffs, Dunkin, Giftology, Amazon

Dear Students,

Just a quick communication to let you know that the Athletic facilities will be open this afternoon for your use. There will not be any formal team practices today.

Here is the plan:

Athletic Center –

1:00-5:00 Open to all

2:00-4:00 Open Pool

Squash Courts:

2:30 – 3:45 girls use of courts

3:45 – 5:00 boys use of courts

Rink:

2:00-3:30 Open for girls skating

3:30-5:00 Open for boys skating

Come on down and get some exercise!

Mr. Conroy

The  Green Cup Challenge is basically one of the school-to-school, worldwide competitions run by the Green Schools Alliance. The Green Cup Challenge focuses on energy savings overall. At Williston, we break it into dorms and make it a competition here as well. So while students are competing against other dorms, they are also collectively competing against other schools. The green banner will be presented to the dorm that is saving the most energy (when compared to the three previous years).

Follow www.willistonblogs.com/communitygarden for more news and updates about the Green Cup Challenge.

Williston Softball defeated Choate this afternoon 8-7 in a Western New England semi-final game at Choate. The girls will play at Westminster tomorrow (Sunday) in the championship game at 11:00 am.

Congratulations and Good Luck to Coach Davey, Coach Ward and Willy Softball!

Go Wildcats!