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Vol. 18, No. 30, Wednesday, June 21, 2023 www.LamontLeader.com
Graduating athletes from Lamont High School were awarded with special Laker t-shirts during the annual Athletic Awards ceremony June 15. From left to right are: Caylan Flynn, Rachael Leamon, Emily Carruthers, Mikayla O’Brien and Jaxson Burant. Phys-ed director Cory Kokotailo stands at far left of the photo with a t-shirt.. MORE ON PAGE 7
Lamont High fetes top athletes
BY JOHN MATHER A week after Lamont High School honoured its 2023 graduating class, students, staff, parents and friends gathered as the top athletes were awarded at the school’s annual athletic banquet. Student athlete Kodiak Gladue initially addressed the crowd, telling them Lamont High had a good turnout of students among its athletic programs.
“One of our achievements is that 37 per of the students at our school have played at least one sport,” he reported. “At the junior high, that number is higher at 42 per cent.” He added the athletes were “very good at what we do.” He pointed out while the school didn’t win any provincial championships, they did have some great accomplishments during the course of the year. The High School boys and girls bas-
ketball teams won their zone championships to advance to the provincial tournaments. In total, the school competed in five provincial tournaments during the year. During the awards, there were several musical interludes which Principal Greg Cruickshank said was because the school had revived a music program for students back in the fall and the awards ceremony offered a great
chance for them to showcase their talents. Winning the Academic Athletes of the Year Awards were Taylor Fossum for the Junior High who maintained a 94 per cent average in the core subjects while the Senior High winner was Mikayla O’Brien who maintained an 89 per cent average in core subjects. CONTINUE ON PAGE 7