Lafayette High School
The winter season has passed and we saw yet another great season for Lafayette Sports and Activities at both the team/group and individual levels. Lafayette recognitions are below as of March 28th, 2023.
COLLEGE SIGNINGS
- Lafayette had 11 of its students commit to continuing their academic and athletic careers at the collegiate level on their winter college signing day.
- Brianna Chong-Women’s Lacrosse-University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy St. Louis
- Paige Damba – Cheerleading – Lindenwood University
- Anna Kraemer – Women’s Volleyball – Lindenwood University
- Jeremy Lewis – Football – Iowa Western Community College
- Logan Minton – Football – Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
- Austin Ney – Men’s Soccer – Belhaven University
- Patrick Rogan – Baseball – Parkland College
- Katie Schnellmann – Cheerleading – Lindenwood University
- Natalie Tomljenovic – Women’s Lacrosse – Maryville University
- Grace Tyson – Women’s Cross Country & Track/Field – Indiana University
- Lillian Ware – Softball – Emory University
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS
- 2022 Legend earned All-American with Five Marks of Distinction from the National Scholastic Press Association and 2021-2022 Image received an All-American with Four Marks of Distinction.
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Team GPA: 3.48
- 2nd Team Suburban Red Pool All-Conference: Taylor Nania
- Suburban Conference Red Pool Sportsmanship Award: Jillian Leabig
- Academic All-State: Shrutika Singh
BOYS BASKETBALL: Team GPA: 3.93 & Record: 16-13
- Team Won the Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament
- Team Finished 2nd Place in the Class 6 District 2 Tournament
- Individual All-District: Matt Haefner
- Team finished 4th place in the Suburban Conference Red Pool
- 1st Team Suburban Yellow Pool All-Conference: Matt Haefner
- 2nd Team Suburban Yellow Pool All-Conference: Josh Dennis
- Suburban Conference Yellow Pool Honorable Mention:
- Logan Minton & Cooper Williams
- Suburban Conference Yellow Pool Sportsmanship Award: Jaden Fite
- Academic All-State: Matt Haefner, Josh Dennis & Jayden Fite
- Senior Matt Haefner earned over 1,000 career points
GIRLS WRESTLING: Team GPA: 3.3 & Dual Meet Record 8-3
- Team was Suburban Yellow Pool Conference Champs
- 1st Team Suburban Conference Yellow Pool:
- Hannah Henderson, Toby Goertz, Maddie Johnson & Jayla Jones
- 2nd Team Suburban Conference Yellow Pool:
- Mckenna Budnick, Layla Gardner, Dashiya Houston & Aaliyah Grammer
- Suburban Conference Yellow Pool Sportsmanship Award: Mera Flores
- Suburban Conference Yellow Pool Coach of the Year: Wade Pinkston
- 1st Team Suburban Conference Yellow Pool:
- Team was 3rd place at MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 Tournament
- Individual State Qualifiers (All-District):
- 2nd Place: Hannah Henderson & Toby Goertz
- 3rd Place: Maddie Johnson, Jayla Jones, Dashiya Houston & Aaliyah Grammer
- Individual State Qualifiers (All-District):
- Team Finished 6th Place at the MSHSAA Class 2 State Tournament
- The following earned Individual All-State
- Jayla Jones – 3rd Place & Toby Goertz – 4th Place
- Dashiya Houston – 4th Place & Aaliyah Grammer – 5th Place
- The following earned Individual All-State
BOYS WRESTLING: Team GPA: 3.03 & Dual Meet Record 10-0
- Team Finished 1st Place at Francis Howell North & Lafayette “Fred Ross” Invitational
- Team was Suburban Yellow Pool Conference Champs
- 1st Team Suburban Conference Yellow Pool:
- Dylan Roth, Aidan Schoen, Andrew Wier & Jeremy Lewis
- 2nd Team Suburban Conference Yellow Pool:
- Ahmad Ghuneim, Jackson Tenny, Cameron Kopf & Devon Reese
- Gavin Shoulders, Hunter Song & Blake Johnson
- Suburban Conference Yellow Pool Sportsmanship Award: Hunter Song
- Suburban Conference Yellow Pool Coach of the Year: Joe Wier
- 1st Team Suburban Conference Yellow Pool:
- Team finished Class 4 District 2 Team Champions!
