Certified Welders!

Congrats to the 22 welders that passed the Visual and destructive tests necessary to verify the welding skill's proper application. This test complies with the A.W.S. D1.1 structural steel code. This is the first year that individual welders took multiple qualifying tests which included the vaunted 6G pipe test. Andrew Rowin passed 4 types and David Garcia passed 5.

Certified: Kassady Girard, Rafael Medina, David Garcia, Knox Renfro, Kayd Houston, Reed Ray, Riley Shafer, Mason Taylor, Bailey Arnold, Lane Eleuterius, Kohen Stojanik, Ethan Wilson, Wyatt Herring, Hunter St. Clair, Zachary Zaleski, Asa Benavides, Jayden Escalona, Andrew Rowin, Cormyn Mosser, Aiden Mount, and Aiden Stojanik

2023-2024 Valkyrie Officers

• Ava Loucks—Captain
• Addi Mae Walker—Co-Captain
• Emery Neider—Lieutenant
• Jessica Noack—Lieutenant
• Abby Cantwell—Lieutenant
• Kathryn Miller—Social Officer President

And a warm welcome to our new Drill Team Director, Karen Tarver!

State UIL Academic May 18-19, 2023

Yesterday we wrapped up the State UIL Contest at UT Austin. Here are the results!

• Addie Barron - Lincoln Douglas Debate 6th Place
• Alex Hebert - Computer Science 4th Place
• Makaila Monauni - Computer Science 5th Place
• Lincoln Smith - Computer Science 12th Place
• Computer Science Team - 3rd Place

What a great season-so proud of all your hard work!

FFA Awards BanquetMay 24, 2023

FFA celebrated a big group of Greenhand Awards and inducted the 2023-2024 officers

Jayden Lade - President
Emma Clark - Vice President
Reese Cromwell - Secretary
Kira Federoff - Treasurer
Brighton Taylor - Social Media Reporter
Sabrina Vaughan - Sentinel

Future Florists...?

Forty five LVHS students took the Level One Floral Certification Test. Good Luck to all!

State TrackMay 11, 2023

Saydie Kassell and Swayde Griffin competed at the state track meet on Thursday.

Saydie placed 7th in the 200 and Swayde placed 4th in the 110 hurdles.

We are so proud of you both!

DECA International Career Development Conference April 24-26, 2023 in Orlando, Florida

Sydnie and Rylee competed in the Marketing Management Team Decision Making event. Even though they did not earn an award, they gained invaluable business leadership experience.

Congratulations to our DECA team for having such a successful learning journey this year!

Regional UIL Academic, Speech, & Debate April 20 & 21, 2023

4A Regional Boys Golf Tournament April 20 & 21, 2023

The LVHS boys golf team took two qualifying members to the Region III 4A Golf Tournament. After two days of competition, an additional playoff hole, and a torrential downpour from the heavens, the final results are as follows:

After winning a playoff hole at the conclusion of the tournament, Knox Renfro won 2nd medalist to bring home the silver medal and advance to the State Golf Tournament! The State Golf Tournament will be held at The Legends Golf Course in Kingsland, TX., on May 22nd and 23rd. His two-day scores and total were 80-77 (157).

Reed Ray finished at 17th in the tournament, and his two-day scores and total were 86-82 (168). Both young men did an excellent job in the tournament and deserve recognition for their efforts. We would like to congratulate Knox on his success and advancement and wish him the best of luck in the State Championship. GO VIKINGS!

LV to DC April 11-15, 2023

Area TrackApril 19, 2023 - Gatesville High School

Vikings are doing great at Area Track! The following will be moving on to Regionals:

• Saydie Kassell won the 200m dash with a new school record of 25.05 - and a Gold medal!
• The relay team of Carli Parker, Jade Clements, Madison Kassell & Saydie Kassell won the silver medal in the sprint relay with a time of 49.41
• The 800m relay team of Kahlen Mathes, Madison Kassell, Allisen Shipp & Saydie Kassell took second place
• Jade ran a 59.66 to bring home the silver medal in the 400m dash
• Lilah Smith vaulted 10’6” to bring home the bronze in PV
• Gabby Spragley jumped 16’10” to win the bronze in long jump
• Rylee Bing placed 4th in the high jump

District TrackMarble Falls High School
April 12-13, 2023

Vikings represented like a boss at District Track. Congratulations Boys Track - District Champions! Lady Vikings had a very successful day as well with several 1st Place medals and Regional Qualifiers. We are so proud for you to represent LVHS at the Area meet, April 19th in Gatesville.

