![Watching a small group scrimmage, Ben Lundt, St. Louis City SC goalkeeper and founder of Lundt Pro Soccer Training, shouts words of encouragement to players on Sunday, April 26 n the Lafayette grass soccer field. “The idea behind [the event] was to bring the professional soccer players closer to the community because usually people only get to see us on TV or in the stadium. [Families] actually having the opportunity to have their kids on the field with us is the most important aspect,” Ben Lundt said.](https://lancerfeed.press/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_6823-1200x800.jpg)
![In celebration of winning his second straight state title in the 215 weight class, junior Carter Brown backflips before leaving the mat. Brown won his bout against junior Kobe Rhymes of North Kansas City High School by fall in just 41 seconds. "Carter does what Carter does. We expect [success] out of him and his goals are bigger than the state championship," coach Sam Ritchie said.](https://lancerfeed.press/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_2784-1200x800.jpg)
After thorough judging of several issues of the newspapers and individual stories from student publications all over Missouri, the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA) named journalism award winners in individual and over-all categories on April 7.
Among these awards were the overall newspaper evaluations and the overall online evaluations in which the Image was given an All-Missouri rating and Excellent award respectively.
Individual pieces from the newspaper were also submitted to the contest and Image staff members received Show-Me Awards.
In all, the staff earned 16 individual awards for cartoons, feature stories, in-depth articles, news stories and sports writing.
The winners included seniors David Adams, Teresa Avila, Rachel Brown and Mina Yu, juniors Caleb Cavarretta, Kara Campbell and Adam Harris and sophomores Dominic Corvington, Allyssa Knowling, Alicia Mestre, Mia Schenone, Max Thoman, Gian Wessel and Molly White.