- Individual State Qualifiers (All-District);
- 1st Place: Dylan Roth, Aidan Schoen & Andrew WIer
- 2nd Place – Gavin Shoulders
- 3rd Place; Calum Brown, Ahmad Ghuneim, Jackson Tenny & Blake Johnson
- 4th Place: Jeremy Lewis & Hunter Song
- Individual State Qualifiers (All-District);
- Team earned a 4th Place Team Trophy at the Class 4 MSHSAA State Tournament
- Individual All-State:
- Andrew Wier – 2nd Place & Dylan Roth – 2nd Place
- Aidan Schoen – 3rd Place & Calum Brown – 6th Place
- Individual All-State:
- Academic All-State: Dylan Roth & Calum Brown
CHEERLEADING: Team GPA: 3.47
- Game Day State Cheerleading Competition in Springfield, MO Results:
- 4th Place in Band Chant Cheer
- 7th Place in Time Out Cheer
- 8th Place in Fight Song Cheer
- The following earned the National Cheerleaders Association All-American Award
- Kaitlyn Schnellmann, Elizabeth Bernstein, Paige Tvrdik, Junior, Mylania McIntyre & Zoey Roberts
ESCADRILLE (DANCE): Team GPA: 3.92
- Missouri Dance Team Association State Competition Team Results:
- Earned a 2nd Place Trophy in Pom (Highest ever finish for LHS in this category)
- Earned a 3rd Place Trophy in Jazz
- Finished 5th Place Overall as a Team
- Missouri Dance Team Association State Solo Competition Results:
- 10th Grade Division: Lauren Mitchell – 10th Place
- 11th Grade Division: Katelyn Letourneau – 13th Place & Sydni Knox – 16th Place
- Academic All-State:
- Madison O’connell, Lauren Mitchell, Katelyn Letourneau, Lily Miller, Ella Huguet, Sydni Knox, Alessandra Mendonca, Lydia Klinge, Morgan Burke & Reagan Roeder
GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING: Team GPA: 3.92 & Dual Meet Record: 10-1
- 1st Place as a team at the Marquette Relay Invitational & Springfield Invitational!
- Finished 2nd Place as a Team at the Yellow Pool Suburban Conference Meet!
- They Finished 7th Place at the MSHSAA Class 2 State Meet
- The following finished All-State in their events:
- 4th Place – Maggie Arceneaux – Diving & Taylor Cloutman – 500 Free
- 6th Place – Lucia Tenny – Diving & Taylor Cloutman – 200 Free
- 8th Place – Grace Tyson – 100 Fly
- 7th Place – 200 Medley Relay
- Grace Tyson, Megan Bilsland, Madison Prager & Morgan O’Connell
- 7th Place – 200 Free Relay
- Madison Prager, Isabella Clerico, Ellie Kipper & Taylor Cloutman
- 8th Place – 400 Free Relay
- Taylor Cloutman, Grace Tyson, Ellie Kipper & Megan Bilsland
- The following finished top 16 in their events & contributed to the team score:
- 10th Place – Ellie Kipper – 500 Free & 12th Place – Ellie Kipper – 200 Free
- 12th Place – Megan Bilsland – 100 Back & Madison Prager – 100 Breaststroke
- The following were state qualifiers in their events & competed well this weekend
- 18th Place – Eva Vierling – Diving & Grace Tyson – 200 Free
- 18th Place – Morgan O’Connell – 100 Back & Emma Knoessel – 500 Free
- 21st Place – Nour Abdennadher 200 IM
- 22nd Place – Madison Prager – 50 Free & 25th Place – Emma Knoesel – 200 Free
- 26th Place – Megan Bilsland – 50 Free & 30th Place – Isabella Clerico – 100 Fly
- The following finished All-State in their events:
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| The Girls Swim team was Suburban Yellow Pool Conference Champs | Lafayette Cheerleaders | Lafayette Dance Team |
The Swim Team Finished 7th Place at the MSHSAA Class 2 State Meet
WINTER GUARD: Team GPA: 3.88
- Our winter color guard finished in 3rd place in the Scholastic A Class Finals at the WGI Regional in Tulsa, Oklahoma!
