Catching up! Our Blog Is Back!

For some unknown reason, our newsletter blog was not recognizing those individuals who complete posts on this newsletter blog - hence the reason why we have not posted anything Since mid October.  I am happy to say that we are back and ready to catch up on all the recent activities and great things around our school!

A great place to begin is with a re-cap of our fall athletics and activities of various clubs and organizations.  Although our football team struggled this year with a very trying schedule, we are fortunate to only lose 4 seniors.  The off season looks bright as they continue to build their program.  Congrats to our young men on tremendous effort each week!  Our boys' and girls' soccer teams also had fantastic runs this fall deep into District and State playoffs.  With new head coaches of  both teams, our young men and women again showed dominance among other area schools.  Unfortunately their season ran out recently, with our Lady Lancers losing in a controversial, hard-fought eastern final to Warrior Run that eventually won a second straight State title last Saturday  Congrats to all of our soccer student athletes on another amazing season!

All of our other fall athletic teams did very well, capped off by three young ladies advancing in tennis to States held at Hershey - Kim Levy, Anna Newcomer, and Emily Niditch.  The girls played outstanding matches to some pretty stiff competition.  All three girls indicated the experience was well worth it and alot of fun!  In addition, our inaugural girls' Cross Country team showed tremendous promise as they competed in stiff competition in the PHAC against such foes as perennial State contender Lewisburg.  Coach Tina Remsnyder was quite proud of her young athletes!  Although young, our boys' and ladies golf team had a solid year under the direction of Coach Jeff Whiteman.  2011 marked the first year in which our school entered into a co-op with Montoursville HS. 

Another fall extra-curricular activity that had a fabulous season was our Lancer Marching Band.  The band competed in five competitions around the region and placed first at Chapter Championships, earning them the right to compete in the Atlantic Coast Championships held at Hersheypark Stadium in late October.  The band placed 17th out of 31 competing Group 1 bands with a score of 86.15.  Congrats to Mr. Barrett and our talented musicians and our outstanding color guard on a great season!  You can read more about ACC's and the band's success here.  Our concert band and Lancer Choir also had a chance to show off some great talent at their annual fall preview concert, spot-lighting a variety of small ensemble groups under the direction of Mr. Barrett and Mr. Lee Saville-Andree.  Beautiful, well-done music folks!

And behind all of our great fall sports' teams and other extra-curricular groups efforts are an inspiring and aspiring group of young, motivated students leading our newly established Spirit Club.  Nicknamed the "Lunatics" some years ago, the missing link for a while was student leadership among the group.  With the advisorship of Miss Becky Leid and student leaders Dan Hamm, Emily McMullen, Emily Dincher, and John Wehler, their efforts to date have definitely help to re-establish our Lancer pride and spirit.  A successful fall campaign looks to gain even more anticipation as the winter sports season awaits.  Congrats to all of our young folks for coming out and supporting our student athletes and groups so far this year!