The Bobby Bones Show - TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD (WEDS): Washington High School Offers Varsity Letters In Skilled Trades

Episode Date: January 14, 2026

Tell Me Something Good is now its own podcast. Your daily dose of positive, uplifting news! At a high school in Washington state, students can now earn varsity letters for welding, manufacturing, and other hands-on career programs. Which is great but rubs some members of the show wrong who don't think they deserve it. We also do a deep dive into where the guys on the show hit their 'peak'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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on Instagram or TikTok where the hockey team will go out and they do this big event and people throw out like a bunch of teddy bears at a certain point. So the Hershey Bears minor league hockey team in Hershey, Pennsylvania held its annual teddy bear toss. They collected 81,000 teddy bears. Wow, that's a lot. That's crazy. That's crazy. Because there aren't that many seats there. That's what I was thinking, yeah. So when they score their first goal, everybody who brought all the teddy bears throw them onto the ice. And so they scored their first goal three minutes. end of the game. The plush toys were gathered from the ice and donated to children in need across central Pennsylvania, including students at Milton Hershey School. And since the event began

of 2001, they have collected almost 700,000 stuffed animals. Wow. It's crazy. They got 81,000 from that night because I'm thinking there's probably 9, 10,000 seats. Yeah. So they had to bring a bag in full I would think so. Or are they already sitting at your seat like the hockey team bought them? No, you bring them. No, you bring them. Yeah, you bring them. I'm just making sure. What's really cool is to see the way they pick them all up because the game still has to keep going. Bulldozer, man. Yeah, what do they use? Scoop them up.

They have people right out there. They have like 20 people. Yeah. That's a lot. And they just start grabbing. Good News Network with that story. Another thing they do that is not as good of news. It's not good or bad.

But there are basketball teams in high school basketball. There's a couple of them. It's their like silent game. And everybody is silent until they score their first bucket. Like nobody makes a sound in the gym. And as soon as they score their first bucket, they go crazy and everybody storms the court. It's the first goal of the game. That's cool.

It's really weird. But it's really cool to see those whenever they do those. You ever see those? No, but I can see how that would be fun. But then also disruptive because then they storm the court at the first point. Yeah, yeah, for sure. And then you have to get everybody back off. And you've got to reclean the court.

Because at the end of the game, okay, it's over. But first score. But when they start the game, nobody makes a sound. And then as soon as they make the first bucket, everybody, oh, that's going to be so much fun. It's super cool. there you go, that's what it's all about. That was Tell Me Something Good. It's time for the good news.

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It's amazing. Okay, yeah. The idea came from two students who wanted skill trade To receive the same recognition of sports and clubs I don't hate it King 5 with that story What do they call that like I lettered in I lettered in welding? That's cool

You get a letterman jacket Wait you don't like that lunchbox? No I mean first of all clubs shouldn't get letters either way That's not that's not it I can agree with that club shouldn't get letters Right that's just stupid That's ridiculous So I understand you're doing something welding

How about you just get the satisfaction that you learned how to weld you shouldn't get a letter for it. Unless you're going to varsity competitions where you have weldoffs and you win and you can win a state title. You can have trophies. I don't understand what's so important about a letter. And nothing. Like it just goes in your jacket, right? Yeah.

A letterman jacket? Yeah. You know, I'm going to tell you what. Like there used to be kids that walked around our high school with choir letter. And it's like that is not a letter. You know what I would see that. They have like the joke. The notes.

I would say lettering feels to me like. It is an athletic thing. Yes. A marching band is athletic. You would see, you would see like a tuba on someone's pat. I don't mind the band getting letters. Someone would have a trombone on their sleeve. It's like, oh, my God.

Marching band. I don't mind that. But my association with letters is you performed, achieved some sort of athletic accomplishment. That's what a letter is. I don't create a different thing. I don't even care. Like, I don't even care. I don't even care.

I just wonder how you guys. Think about it. It doesn't bother me. You don't like it. No, can't happen. Do you think it's a bit of like participation trophy type thing? Yes. It's so ridiculous.

I mean, it's just like everybody gets one. Oh, I went to high school. Give me a letter. But you know how I have a certificate and welding and they don't if you weld it. That's what I'm saying. You can get the certificate. Yeah. It's just not a letter.

