Today's Baseball/Softball Intramurals we will be inside the grade school gymnasium. Parent pick-up will be at 4:15 behind the grade school.
The junior high girls basketball team has opened a team store for any parents/students/fans who would like some gear. This is not a fundraiser, they just wanted to offer the opportunity for anyone who would like the opportunity to buy some gear to wear to games. The store will close Monday night. The link is attached, they have some cool options.
https://shop.avhinkandvinyl.com/lebanon_basketball_2023
Junior High Student Council Officers:
President - Hillary Blasdel, Vice President - Jaidin Bennett, Treasurer - Natalie Kauffman, Secretary - Anissa Laktzian, Representative - Aleyda Bennett
Sponsors: Mrs. Derber and Mrs. Wyms
Reminder tomorrow night is cancer night at our hs volleyball game vs Dupo, game time is 6:00
Friday is senior night for cross country and soccer at our home soccer game vs Valmeyer. Seniors will be honored at 4:15 and game time is 4:30.
Come out and support these 2 special nights!
The Junior High Student Council collected items for local shelters. Thank you to all those that donated to help those less fortunate.
The Junior High September House Assembly was today. Congratulations to the student shout outs and September students of the month. The House challenge was so much fun with the Rito House winning! Proud to be Greyhounds.
This Thursday October 5th we will have our Block Out Cancer Night at our HS Volleyball game vs Dupo at 6:00 pm. The volleyball team will be selling cookies for donations, having a 50/50 drawing and recognizing and honoring those who are currently fighting cancer or have passed due to cancer. Fans are encouraged to wear pink if possible. All money that is raised that night will be combined with our cancer event that will take place in January at a high school boys basketball game and be given to a local community member who is fighting cancer. Anyone who would like to make a donation can do so by sending it to the High School office and put attention Volleyball Cancer Night or you can make a donation that night at the game. We appreciate your support for this cause. If you have any questions please email me at ccruthis@lcusd9.org
Athletic Update 10-2-23
This past weekend our Cross Country Runners ran at the Piasa Southwestern Invite. 5th grader Holland Burress earned a medal by placing 17th out of 68 middle school runners! 6th grader Ava Garbe placed 45th. Good job girls! They will run in their Regional this Wednesday, good luck! Our HS runners Connor Taulbee ran in a time of 21:52 and Valo Jacobson ran a time of 23:01. Good job boys!
HS Soccer defeated Wesclin this past Thursday to secure a 2nd consecutive Conference Championship! Great job coaches and players! Saturday they lost 3-1 to Murphysboro. This Friday we have a make up game at home vs Valmeyer and this will be senior night. They received the 4 seed in the Regional and will play Friday Oct 13th at Gordon Moore Park in Alton at 6:30 vs Roxana.
HS volleyball hosted a 4 team round robin tournament on Saturday. They defeated Sandoval in 2 sets and lost to O'Fallon First Baptist in 3 sets and champion Christ Our Rock in 3 sets. The coaches were very proud of their effort, the team has really improved since the beginning of the season, keep it up ladies!
JH Boys Basketball starts practice today in elementary gym 3:15-5:15, jh girls basketball practices 5:15-7:15 in the elementary gym and jh cheerleading has practice from 5:00-6:00 in the hs commons.
All high school girls who are going to play basketball this year (remember we will be co-oping with Wesclin the next 2 years). Coach Crawford will have a meeting in Mr. Cruthis's room on Tuesday Oct 3rd at 7:30 am. Please make sure you are here for a very important meeting.
Come out tomorrow(Saturday Sept 30th) we will have HS volleyball tournament at home starting at 9:00 am (Our girls play at 9:00, 11:00 and 2:00) and Soccer is home vs Murphysboro at 11:00 am! We will be selling Chic-Fil-A sandwiches for $6.00.
Good luck to our HS cross country runners at the Piasa Invite tomorrow!
Reminder that Jh boys and girls basketball and cheerleading will start tryouts on Monday Oct 2nd.
