JH Softball Athlete of the Week is Charlotte Ruth. Charlotte is a 7th grader and wears the #10 jersey. She is one of our main pitchers and plays shortstop when she isn't pitching. Charlotte has 5 stolen bases, an on base percentage of .481, and out of 23 at bats she has scored 17 times. She is a very important part of this team with the best base running of all. She knows the game very well and takes advantage of our opponents if they're not covering bases. We could put her at any position and she would be successful. Charlotte cares about her effort and asks how she can improve at bat or on the field. She is coachable and is very competitive. Charlotte is a multi-sport athlete and any coach would be honored to have her on their team.

JH Baseball Athlete of the Week
Masen Davis had a great week for the Greyhounds. He was 3-6 at the plate with 2 RBI. Masen also pitched 5 1/3 innings on Saturday against Albers Elementary. He pitched a great game. Besides pitching very well this week, he also played shortstop and centerfield. Masen has shown great leadership for a young player this year.

Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Kaiden Wheeler- He shows leadership, athletic ability, kindness, picking up of athletes and encouraging others. All traits we would like to see in all of our athletes.
19 days ago, Chad Cruthis
Charlotte Ruth
Masen Davis
Kaiden Wheeler
​Jr High Boy's Basketball open gyms start on Wednesday from 7-8:30 in the Elem gym. Other dates are Sept 3rd, 8th, 10th, 15th, 17th, and 24th. Message Coach Seely with questions, jseely@lcusd9.org
19 days ago, John Seely
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Sean Kelley, a Lebanon alumni and owner of SMK Designs took our fall athletic pictures and offered to do a ā€œSmokeā€ picture portfolio shoot for our Senior athletes and they turned out great! Check out a couple of photos on the front page of the athletic page with our team photos that he took of each of our seniors! He has offered to open this opportunity to any of our athletes, prices start at $150 for the shoot for one athlete and the prices go down if you get multiple athletes together to do the shoot. So talk to your athlete and his or her friends and see if a group would like to do these. He can be reached at smkdesigns618@gmail.com
22 days ago, Chad Cruthis
Blake Goetter
Lincoln Hamm
JH Cross Country is into it's 2nd week of training and will run Aug 28th at home out at Horner Park, I am sure they would like as many people to come out and cheer for them at their only home meet of the year. We have 4 jh runners out working hard this year. 5h Grader David Ruth, 5th Grader Steven Shirley, 5th Grader Josie Casperson and 8th Grader Ava Garbe. Coach Thibodeau and Coach Winters have named Josie Casperson as their 1st Athlete of the Week! Coach says that Josie has a positive attitude, competitive spirit, and her focus allowed her to achieve the 20 mile mark with 1 week of running camp and 1 week of practice! Good job Josie, keep it up!
25 days ago, Chad Cruthis
Josie Casperson

Let's continue on with recognizing some of our great athletes from our 5-0 jh softball team.! Coach Reinneck and Coach Schwaegel would like to recognize the following players as Athletes of the Week!

From our first weeks of practices and games:

My first player of the week is Kennedie Evans. She is from Peoria and is new to our district. She is a seventh grader and wears jersey #24. Softball is her favorite sport. She likes to play shortstop and 1st base. Kennedie has played softball for 9 years with 5 of those years being travel ball. Her hobbies are: sports, riding dirt bikes, fishing and hunting. This year she is excited to meet new people and experience a new school. Her goals are to play softball for the Texas Longhorns and play in the AUSL. Her dream job is to be a crop specialist. Kennedie is a great addition to our team and our Lebanon Greyhound family. Congratulations Kennedie!

Harper Burress is also player of the week. She proudly wears jersey #22 and her favorite position is shortstop. Harper is in the 6th grade. She loves playing softball, basketball, volleyball and running track and field. Harper also likes to sing, act, and dance. This year her goal is to improve in softball. Harper is a true grit player. She gives 110% and is always striving to improve. Harper is a great role model for our younger girls. What she brings to the team is a very humble maturity, leadership, and a lot of fun! Harper will succeed in anything she sets her mind to do on the field, on the court, on the stage, and especially in life. Congratulations Harper!

Hayden Venhaus wears #9 and is a 7th grader. She is one of our top two pitchers. With 13 innings pitched she has walked 7 batters and struck out 27. On offense, her average is .500 with 6 hits, including a single, 3 doubles, and 2 triples. She has 7 RBIs on the year so far. Hayden is a hard worker and a great leader. She has confidence and says this year we’re going to state!! Hayden is a fun teammate and she leads by example. Congratulations Hayden!

Khloe Munton is my next player of the week. She is one of our 8th graders. She wears the #4 jersey and bats in the 4 spot. Khloe is tough! Most of the time you’ll find her behind the plate catching. She has caught in some tough games with the heat especially. When I ask her how she’s doing and check to see if she needs a replacement, she declines and says she’s fine. Khloe’s average is .615 and she has 8 RBIs so far with 8 hits. Khloe is strong and is our power-hitter. I believe she could send one over the fence this year! Congratulations Khloe!