Yeah. And you can also buy your own jacket and not have to worry about what anybody else says. You can just get a whole freaking torch on it. Oh, you can put whatever you want on it. You can go to the store and buy you a jacket. That's cool. Yeah. I didn't have a jacket or anything on it.

So you all are wondering where my jacket is. Yeah, of a jacket. Yeah. Do you still have it? Yes, I do. Oh. That's cool. You wore it.

Like, I feel like I've seen it. I have it. And letter just means you, it doesn't mean you were all state or anything, but you played a certain amount. Like to letter, you had to actually get on the field a certain amount. So, but it's so dumb. It doesn't matter. But I have a baseball and football. I mean, I just had a jacket.

With just like the school letter on it. So you didn't letter. You just bought a jacket. Is that my goodness? Hey Amy, I didn't even buy a jacket. Well, I was a cheerleader. I feel like we all had the jacket. Every school probably had different rules.

So. You had to be an athlete to get a jacket. There was an A on it. But on the A you would get like a stripe or whatever. That was the lettering. Okay, yeah. Every school's probably different. Mine was just maroon and the A was for Austin.

Oh, so the patches on the arm didn't mean anything? Some did. Yeah, you could also get patches too. I saw people with lots of patches. Patrick's, Patrick, Patches for us was, like in baseball. Like, I was defensive player of the year for the whole conference. So I got a patch for that.

I was like all region, baseball. I got all the awards. But I got the patches for that. But that wasn't lettering. That was more than a letter. What if you were like National Honor Society? Not a letter. You can get any jacket you want.

You literally can buy any jacket and have anything put on it. Okay. But if my kid came to me and said, hey, dad, I'm going to get a letter for, what did you call it, National Merit Society? I'd be like, no, you're not doing that. But just don't say later. I'm getting a jacket that celebrates what I... I think that's fine.

That's great. That's great. Right. Like, those are just doesn't... It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Why does it matter to you so much? Because we don't want to ruin the tradition and the legacy of these kids. Like, just giving everyone a legacy. Like, you know what matters to him? Because he peaked at high school. Prom king, dude.

That was the peak of his life. But that prom king wasn't on his jacket. Did you have some sort of soccer thing on your jacket? Soccer, cross-country, track. I think Eddie has possibly a point. If you peaked in high school, that's so precious to you. Everything's so important. What happens in high school?

Is that it at lunchbox? No, it's just the hard work you put in. We can't just be giving it to everyone is what I'm saying. When do you think you peaked? Me? Yeah. Oh, I have no idea. I don't know if I've peaked yet.

I mean, I don't understand like, TVD. But when did Eddie peak? Did Eddie ever have a peek? Yeah, I'd say I peaked probably like, oh, gosh, that's tough. I mean, what did Eddie do to peak? Like, where I felt the best about myself, right? Is that what, that be my peak? When you accomplished something, man?

When y'all open for Garth Brooks? Okay, I peaked when we opened up for Garth Brooks. That's great. Because we'd already won, like, awards and stuff. that point? I'd say that's pretty good. What year was that? 20, 21? I don't know. Oh, yeah, it's post-COVID.

Oh, so yeah, yours is recent. I peaked 2021. Why'd you go, eh? I mean, that's really Bobby's thing. No, we did it together. We did. He's an important. We did all of it together.

And he plays... I mean, the real person they wanted was Bobby. He was there to play the guitar. Maybe. But we did it all together. I would say that's not your peak. What was my peak? I don't know, but I don't think that's your peak.

That was a pinnacle. Pretty epic. That's definitely an amazing moment. But I would assume you to go something like your peak. Like when you, like family. Nah. That's not what we're talking about. It can be anything.

There's no rules on peaking. Oh, but when did you peek in your life? If we're talking about lunchbox peaking in high school. I think. We're talking about like Uncle Rico moments. Tom King. 40 years from now, Eddie's going to be telling him. that story about opening for Garth Brooks. We opened up for Garth Brooks in Arkansas.

It was like, lunchbox is like, one time I ran three miles, you know, what are your sports stories? Yeah, we really don't have any from him, do we? From his. But he said on his letter, he had it for cross country and soccer. You're right. He doesn't have a lot of sports stories for I mean, district champ. I mean, what do you want? Your team was? For soccer, for cross country, for track. I mean, what do you want? How many goals did you score? Like, did you score the game-winning goal, like to take you guys to state? I know I didn't do that No we made the regional finals

We lost to Belton in the state Before we got to state When did you peak? When did you peak? I don't know man like I had different seasons of peaking Like with chicks it was probably 2728 But what to you of all the seasons of peaking

Is the most peaked season? Wait what's 2728 the number of What's the peat? No no that's when I age Oh the age got it got it Yeah Because I mean 6th Street I slayed and that was just so, that was so good.