JH Boys practice from 3:15-5:15 in the grade school
JH Girls practice from 5:15-7:15 in the grade school
JH Cheerleading will practice from 5pm-6pm in the high school commons
Reminder all athletes must have a current physical, paperwork done online and $40 sports fee paid.
SCHOOL PICTURES FOR LES ARE READY TO BE VIEWED! Follow the link and instructions below! You can order your photos online and have them shipped directly to you! View and order at https://shop.jostenspix.com/login LEBANON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Event Code: FE285123 Also Needed: Lunch ID - ask your student for their lunch account number or call the school at 618-537-4423. Retakes are Tuesday, Oct 17.
Our focus for Lebanon Jr High Boy's Basketball this year is "Be the Change." We are excited and looking forward to an awesome season. If you would like to rock the same gear as the players please consider ordering.
Link: bsnteamsports.com
Access Code: QfcspCoGzr
Orders will be shipped directly to you. Reach out to Coach Seely with questions (jseely@lcusd9.org).
We celebrated our September Students of the Month at an assembly yesterday featuring our fifth graders. Congratulations to our SOTM who worked extra hard this month showing patriotism and many other traits to make them leaders in their classrooms and in our school!
Today's cross country meet at Triad is canceled due to unsafe running conditions because of last night's storm. Their next meet will be at Piasa Southwestern High School on Saturday Sept 30th. This will be a high school and a junior high meet.
There is still time to purchase golf balls for the Greyhound Givers' Golf Ball Drop on October 7, 2023 at 2:00PM on the soccer field. Students are selling tickets and top sellers will receive awards. The Greyhound Givers promotes positive social and emotional health and positive relationships for our junior/senior high school students.
Sign-up for Baseball/Softball Intramurals!!! The dates will be Tuesdays and Thursdays in October (3rd-26th). These will take place after school until 4:15 on the High School baseball and softball fields. If rained out, we will be utilizing the elementary gymnasium. The cost for Baseball/Softball Intramurals is $35.00. To sign-up go to our website: lcusd9.org, click on the tab marked Baseball/Softball Intramurals and fill out the form --OR-- go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mnYvQQSYbz4Z6YVdgTcDJt9-KL-JtlpNoNnv099baKQ/edit You can pay on myschoolbucks or send a check or cash in an envelope marked "Baseball or Softball Intramurals" to your student's teacher or the grade school office. The deadline to SIGN-UP and PAY is Thursday, September 28th. Please make sure you SIGN-UP AND PAY if you do not do both of these things, your child will not be a part of the Intramural Program. If you have any questions, please contact Lori Reinneck at: lreinneck@lcusd9.org or call 618-537-4423, ext. 230. Thank you!
Jr High Boy's Basketball players have been working hard during open gyms to get ready for the season! Keep it up Greyhounds.
Reminder parent meeting tonight (9/25) at 7:00 in the HS gym.
A chocolate melting science experiment in Mrs. Hurley's class to see which candy melts the quickest!
Friday Sept 22nd Athletic Update
Jh girls softball last night lost to Smithton in the Regional final 15-5 in 6 innings. Our girls played hard and held a 5-2 lead when rain stopped the game for about 30 minutes. This team really improved from day 1 to the end, good job girls!
HS Volleyball lost the Varsity and JV games at Valmeyer last night
Good luck to our 3 jh girls cross country runners today at the Clinton County Conference Race in Damiansville
Good luck to our HS Soccer team that will be at home tomorrow for an 11:00 varsity only game vs Carlyle
One last reminder, Monday September 25th we will hold our parent/player/coach meeting for jh boys and girls basketball and cheerleading at 7:00 in the hs gym. Practices will start on Monday Oct 2nd and everyone who plans on going out must have all paperwork done on the powerschool site, a current athletic physical and their $40 sports fee paid. Contact Mr. Cruthis if you have any questions ccruthis@lcusd9.org