SPEECH & DEBATE: Team GPA: 4.21
- Speech & Debate Team Finished 4th Place Overall as a team at the MSHSAA District Competition at Ladue High School!
- Debate Results
- Sarah Ebenezer – 3rd place – Lincoln Douglas Debate (State Qualifier)
- Public Speaking Results
- Shreya Ramalingam – 1st Place – Original Oratory (State Qualifier)
- Samantha Zhang – 2nd Place Radio Speaking (State Qualifier)
- Sarah Ebenezer – 6th Place Extemporaneous Speaking
- Performance Results
- Alex Zamsky and Kopal Kumar – 2nd Place Duet Acting
- Sohan Paul – 6th Place Humorous Interpretation
- Sohan Paul – 6th Place Humorous Interpretation
MUSIC EDUCATOR AWARD
- St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association recognized Traci Bolton with the Outstanding Music Educator Award for 2022-23. Traci is one of two educators in the Missouri Music Educators Association District 5 to receive this award this year!
ROBOTICS Team GPA: 4.17
- Lafayette Robotics at the League Championship Competition:
- Kaons won 6 of 6 qualification matches & placed 3rd in the league.
- They were a semifinals alliance captain & Won semifinals.
- Won the 2nd place Innovate Award & Won a finalist trophy.
- Hadrons Won 3 of 6 qualification matches & placed 10th in the league.
- They were picked by the 4th place alliance captain & competed in semifinals.
- Fermions won 1 of 6 qualification matches & placed 16th in the league.
ORCHESTRA Group GPA: 4.01
- All State Orchestra:
- Violin: Neel Chandra, Sarah Mu & Gregory Shao
- Bass: Evelyn Di Genova
- Sinfonia & Symphonic Orchestra both received an Exemplary Rating at the MSHSAA Large Group Festival, earning the highest rating given!
- MSHSAA District Solo & Ensemble Results
- Exemplary Rating
- Violin Solo: Shashank Mani, Charlie Berry, Gregory Shao & Sarah Mu
- Cello Solo: Micah Bounds, Yohann Lee & Declan Phipps
- String Quintet: Shashank Mani, Simon Ruck, Joey Marchand, Yohann Lee & Parthiv Voleti
- Violin Quartet: Sarah Ebenezer, Angelina Hoang, Abigail Pedapudi & Mikayla Pipes
- Cello Duet: Micah Bounds & Yohann Lee
- Viola/Cello Duet: Erica Chen & Samantha Zhang
- Outstanding Rating
- Violin Solo: Lydia Lehmann & James Zhang
- Viola Solo: Liesl Nowak, Erica Chen
- Cello Solo: Ava Steele & Anjali Bharadwaj
- Cello/Bass Duet: Owen Bartlett & Max Bartlett
- Violin/Bass Duet: Anna Harstick & Eyulia Mendoza
- Violin Duet: Owen & Max Bartlett
- Violin Duet: Priscilla Black & Nima Greninger
- Violin Duet: Shreeya Basappa & Aayushi Bore
- Violin Duet: Lydia Lehmann & Tose Toriola
- String Trio: Ammu Lanka, Alex Getman & Ahnah Johnson
- String Trio: Lucy DiCarlo, Grace Doherty & Maddie Manternach
- String Quintet: Lauren Simmons, Mahi Chechani, Alastair Hanna, Kristina Boniface & Grayson Smith
- String Quartet:
- Shreeya Basappa, Aayushi Bore, Brooke O’Dell & Kristina Boniface
- Angelina Hoang, Anna Harstick, Erica Chen & Maya Jury
- Piano Trio: Tose Toriola, Cian O’Brien & Clara Bass
- Violin Trio: Brooke Moran, Natalie Paramalingam & Hailee Roberts
- Exemplary Rating
CHOIR: Group GPA: 3.65
- MSHSAA District Solo & Ensemble Results: Events that were awarded Exemplary ratings will perform at MSHSAA State Large Ensemble Festival on April 29 at the University of Missouri.
