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.
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
ATTENTION ALL 1ST-4TH GRADE STUDENTS!! Sign-ups for Baseball/Softball Intramurals are ready! 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 entered into 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!
Good luck to our JH girls softball team today at Smithton in the Regional championship at 4:15! GO HOUNDS
Congratulations to our Varsity Volleyball team for their 2nd conference win of the season over Dupo last night in 2 straight sets.
Congratulations to our Varsity Boys Soccer team for a big win over Jerseyville last night 3-2
Congratulations to our junior high softball team on winning their 1st game of the SIJHSAA regional yesterday by defeating Shiloh 16-3. It is their 1st Regional win since 2019. Good job girls.
They will now play Thursday at Smithton at 4:00 in the Regional Championship.
Our jh boys baseball team lost yesterday at Aviston 12-2 in the SIJHSAA Regional but did out hit Aviston for the game. Their season is now over, so please be looking for information from Coach Nelson about collecting their uniform top and belt as well as having a year end meeting.

We hope to see everyone at our annual purple and white scrimmage on October 13th! See the flyer for more information.

Reminder that if you want to order a HOUND POUND shirt, we need your order by the end of school tomorrow. You can pay in the HS office by cash or check and also by Venmo @Chad-Cruthis. If you cannot open the form because you don't have a Google account, you can email your name, what type of shirt (t-shirt or dry-fit), number of shirts and sizes, and a phone number to lreinneck@lcusd9.org
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9AZyzNldXFJOwmPvANxlNg8pXYOqGMygi5VYVReR3fvh3DA/viewform

Tomorrow's high school volleyball game is moved to Dupo and will be a 6:00 start and bus time is 4:45 pm. The game against Dupo on Oct 5th will now be a home game at Lebanon and we will start that game at 6:00 pm.
Here is the link for the Lebanon CUSD #9 Board Meeting tonight beginning at 6:00 p.m.
https://meet.google.com/qwt-kvfm-euy
Our JH Baseball and softball regional date was posted wrong, the correct date for tomorrow is Sept 19th. Sorry for the confusion.
Athletic Updates:
HS Soccer defeated Roxana, Carlyle and Wesclin this past week to move to 8-3 overall and 2-0 in the Conference
HS Volleyball lost to Maryville Christian in 3 sets but beat New Athens in 2 sets to get their 1st conference win of the year. They are 3-13 overall and 1-2 in the Conference
HS and JH Cross Country ran well this past week with all runners setting new personal records in their meets
JH Baseball finished their regular season this week with a record of 1-9 and will now play in the SIJHSAA regional at Aviston on Tuesday Sept 12th at 4:00
JH Softball finished their best season in the last few years with a record of 4-6. They will now play in the SIJHSAA Regional on Tuesday Sept 12th at Shiloh at 4:00
JH Boys and Girls Basketball and JH Cheerleading practices will be starting October 2nd, athletes need to have a physical on file at the school, athletic paperwork filled out on the powerschool site, and $40 sports fee paid. Parent, player, coach meeting will be Monday night Sept 25th at 7:00 in the high school gym.
Mrs. Nelson's kindergarten class created a friendship mix focusing on building friendships and talking about what makes a good friend.

It was a great day for our FFA horse judging teams who competed at the SIUC horse judging competition!!
Our varsity team placed 4th in our section!! Autumn Guyette placed 2nd individual in our section and she placed 4th overall out of 195 students
Our jv team placed 2nd in our section!! Their team also placed 7th overall out of 46 schools. Savanah Pontious placed 1st in our section and she placed 5th overall out of 158 students. Collin Adams placed 8th individual in our section.
Our practice team placed 1st in our section!! Their team also placed 3rd overall out of 27 schools. Parker Konieczny placed 2nd individual in our section and he placed 5th overall out of 133 students. Addison Durbin placed 4th individual in our section.
We are starting off the year strong!!! Congratulations!! Go Greyhounds!!







