⛳️ Goooooo Trojans! Both V and JV had tournaments on 9/7.
Varsity played in the Rocky Ford Meloneers Invitational. Damien dominated the course and took his closest contender by 10 strokes. He retakes the number one spot in the region. As a team, the Trojans placed 4th. Individual results are:
Damien Baca - 1st place (71)
Kree Wallace - 24th place (100)
Cody Netherton - 33rd place (104)
Matthew Dowell - 44th (112)
Junior Varsity playing in the Rye Tournament (9 holes). As a team, the Trojans placed 3rd. Individual results are:
Pace Wallace - 8th place (51)
Kevin Nevland - 16th place (57)
Zaquery Cahill - 19th place (66)
All golfers finished strong and mentally remained in the tournament. As a whole team, the Trojans have improved in performance and perseverance.
HS Football Game on Friday, Sept. 15 @ Crowley County! 🏈
The cheerleaders came in to teach music and movement to the preschoolers! 💙
This will be the tentative schedule for both places with A (8th grade) teams at the Community Building and B (7th grade) teams at the Middle School for the JH VB tournament on Saturday:
Round 1 @ 9am
Lamar vs Las Animas
Round 2 @ 10am
La Junta vs Trinidad
Round 3 @ 11am
Loser Rd 1 vs Loser Rd 2
Round 4 @ 12pm
Winner Rd 1 vs Winner Rd 2
Athletes of the week:
Football Athlete of the Week: Orion Martinez - Orion led the team in rushing, receiving and tackles against Lyons. He
had an outstanding game.
Cheer Athletes of the Week:
HS: Espi Marlow
JH: Leticia Salazar
HECTOR of the Week for JH & HS:
JH - Audali Martinez-She has been very optimistic and respectful this year. She is very pleasant to be around, and she is an
outstanding student.
Staff -Mr. Dennis Montoya. He is optimistic everyday. He loves learning and building relationships with staff and students. He shows excellence because he wants to learn and grow as a teacher.
HS - Nic Duran: Nic has been doing a great job in Ag and Food Science. He has really stepped up and exhibited
excellence in speaking being an exemplary student.
School Board Election Notice:
JH/HS Announcements for 9/5:
⛳️ HS Golf Update: The Trojans Varsity Golf Team had back to back tournaments.
The first tournament was the Lamar Thunder Invitational on 8/31. As a team, the Trojans placed 4th out of 12 teams.
There were 49 total golfers. Individual placement and scores follow:
Damien Baca - 1st place (77)
Cody Netherton - 21st place (99)
TJ Ortiz - 22nd place (101)
Kree Wallace - 27th place (103)
The next tournament was the Rye Thunderbolt Invitational on 9/1. As a team, the Trojans placed 2nd out of 21 teams.
There were 92 total golfers. Individual placement and scores follow:
Damien Baca - 1st place (75)
TJ Ortiz - 13th place (84)
Cody Netherton - 19th place (88)
Kree Wallace - 32nd place (94)
This tournament was a the first tournament of the season that all Trojans scored lower than 100, which has been one of the teams goals. Also, 9/1 marked Damien’s 6th tournament win of the season!
LASD Staff Spotlight:
🥣 🍎Did you know you can find the school district's daily breakfast, lunch and snack menu on our APP or on our website? Here's the website link, check it out now: https://www.la-schools.com/dining
📣2023 Cheer Team is bringing the energy to Trojan games! They have been working really hard this year and are doing a great job! Here is the link to some videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNW1nxPdYbJ9_LPiDjzImszk5496h7dhT&si=gvYBKEC1bNiXtTIq
The Trojan Cross Country Team brought their cheering squad with them to Rocky Ford today! Good Luck 👍 (not pictured: Mrs. Brubacher who came to watch and Izabell T. Who also ran but had to leave early)
Reminder: No School or Jumpstart Learning Center on Monday, Sept 4 for Labor Day. Enjoy your weekend!
Shout out to First National Bank of Las Animas - they paid for their employees to attend tonight’s volleyball game! Thank you for supporting our Trojan Athletes! 💙
LAES HotTopics for Aug. 31: Reminder, NO school on Monday!
Don’t forget Pure Gold members are set up at the volleyball games tonight collecting items for the project “Bethany’s Birthday in a Bag.” Thank you 😊
JH Volleyball Schedule Update: Tuesday, Sept. 5th game will be played at Walsenburg - 4:30 p.m.
Thursday night’s volleyball game is a white out and all high school fall sport athletes who present their athletic pass will get in free (they must present their pass at the door in order to get in FREE-athletes will get their passes during breakfast on Thursday)
JH & HS VB vs Swink tomorrow - JH starts at 3:30 p.m followed by HS. #GoTrojans