So good. But high school, man, I was, I was the king too. I mean, we all know it because I got the crown. So maybe it was high school, but I don't know. I mean, I ran 6th Street for years, man. Which is more important to you. When you crushed it in high school, I peaked. When you crushed it in high school, you crushed it on 6th Street.

Ooh. Probably high school. Because, you know, 6th Street, only a certain people in that bar know, and then you go to the next bar and it's like, like, oh, then you got to peek. You got to take over the room again and they go home. Yeah, you got to re-peak. Sounds exhausting.

Maybe one way to think about it is if you only got to go back and relive one of those versions of you, which one are you choosing to go back and relive? Or possibly would you save it because you have something more amazing coming? That means you haven't peaked yet. No, because I don't know what the future holds, man. So you don't have faith that something bigger is going to happen? Right. Got it.

Right. So it's over then. So you have peek. You could win the lottery. And you would go back to... Which one? Probably high school. Okay.

That's clear. He peaked in high school. He peaked in high school. Because then after high school, there's a lot left. You can even go, if you want to hold it for forward, or you can go back to one moment. What is it? No, I'm going to go to Garth. Open up for Garth.

I mean, that was pretty amazing. That's a good call then, Amy. Amy, what about you? Man, I want to save mine. Let's see what's ahead. Maybe I'm going to be, you know, what do they call it? Like, third chapter. What about like when you made your movie?

That was pretty peak. That's not her peak. I mean, I had a few lines in the bathroom. You won that award in L.A.? You won that award in L.A. That sounds terrible. That's my whole. I mean.

That's good. That's really good. Scripted. My scene was in the bathroom and I said a few things. I didn't do a few lines in the bathroom. That does sound bad. Miley. Got it.

Yeah, yeah. What about you? I'd hold off. Yeah. Dude. you've got lots of things. Yeah, but I would hold off. I don't think I've hit my highest point yet.

Wow. No, I don't know. Oh, yeah, you're right. Maybe I should wait. No, we can't. No, you're high school. You've already decided. No, no, no.

Like, what if someone sees me in the crowd? But if it never happens, you never get to go back to it. You know what I'm saying? Because like, we got two episodes of prices right. That someone, like, you know, you're going to see you in a crowd. And what are they going to do with you? You hear all these stories about, oh, they got like,

Payman. I understand. Benny the Jet Rodriguez from the sandlot. You know how he was discovered? He was waiting in line for a ride at the school carnival. And they said, you know what? Why don't you be an actor? Dude, you're in your 40.

And so what if? I know, but people get late starts. They do need older actors for movies. He can't act. Right. You're right. Yeah. To be or not to be?

That's the question. I was waiting for the dramatic pause, Eddie. All right. Thank you. No letterman jackets, according to the lunchbox, for welders. That's what it's all about. That was tell me something good. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what I'm saying. Yep, that's me, Cliver Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, my basketball and college football journey, or my career in sports media.

Well, now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifers Show. This is a place for raw, unfills of conversations with athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be hurt, heard, but celebrated. So let's get to it. Listen to the Clifford show on the IHeard radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok podcast network on TikTok. Hey, I'm Dr. Maya Shunker, a cognitive scientist and hosts of the podcast, a slight change of plans, a show about who we are and who we become when life makes other plans.

I wish that I hadn't resisted for so long the need to change. We have to be willing to live. with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes. You can have opinions. You can have like a strong stance. And then there's your body having its own program. Listen to a slight change of plans on the I-Heart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's Financial Literacy Month, and the podcast, Eating While Broke, is bringing real conversations about money, growth, and building your future.

This month hear from top streamer, Zoe Spencer, and venture capitalist Lakeisha Landrum-Pierre, as they share their journeys from starting out to leveling up. There's an economic component to communities thriving. If there's not enough money and entrepreneurship happening in communities, they fail. Listen to Eating While Broke from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. This is Amy Roboc alongside T.J. Holmes from the Amy and T.J. podcast. And there is so. So much news, information, commentary coming at you all day and from all over the place.

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