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Juniors Connor Kash and Owen Waeckerle at their booth, Washer Toss. They ended the day with 224 tickets.
Annual Winter Carnival fuels friendly competition
For this years Spring Musical, LTC is putting on the show, "Once Upon a Mattress" which is a re-telling of the classic fairytale, "The Princess and The Pea" with just a little twist to it.
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The LHS Winter Carnival is an annual event with student volunteers running various game stands and activities for kids between Pre-K to elementary school. This year, the event is happening on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students can volunteer to sign up to through StudentSquare.
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Junior guard Nolan Savoie dribbles around Marquette defender. The Lancers finished this game losing 42-61.
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Senior guard Josh Pitney drives to the hoop in a Friday night game against Lindbergh. Lafayette lost this game to bring their record to 8-10.
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Juniors Connor Kash and Owen Waeckerle at their booth, Washer Toss. They ended the day with 224 tickets.
Annual Winter Carnival fuels friendly competition
During the homecoming pep assembly, junior Mackenzie Kannel, senior Abby Moyer, and junior Rylee Keim get ready for a stunt.
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Luke Voit speaks on his first major league hit with moderator, Martin Kilcoyne, at Persimmon Woods Golf Club on Friday Jan. 10.
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Many animals are taken care of and available for adoption at Open Door Animal Sanctuary. Located approximately 30 minutes away, students can also apply to be volunteers there.
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Out of 520 total entries for “Beginnings”, freshman Annabella Graham’s long exposure photo will be one of 74 on display at the St. Louis Kooyumjian Gallery. “I had no clue my photo was gonna get picked at all,” Graham said. “But I was very happy about it.” photo contributed by Annabelle Graham
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Juniors Connor Kash and Owen Waeckerle at their booth, Washer Toss. They ended the day with 224 tickets.
Annual Winter Carnival fuels friendly competition
For this years Spring Musical, LTC is putting on the show, "Once Upon a Mattress" which is a re-telling of the classic fairytale, "The Princess and The Pea" with just a little twist to it.
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Community members browse items for sale during the Marketplace Craft Fair, from many available vendors.
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Sam Walowitz, Digital Media Asst. Editor In Chief
February 6, 2025
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Juniors Connor Kash and Owen Waeckerle at their booth, Washer Toss. They ended the day with 224 tickets.

During the annual Winter Carnival at Lafayette High School, juniors Nicolay Knysh, Connor Kash, Logan Martin and Owen Waeckerle had a friendly competition while volunteering at their booths: who could get the most tickets by the end.

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