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The Lakewood Ranch and Braden River high school winter guards were two weeks shy of performing at the Florida Federation of Colorguards Circuit State Championships last year when the competition was canceled due to COVID-19.
Both schools’ teams were expecting to receive medals.
What is winter guard?
The winter guard competition evolved from color guards that often are found at high schools and colleges where students use various equipment, such as flags, rifles or sabres with dance moves to help enhance and interpret the music of a marching band. Winter guard often is performed unaccompanied by the band to pre-recorded music.
By Vin Mannix
Hurrah to Lakewood Ranch High’s new state champions!
The Mustangs JROTC team won the State JROTC Orienteering Championship at Jay Starkey Preserve in Pasco County, triumphing over more than 260 runners from 18 schools statewide.
What is orienteering?
According to retired
Lt. Col. Richard Roller, it’s a navigation sport where runners are provided a map with a number of controls they must navigate to check in and finish as fast as possible.
“The simplest way I describe it is cross country with a map,” said the school’s JROTC instructor.
There were six courses – novice, intermediate and advanced – from 3 to 6 kilometers in distance.
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Morgan McCabe- Mustangs Ahead
(LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL)- Three Lakewood Ranch High School (LRHS) Mustangs have won the 2021 Water Conservation poster contest hosted by the Manatee County Utilities Department.
Every year Manatee County Utilities Department hosts the Drop Savers Water Conservation Poster Contest, organized by the Florida Section American Water Works Association (FSAWWA).
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The goal of the contest is to promote awareness and importance of water conservation in daily routines. Sixteen Manatee County schools participated in the 2021 contest. The first-place winning entries from each division were sent to the statewide Drop Savers contest.
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