- Exemplary Rating
- Vocal Solo: Mackenna Glazer, Lizzie Rattenborg & Chris Songco
- Vocal Solo: Annie Jones, Matthew Duncan, & Katie Rattenborg
- Vocal Ensemble: James Bodnar, Sophia Panasci & Tommy Ferguson
- Vocal Ensemble: Mackenna Glazer, Mya Martinez & Mira Walden
- Vocal Ensemble: Christopher Songco & Ryan Domsalla
- Outstanding Rating
- Vocal Ensemble: Molly Brim, Sophia Panasci, Katherine Limburg & Rylee Stoffel
- Vocal Ensemble: Lizzie Rattenborg, Katie Rattenborg, Annie Jones & Chloe Kim
- Exemplary Rating
BAND Group GPA: 3.86
- All State Band:
- Lexi Balog: 6th Chair Flute- Concert Band & 3rd Chair Piccolo- HM Concert Band
- Ezra Leslie: 9th Chair Trombone – Concert Band
- Lucas Brown: 1st Alternate General Percussion – Concert Band
- Jon Rattenborg: 2nd Alternate General Percussion – Concert Band
- Evelyn Di Genova: Double Bass
- The Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Concert Band performed at MSHSAA State Large Ensemble Festival today. The bands received the following overall ratings:
- Outstanding: Concert Band
- Exemplary: Symphonic Band & Wind Ensemble
- Exemplary is the highest rating awarded by MSHSAA to music ensembles.
- MSHSAA District Solo & Ensemble Results: Events that were awarded Exemplary ratings performed at MSHSAA State Large Ensemble Festival on April 29 at the University of Missouri.
- Exemplary Rating
- Flute Solo: Lexi Balog, Gauri Kathula & Oboe Solo: Lana Dauw
- Trombone Solo: Ezra Leslie & Andres Moeller
- Piano Solo: Lana Dauw & Clarinet Solo: Abigail Stein
- Trumpet Solo: Brendan Berger & Avery Holder
- Snare Drum Solo: Lucas Brown, Owen Woody & Mitchell Beckman
- Percussion Ensemble: Lucas Brown, Cameron Eltoft & Jon Rattenborg
- Keyboard Mallet Solo: Owen Woody, Mitchell Beckmann, Emma Nail & Keira Makalintal
- Timpani Solo: Mitchell Beckmann & Lucas Brown
- Mixed Woodwind Trio:
- Lexi Balog, Lana Dauw & Abigail Stein
- Olivia Clark, Olivia Dresser & Madeline Anderson
- Jessica Guan, Gracie Hagen & Gauri Kathula
- Maya Walden, Mira Walden & Jiayi Zhang
- Outstanding Rating
- Flute Solo: Nathan Smythe
- Trumpet Solo: Kaitlyn Southwick, Brody Vancamp-Wilburn & Grayson Smith
- Keyboard Mallet Solo: Ava Dean, Cameron Eltoft & Gregory Umstead
- Mixed Brass Quartet:
- Fabian Coto Ortiz, Andres Moeller, August Nagel & Grayson Smith –
- Mixed Brass Quintet:
- Oscar Labit, Ezra Leslie, Ayden Mall, Cassie Mohlman & Victoria Wiecko
- Exemplary Rating
SPRING MUSICAL
- Lafayette’s produced three amazing performances!