25 days ago, Chad Cruthis
Kennedie Evans
Harper Burress
Hayden Venhaus
Khloe Munton
Let's start off the year with a couple of shoutouts as our junior high baseball and junior high softball teams have been competing for 2 weeks now. Our jh baseball team is 2-3 and during these first few weeks and our coaches would like to recognize some Athletes of the Week!
For JH Baseball, coach Donovan, Coach Alex Phillips and Coach Shaun Behlke are recognizing:

6th grader Jamaar Brown, during the 1st week of games Jammar went 5 for 7 with 2 doubles, 6 RBI and 3 runs scored. Jamaar pitched 2 innings allowing one run and striking out one hitter.

6th grader Michael Donovan, during the 1st week Michael went 6 for 7 with 2 doubles, 2 RBI and 4 runs scored and he also pitched one scoreless inning striking out 3 hitters.

5th grader Owen Cotts, during this past week, Owen brought the hustle as he is always going full speed and is fearless against the older players. Owen hit the ball hard against tough pitchers this week.

5th grader Aiden Brockhahn, during this past week, Aiden collected his first varsity hit which was a double against and 8th grade pitcher. Aiden brings a positive attitude everyday.
25 days ago, Chad Cruthis
Aiden Brockhahn
Michael Donovan
Jamaar Brown
Owen Cotts
Here is another sale on some Lebanon Greyhound Gear. This store will be open till Sept 3rd. Go Hounds!
https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/DytL8DtuDp
25 days ago, Chad Cruthis
LES Families - Thank you SO much for your patience and grace while working through our new arrival and dismissal procedures. You all have been rockstars through the changes and then adding in kindergarten yesterday. Please make sure to keep your car tag up and hanging until your student is in the car. This helps all our staff to identify the correct vehicles. Again, thank you for working through this change with us!
25 days ago, Mrs. Seely
Today's home jh softball and jh baseball games are canceled due to the heat. Coaches will send out practice times and places on their team apps.
25 days ago, Chad Cruthis
The first day of school at the elementary school came with some excitement! It was great to see some areas of the building bustling with students. We saw many familiar faces and some news ones also!
26 days ago, Joanie Thole
Sky dancer was out and ready to welcome students on the first day
We saw 1st graders!
5th and 2nd graders
Another 1st grader
2nd & 3rd graders
Another 2nd grader
Another 3rd grader in the gym
and another 4th grader
Our teachers are ready to instruct
and guide!
Last week, Lebanon Elementary held our annual open house to welcome our students in the building to meet their teachers. It was great to see everyone excited to start the school year!!
26 days ago, Joanie Thole
Ms. Bass and 3rd grade families
Mrs. Schaltenbrand and Jase
Mrs. Hurley and some second graders
Ms. Heap and 1st grade families
Hank the Greyhound
Mrs. Hamm and 5th grade student
Mrs. Otten and 3rd grade families
Mrs. Nelson and Pre-K families
Today's home JH baseball game is canceled due to the heat. Our athletic trainer will do a reading at 5:30 to see if they can practice at 6:00 tonight.
The away softball game was moved to a 6:00 start, they will do a reading at 4:45, which is our bus time. to see if we can play
26 days ago, Chad Cruthis
Please read the LCUSD#9 August Update that was sent out via email and posted on the district website.
29 days ago, Matt Noyes
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Welcome Back! Have a first day photo to share? Feel free to add pictures in the comments. LET'S GO GREYHOUNDS!
about 1 month ago, Amy Venhaus
BTS
We want to clarify communication about Wednesdays for our athletes. On Wednesday, student athletes who start practice at 3 pm or 3:15 pm may stay in the high school commons for a supervised study hall.
about 1 month ago, Kimberly Emrick
Reminder that this year, we will not provide an after school study hall for athletes on Mon, Tues, Thur or Friday. We WILL have athletic study hall in the hs commons on Wednesdays due to early dismissal. Practices will start at 3:00-3:15 or will be later in the evening
about 1 month ago, Chad Cruthis
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Good evening families!

We have a reminder about the new arrival and dismissal route. Please refer to the previously sent video and map. We also have some clarification to questions that have been asked.

Monroe will remain a 2-way street. Students who drive to school will take a left in the first parking lot opening when going south on Monroe.

Parents dropping off at the Jr/Sr High School should enter off route 4 to drop off at the commons and will continue to the right onto Monroe St.

Parents who only need to drop off at the elementary school may come in from Route 4 or Monroe St. If coming off Monroe, you will need to make a right onto Mary Jane St.

Building principals will be located on Monroe and Officer Puckett will be assisting traffic at the back Elementary lot. We appreciate your patience as we work through this change for the safety of our students and staff.
about 1 month ago, Mrs. Seely
Congrats to our Junior High Girls Softball team for winning their season opener on Friday vs O'Fallon St Clare 14-1, good job ladies and coaches!
Also reminder to check the weekly sports update for upcoming games this week and also check the athletic page for directions to away contests.
about 1 month ago, Chad Cruthis
greyhounds

Welcome back, LES Families! Please read the attached welcome letter.

See you tomorrow!

about 1 month ago, Mrs. Seely
HS Soccer-3:30, HS Volleyball 5:00, HS & JH CC 3:00, all start first practice at those times tomorrow, every athlete must have current physical, online athletic paperwork and $75 sports fee paid.
All Fall JH and HS sports teams have team pics Wed at 2:30
about 1 month ago, Chad Cruthis
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