Regional TennisBryan High School, Bryan TX
April 11-12, 2023

Maddy Inman, Colten Lane, Reagan McLaughlin, Makaila Monauni, Lily Shasky, Nick Sosa, and Zac Zaleski represented LVHS at Regionals this week.

It was a long two days of matches playing full 2 out of 3 sets with no ad scoring where some matches lasted over two hours each!

• Maddy placed 3rd at Regionals qualifying as a State Alternate in Girls Singles.
• Makaila and Lily placed 3rd at Regionals qualifying as a State Alternate in Girls Doubles.

Boys District GolfApril 3-4, 2023

The LVHS Boys golf teams competed in the District 24-4A Boys Golf Championship on April 3rd and 4th at The Legends Golf Course in Kingsland, TX. After the first day of competition, the Blue team was in 3rd place behind Marble Falls HS and Lampasas HS, and the Gold team was in 8th place.

LVHS Blue team finished the competition in 3rd place, with a two day total of 685 (346/339). Lampasas HS finished as the district champions with a two day total score of 636 (327/309), and Marble Falls HS finished as the runner-up, with a two day total score of 654 (337/317). 

Knox Renfro & Reed Ray placed in the top ten individual medalist, earning All-District recognition and they will be advancing to the regional golf tournament in Huntsville, TX on April 18th and 19th. Harper Moxley was 2nd Alternate Medalist for Regionals. See more details here...

District UIL Academics, Speech & DebateMarch 24-25, 2023

On Friday and Saturday, our students competed in their various academic events. They brought home some heavy medal and we couldn't be more proud. Many are moving on to the next level. Regional events will take place April 22nd in Nacogdoches, TX

Can't think of a better way to celebrate success than with ice cream!

Cheer All StarsMarch 23, 2023

Congratulate the following young women on being selected as All-Stars by the Texas Girls Coaches Association. Sana Felix and Mary Spiers will represent Lago Vista at the TGCA All-Star game in Arlington this July.

TGCA All-Stars (Top 24 juniors in 1A-4A combined) Sana Felix  |   Mary Spiers	Legacy All-Stars(Top 20 seniors in 1A-4A combined) Saydie Kassell  |  Olivia Vincent

Computer Science - 1st in District!March 22, 2023

The first day of our UIL Academic District Contests and we started off with a bang! The Viking Computer Science team cleaned up!

• 1st place - Makaila Monauni score 216
• 2nd place - Lincoln Smith score 208
• 3rd place - Alex Hebert score 192
• 4th place - Keith Beavers score 188
• 5th place - Justin Joslin score 160
• 7th place - Jackson Collins 120

They are also 5-time District TEAM CHAMPIONS, with a score of 1,156 points. To illustrate how amazing they are... the 2nd place team scored 412, and 3rd place scored 284.

LV Going International March 10, 2023

Seven LVHS DECA students competed in the Texas Career Development Conference (CDC) competition in Dallas. The Texas conference was attended by over 5,000 students and advisors. Two of our LVHS students (Team: Sydnie Crim & Rylee Bing) received medals as Finalists (Event: Marketing Management Team Decision Making) for the International CDC competition.

THEN, it was announced Sydnie Crim & Rylee Bing advanced as International Qualifiers for International CDC to be held in Orlando, FL, next month. When you see these students, please congratulate them on their academic success. They spent extra time outside of school preparing for the DECA exam and role play events.

Viva Lago Vista Futbol! March, 2023

Girls and Boys soccer teams secured spots in the 4A playoffs! They met their goal in this inaugural year!

1...2...3 Burnet Sweep March 3, 2023

Our Tennis Team did awesome in the Burnet Tournament. 

Varsity Girls Singles cleaned up with Maddy Inman placing 1st, Makaila Monauni placing 2nd and Lily Shasky in 3rd!

Boys Doubles - Nick Sosa & Reagan McLaughlin-2nd Place

JV - Juan Pablo García got 3rd in Boys Singles

Cheer All-State Honors March, 2023

Seven athletes received All-State honors from the Texas Girls Coaches Association. This is among the highest individual honors in Texas High School Cheerleading. This is the first time we have ever had all graduating seniors earn Academic All-State, which is a testament to their leadership in all phases of our program.

Please congratulate these young women when you get the chance.