- Musical: “9 to 5”
FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA
- FBLA participated in their District Competition and I wanted to share some great news on results. Each student who participated today in our District Championship walked away with a medal placing them in the top 5 of the District.
- The following students are moving on to compete at the State Championships in April for their events:
- Chiara Bouckert – 1st Place – Advertising
- Kedar Kulkarni – 1st Place – Agribusiness
- Diya Gupta – 1st Place – Insurance & Risk Management
- Navin Narayanan – 1st Place – Introduction to Information Technology
- Kedar Kulkarni placed 1st Place – Securities & Investments
- Blake Klostermann – 2nd Place – Accounting 1
- Cameron Eltoft – 2nd Place – Economics
- Diya Gupta placed 3rd Place – Political Science
- Diya Gupta – 4th Place – Advertising
- Chiara Bouckert placed 4th in UX Design
- Eshwar Murali – 5th Place – Agribusiness
- The following groups/individuals performed at Districts and are moving on to the State Championship as well:
- Taha Shakeel, Cameron Eltoft, & Kedar Kulkarnin
- 1st Place -International Business
- Akshaya Nalluri, Hritika Malugu, & Pushpa Voleti
- 2nd Place – Introduction to Business Presentation
- Sonali Mehta placed 2nd in Social Media Strategies
- Taha Shakeel, Cameron Eltoft, & Kedar Kulkarnin
- Other students who medaled in today’s events included:
- Rishit Bandi – 3rd Place – Client Service
- Taha Shakeel & Eshwar Murali – 3rd Place – Data Analysis
- Eshwar Murali, Ayur Manangini, & Akshaya Nalluri
- 3rd Place – Entrepreneurship
- Blake Klostermann – 4th Place – Sports & Entertainment Management
- Hritika Malugu for Introduction to Business Concepts – Alternate for state
- Hritika Malugu for Introduction to Financial Math – Alternate for state
- Akshaya Nalluri for Introduction to Financial Math – Alternate for state
- The following students are moving on to compete at the State Championships in April for their events:
- Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Region Honors
- Erica Chen – Sculpture – Gold Key
- Michelle Chen – Painting – Gold Key & Painting – Silver Key
- Sawyer Novak – Digital Art – Silver Key
- Both Erica & Michelle’s Gold Key pieces will move on to the National Level.
- 7 Lafayette artists were selected for the 2023 St. Louis Artist’s Guild Young Artists’ Showcase! There were over 350 entries from across the St. Louis region this year & only 142 were selected for the show!
- Isa (August) Ramirez-Icaza, Claire Best, Erica Chen, Michelle Chen, Olivia Clerico, Samantha Haney & Sawyer Novack
- The Show took place at St. Louis Artist Guild in St. Louis, MO from February 24, 2023 to March 25, 2023. They were honored at the awards reception on February 24, 2023.
- Isa (August) Ramirez-Icaza, Claire Best, Erica Chen, Michelle Chen, Olivia Clerico, Samantha Haney & Sawyer Novack
- SIUE Annual Regional High School Art Exhibition
- Ellie Kipper, 11 – “Distorted” pencil portrait
- Elizabeth Tremper, 11 – “He Asked For It” digital painting
- Olivia Clerico, 11 – “Jealousy” mixed media portrait
- Samantha Haney, 11 – “Melting from the Inside Out” photography
- Our Lancer Artists had a great showing at the annual Wildwood Community College “Eco-Art” Show!
- 1st place overall “Best in Show” – Olivia Clerico!!
- 1st place – Olivia Clerico
- 2nd place – Michelle Chen
- 3rd place – Robert Glantz
- “People’s Choice Award” – August (Isa) Ramirez-Icaza
