LASD Staff Spotlight:
Here's a couple photos from the Cross Country meet today in Harrison!
Booster Club will meet on Sunday at 4 pm @ LAES to talk about Homecoming plans. Everyone is welcome to attend.
⛳️ 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 😊
