The story of L-S's first Mini-THON in five years through the eyes of those who attended.
Photo Gallery
The cafeteria featured dancing with special lighting, food, balloons, and fun!
Students from Lampeter Elementary and Hans Herr combined to raise $2938 for the kids
The auxiliary gym featured a bouncy house, an inflatable obstacle course, and
the wrecking ball, seen here
The competition gym was open for games and general recreation early in the evening
Everyone returned to the gym for more dancing before the middle school total
was announced
The middle school raised $3391; it would have been easier to photograph
if they weren't constantly waving the signs!
Bear Shank and Nate Patterson play ping pong in the upstairs lobby
The Tonight Show featured an opening monologue, thank you notes, and Family Feud
After an unscripted Tonight Show, students glow danced in the grand lobby
Perhaps the highlight of the evening, at 2 AM, bubble soccer began!
In total, the Mini-Thon raised $17,753, shattering its $10,000 goal
Videos
A speech from Mr. Will Torres, patriarch of a "Four
Diamonds Family", who spoke at the event:
"For The Kids, Hallelujah!" - an adapted version of
"Uptown Funk" written specially for L-S Mini-Thon:
Bubble soccer in the gym:
Quotes
"I thought that Mini-Thon was really fun even though at some points I could fall asleep wherever I was. I also thought it was astounding how much we were able to make as a HS and how much we raised total. I do hope that there will be another Mini-Thon in the near future." -- Sean Burke, 10th grade
"It's the best night of my life. I don't usually get to stay up this late." -- Sawyer Lancaster, 7th grade
"It was awesome ... staying up all night!" -- Maggie Swarr, 5th grade
Photos and Video by David Johnson, LSNews.org Co-Director of Photography and Benjamin Pontz, LSNews.org Editor-In-Chief Content curated by Benjamin Pontz, LSNews.org Editor-In-Chief
After a undefeated season of Section 2 victories going 5-0, the Lampeter-Strasburg Girls Tennis team was rewarded with the Section 2 championship earlier this month. However, the season didn't end there.
The team sent Sarah Capoferri, Larson Kessler, Izzy Brown, Sierra Stoltzfus, Ryan Gerhardt, and Kendall Winters in both singles and doubles matches for Lancaster-Lebanon league championship play.
From there, L-S tennis superstar Sarah Capoferri was able to advance from leagues all the way to districts in Hershey where she took third place this past weekend in District III 3A Girls Singles Championships.
Taking third advances her to the PIAA State Championships in November, in fact only three girls in 3A qualified for states in singles.
Furthermore, Sarah is the first L-S female tennis player to ever qualify for states in singles play. But this won't be her first trip to states though. Sarah qualified for states in her freshman year in doubles with...wait for it...her siste…
It was the kickoff for Homecoming weekend and the Lampeter-Strasburg football team needed to post a dub after a three week losing streak. Interestingly enough, Elizabethtown was riding high after a three game winning streak which they capped with by a 52-17 smack down of Penn Manor last Friday.
Sophomore quarterback Sean McTaggart secured the 20-13 victory for the Pioneers by rushing for 94 yards and scoring the lead taking touchdown with just over four minutes left in the game.
The Pioneers finish the regular season on Friday against Cocalico.
In addition, Elli Strauss was crowned homecoming queen. Johnny Franklin was crowned homecoming kind the night before during the annual powder puff game.
--Photos by Jonathan Klein, LS News editor-in-chief
Laying on the Floor
By Liana Howe
Laying on the floor
CD three
track five
the soft melody
carrying me
to another world.
the crescendos and decrescendos
rolling over me
as waves lap the shore
bringing forth
new emotions
new ideas
new beginnings.
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