Academic All-State

• Bella Dreibrodt
• Kate Hepp
• Saydie Kassell
• Taylor Poling
• Olivia Vincent
• Sofia Xuereb

TGCA All-State

• Saydie Kassell (2nd consecutive year)
• Taylor Poling
• Mary Spiers
• Olivia Vincent (2nd consecutive year)
• Sofia Xuereb

February 23, 2023

Varsity and JV Viking Tennis continue tearing it up on the court - and we LOVE it! The team played against 4A/5A schools and most of the Vikings made it to the Semifinals!

Varsity

• Nick Sosa & Reagan McLaughlin - 1st Place in Doubles
• Maddy Inman -  3rd Place in Singles
• Gillian Childs & Carina Alwell - 2nd Place in Consolation Doubles
• Colten Lane - 2nd Place in Consolation Singles

JV

• AJ Stobb - 2nd Place in Singles
• Ryan Oliver and Kayd Houston - 2nd Place in Doubles
• Juan Pablo - 4th in Boys Singles
• Alena Hernandez - 4th in Girls Singles

What a great day to be a Viking!

2023 Lone Star State Championship February 25, 2023

Boys Powerlifting Qualifying Meet February 25, 2023

Four LVHS boys attended the final qualifying meet of the year and brought home 3 medals.

• Wesley Denning - 3rd
• Dominic García - 2nd
• Amos Sizer - 1st
• Grayden Burke - set 2 PR in lifting

Knox Knox...Who's There February 2023

Congratulations goes out to Knox Renfro as he signed to play golf at Blinn!
We are so proud of you - almost as much as your parents!

A Day on the Golf Course, is Better Than... February 24, 2023

Six Lady Vikings traveled to Bastrop to play a modified Colovista course and returned with 3rd place and two members placing in the top 10—Bailey Burlew & Reagan Phariss. Teammates were Lily Olson, Olivia Caston, Ripley Sinclair, and Alexa Smith. These young ladies just picked up a golf club for the first time a month ago and it is exciting watching how they progress!

That's Some Power!
February 18, 2023

Rafael Medina brought home a 1st Place Medal from the Bulldawg Classic, successfully squatting 610 lbs - and making it look easy!
Viking team also brought home two 3rd place finishes.

Tennis at Weiss February 17, 2023

Viking Varsity Tennis Team competed in the Weiss 6A Tournament with 18 other schools and the were outstanding!

• Lily Shasky got 1st Place in B Girls Singles
• Makaila Monauni got 3rd Place in A Girls Singles
• Nick Sosa and Zac Zaleski got 3rd Place in A Boys Doubles
• Luca Saldana and Colten Lane got 3rd Place in B Boys Doubles
• Naidelyn Orozco and Apolo Mercado got 3rd Place in A Mixed Doubles

Lady Viking Basketball All District February 21, 2023

Congratulations to the following Lady Viking basketball players! Your hard work and perseverance did not go unnoticed.

1ST TEAM Sophia Read (SR)
2ND TEAM Brooke Snyder (SR) HONORABLE MENTION Addison Lockhart (JR)
Mia Kinslow (FR)
ACADEMIC ALL DISTRICT Mia Kinslow (FR)
Addison Lockhart (JR)
Madison Kassell (Soph)
Whitney Vaughan (SR)
Sophia Read (SR)
Saydie Kassell (SR)
Brooke Snyder (SR)

Classic Lago Vista February 15, 2023

Today we had 2 teams compete in our own Lago Vista Spring Classic Tournament. Congratulate these young ladies when you see them, all but the first 3 are new golfers and this was their first official tournament.

• 1st Place Medalist - Savannah Lantz (Sr.)
• 1st Place Team - Lago Vista Blue
  • Savannah Lantz, Morgan Burke (4th), Brighton Taylor (7th), Bailey Burlew, Ripley Sinclair
• 5th Place Team - Lago Vista Gold
  • Olivia Caston, Reagan Phariss, Emily Wilson, Alexa Smith

Lady Viking Golfers!	Savannah Lantz - 1st Place	LV Girls Blue Team - 1st Place

UIL Young Filmmakers February, 2023

STATE Film Festival Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Beck placed 5th in STATE!

Bringing Home the Gold February 11, 2023

DECA Qualifies for State! January 28, 2023

On Saturday, eight LVHS DECA students competed in the District 5 Career Development Conference competition at Cedar Ridge HS (Round Rock). Seven of the 8 students received medals and qualified to advance to State CDC in March (Dallas). When you see these students, please congratulate them on their academic success.  

