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East students wearing “Beat Rock” shirts made by the student store began lining up outside the school doors at 3:30p.m., waiting to be the first ones in the gym for seats to the boys varsity basketball game against SM East rival Rockhurst High School. The Lancers led the first quarter of the game 13-11 before falling behind 31-28 at the end of the half. During halftime, the varsity Lancer Dancers debuted their hip-hop routine that they will perform this year at nationals. Varsity cheer also performed their nationals routine that won them sixth place. The Lancers continued to trail the Hawklets at the end of the third quarter, 51-41. The Lancers fell to Rockhurst 66-54. Before the fourth quarter, the winner of the Chick-Fil-A Charity Contest, hosted by Chick-Fil-A’s Ward Parkway location, was announced. The Lancers won the contest and over $3000 will be donated to help pay for Coach Gordon’s daughter’s surgery. The team’s record now sits at 9-3.
Boys varsity basketball’s next game will be on Tuesday, Jan. 30 against Gardner Edgerton at 7 p.m. at Gardner Edgerton High School.
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1.26.24 Boys Varsity vs Rockhurst
![For the first time in 10 years, East will have an all-female Student Council Executive Board for the 2024-25 school year.
The board consists of future senior and president Ingrid Blacketer, future junior and vice president Paige Bean, future junior and secretary Claire Polanco and future junior and treasurer Fina Kessler.
“We see each other once a week every week,” Blacketer said. “We set up together, we volunteer together and we volunteered at the can drive together. So we’ve always been in the same room [and] we’ve known each other for over a year now.”
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