Lebanon High School JROTC cadets won the LTC Gary G. Banks Memorial Trophy for the second year in a row after competing against teams throughout Oregon and Washington in the Cascade Mountain League Championship.
Warriors earned the following recognitions:
2nd Place – Color Guard A (Dylan Bell- Love, Rain Thayer, Chase Stoering, Felix Davis)
Cascade Mountain League championship. Contributed photos
1st Place – Color Guard B (Xander Parker, Taylor Sparks, Jasmine Wooden, Sierra Nunes)
1st Place – Armed Exhibition Drill Team – (Felix Davis, Dylan Bell-Love, Xander Parker, Rain Thayer, Chase Stoering, Taylor Sparks, Jasmine Wooden, Sierra Nunes, Valen Andruss, Riley Bjerklund, Athena Downard, Dominick Emerson, Aidan Smith, Matthew Weisner, Melanie Wilder, Izzy Whitehead)
1st Place – Best Drill Commander (Felix Davis)
3rd Place – Physical Fitness Team (John Oeder, Dominick Emerson, Kaden Marvin, Axel Bradbury, Athena Downard, Rain Thayer)
1st Place – Individual Armed Exhibition Drill (Xander Parker)
2nd Place – Dual Armed Exhibition Drill (Dylan Bell-Love, Chase Stoering)
1st Place – Air Rifle Team 1 (Jalynn Wilson, Taylor Sparks, Melanie Wilder, Zachary Schlundt)
1st Place – Air Rifle Team 2 (Preston Niesen, Kara Calubad, Alexria Wright, Izzy Whitehead)
1st Place – Individual Marksman (Jalynn Wilson)
2nd Place – Individual Marksman (Taylor Sparks)
The Lebanon FFA earned first place in the district competition for ag mechanics, which promotes skills in welding, machinery repair, electrical systems and structural projects.
Senior Tessa Thompson was awarded the Oregon State University Presidential Scholarship for $10,000 a year.
This is the university’s most prestigious and competitive scholarship, giving up to $40,000 total to new resident freshmen students attending the Corvallis or Bend campuses.
Oregon students must have a minimum 3.85 unweighted high school GPA and/or a minimum 4.20 weighted high school GPA. They are evaluated on their accomplishments, contributions, experiences and talents, as well as their social and personal achievements, and participation in activities demonstrating academic potential, leadership abilities and commitment to service.