State Qualifiers

• Sydnie Crim & Rylee Bing (Marketing Management Team Decision Making)
• Emily Caperton & Reagan Phariss (Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making)
• Jayden Escalona (Sports & Entertainment Marketing Series)
• Trey Crim (Quick Service Restaurant Management Series)
• Chirag Gulati (Entrepreneurship Series)

Powerlifting Power! January 28, 2023

Congratulations to the Powerlifters who attended the Austin Navarro Invitational. This was their first meet of the season and they collected 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals. Power on lifters!

Padilla Poll January 24, 2023

Congratulations to the following LVHS Padilla Poll All State Players:

• Davin Zurovetz (2nd Team OL)
• Berend Kahlden (2nd Team WR)
• David Garcia (2nd Team DL)
• Bowen Stobb (2nd Team DB)

Lily takes 2nd! January 20, 2023

KVUE Athlete of the Week January 19, 2023

Super Elite January 17, 2023

Travis County Youth Show January 2023

FFA students recently competed in the Travis County Youth Show on Jan 12th.
Congratulations to:

Grand Champion

• Wyatt Herring and Cormyn Mosser - Game Equipment with a deer blind
• Kaytlen Rutledge - Apple Pie

Reserve Champion

• Reese Cromwell - Bread

Blue Ribbon

• Emma Clark - Cookies, Photo
• Ryan Duty - Pies
• Kira Federoff - Cakes
• Rylie Greenless - Vine
• Tyler Harms - Photo
• Meredith Haylee - Cakes
• Lonna Miller - Cookies
• Madi Salazar-Velazquez - Cookies
• Emma Seewald - Bread

Red Ribbon

• Ari Biniak - Cake, Pickles
• Colton Lane - Cactus
• Victoria Lee - Photo
• Anna Piedra - Pie
• Alexa Smith - Cake
• Reese Cromwell - Jam
• Carmen Ridgeway - Cake, Cactus
• Sabrina Vaughan - Photo

Carmen Ridgeway - 6th Place - Pig

Faith Lee - 11th Place - Goat

LVHS Cheer January 13, 2023

1000 Points January 14, 2023

Sophia Read hit a milestone in the girls’ Varsity game against the Lady Cougars with her 3- pointer shot! 1,000 POINTS scored in her HS career!

Sophia Signs! January 2023

It is always a great day to be Viking - and it's even better when we get to watch one of our Viking athletes progress to the next level. We are proud of Sophia, who committed to play basketball for Mary-Hardin Baylor on Thursday. Way to go, Sophia!

All District Football Awards December 19, 2022

What a great group of athletes who deserve the recognition - we could not be more proud of you and the entire team!

District 13 MVP: Bowen Stobb
Defensive Lineman of the Year: David Garcia
All District Kick Returner: Decker Sims
All District Kicker: Marlon Gavarette

1st Team Offense:
Helton - WR
Kahlden - WR
Zurovetz - OL

2nd Team Offense:
Arietta - OL
Herring - RB
Medina - OL

1st Team Defense:
Stojanik - DE
Shipp - DE
Karg - ILB

2nd Team Defense:
Topo - OLB
Helton - DB
Zurovetz - DT

Honorable Mention Offense:
Garcia, Mayhew, Shipp, Sims, Stojanik

Honorable Mention Defense:
Kahlden, Sims, Smith

Volleyball Honors

Volleyball team recognition at the December 2022 board meeting

The Lady Viking Volleyball team were recognized at the December 12, 2022 board meeting. Coach Tara Domel introduced the team and noted that the entire team made Academic All-District! 
District Awards
Newcomer/Co-Newcomer of the Year - Paige Holloway
Co-Defensive Player of the Year - San Felix
Co-MVP - Amelia Robinson
Honorable Mention - Sophia Berg
2nd Team All District - Stella Robinson
1st Team All District - Brooke Everett, Jada Clements and Peyton Stoner

Regional All Tournament Team - Amelia Robinson

Academic All-State from Texas Girls Coaches Association - Stella Robinson & Peyton Stoner

4A All-State Team - Amelia Robinson & Brooke Everett

North Shore Classic Champions! December 8-10, 2022

Lady Vikings are the North Shore Classic Champions! With great defensive effort, the Lady Vikings Beat Mason 33-32!

