The Winter Olympics were held in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February. The United States took __ in the medal count.

__ was the strongest storm to hit the US in 50 years, arriving in October. Over 50 perished in the natural disaster.

SMS staff was devastated when they learned one lucky winner from __ won the 1.57 billion dollar Mega Million jackpot in October.

The number one google searched event, and top viewed sporting event in the world in 2018 was the World Cup, hosted by Russia and won by __

The top domestic grossing movie in 2018 was __.

Raking in over $210 million dollars in 2018, __ is the top grossing concert series for the year.

The creator of SpongeBob, Stephen Hillenburg passed in __

__ 16th saw the passing the Queen of Soul -- Aretha.

Lovers of fashion accessories were devastated to hear the news of the passing of Kate Spade in

Springfield Middle School was proud to be one of the few NW Ohio schools, and only SLS school, to receive the __ in 2018.

The dominant artist of the airwaves in 2018, 4 of Drake's songs have combined to top the charts for 25 weeks in 2018. Which is NOT one of them.

2018 was the 50th anniversary of __. Considered by film buffs and critics to be the greatest feat in science fiction.

Was it really a Christmas movie? Die Hard celebrated its __ anniversary in 2018.

In books, the top selling 2018 published novel was co-written by James Patterson and __. It was called "The President is Missing."

The top selling video console game of 2018 was __, selling more than 5.1 million copies.