Sophia Read was the Tournament MVP and Amelia Robinson was All-Tournament! (jpg)

Cheer Champions! December 3, 2022

LVHS Cheerleaders know how to Bring It On! The first weekend of December, after a late night of cheering for the football team, they made their way to the Crandall Invitational cheer competition and came home with nothing less than the best!

Best Band Chant - CHECK
Best Fight Song - CHECK
Best Crowd Leading - CHECK
FIRST PLACE OVERALL-BOOM!

December 11, 2022

Another early morning to get to Dallas to compete at NCA State of Texas for the first time. Hard work is paying off and they walked away with a win in a very tough 4A Game Day division. HUGE thanks to Viking Nation for showing up and rowing with us…we had the best crowd in the building!

State is one month away and we can’t wait!

State Bound November 15, 2022

Congratulations Braydn Taylor! Braydn placed 3rd at UIL Regional Congress and is headed to STATE!

Speech & Debate November 11, 2022

LVHS SPEECH AND DEBATE DID GREAT AT THE LAMPASAS PRACTICE MEET!

Lincoln-Douglass

• 1st place - De'Andre Holcomb (also named Best Overall LD Speaker)
• 2nd Place - Adelynn Barron

Informative Speaking

• 1st Place - Sadie Stark

Persuasive Speaking

• 5th place - Jonah Farrington

Poetry

• 3rd Place - Hyrum Benefield

Regional Quarterfinal Champions November 8, 2022

The Lady Vikings just can't quit! Bi-District, Area, and Quarterfinal wins bring them to Regional Semifinals. Take a drive on Friday, November 11 to Bryan High School where the Lady Vikings will face the Spring Hill Panthers for the bragging rites to Regional Semifinals! Show your Viking Pride, wear some blue & gold and let's watch this team continue bumping along!

4A Region 3 Semifinal Volleyball Playoff
Friday, November 11, 2022
Lago Vista vs Spring Hill
8pm @ Bryan High School

Cross Country State ChampionshipNovember 4, 2022

Aly Wray was up bright and early to head to the 4A State Cross Country meet in Round Rock. Aly placed 18th out of 150 runners - we are SO PROUD OF YOU!

Though she was the only LV runner, she had an awesome team there to support her!

Bi-District Champions October 31, 2022

There only thing spooky about the Lady Viking Volleyball win last night to China Springs was maybe the fans nails after 5 game (23-25, 25-18, 23-25, 25-15, 16-14)! Congratulations Lady Vikings - we will follow you in the 4A Playoffs wherever you go! The Lady's will take on Giddings next for the Area title - time and location TBD. 

Regional Cross Country October 24, 2022

Lady Viking Cross Country team traveled to Huntsville to compete in the 4A Regional Cross Country. The Girls placed 8th as a team (out of 26 teams) and Aly Wray placed 3rd over all and will advance to the state meet Friday,November 4, 2022 @ Old Settler's Park in Round Rock, TX.

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District Cross Country October 10, 2022

Lady Viking Cross Country team had a stellar day at the District Meet on Monday in Marble Falls. The Girls placed 2nd as a team at District and qualified to regionals. Aly wray placed 1st over all!

UIL Statistical Leaders

CONGRATS BROOKE AND AMELIA for making the Texas high school volleyball: UIL statistical leaders list! Lone Star State's volleyball leaders in kills, assists, digs, blocks, aces and hitting percentage

Fall Team TennisOctober 4, 2022

Congrats Varsity Viking Tennis - 4A District 19 Team Tennis District Champs!

Way to go Vikings - good luck Tuesday 10/11, when they will face off against Taylor for Bi-District at 3:00pm on the Glenn HS courts.

Watching and winning!

Cross CountyOctober 1, 2022-Leo Manzano invitational

Cross CountySeptember 22, 2022-Round Rock XC Meet

Girls place 11th of 29 teams in the 2 mile gold division.
Ally placed 9th of 224 runners with a PR of 11:54.

Cross CountyAugust 27, 2022-Thrall XC Meet

Ladies placed 1st of 8 teams at Thrall. There were a total of 72 runners with the following ladies in the top 10, bringing home some hardware. Needless to say, we are thrilled you are Vikings!

• Aly Wray - 1st
• Sophie Seewald - 7th
• Hanna Simmons  - 8th

Lady Viking Cross Country

The Lady Vikings Cross Country hit the trail and started the season off placing 2nd out of 14 as a team at Temple Invitation and Aly Wray placed first!