Gallery: Late Night in the Castle

For the first time ever, the Shawnee Mission East community was invited to ‘Late Night in the Castle’ based on ‘Late Night in the Phog’, the Kansas University tradition that has been going on for 40 years. ‘Late Night in the Castle’ was hosted on Dec. 3. at 8 p.m. in the main gym after the boys and girls teams hosted jamborees against SM North, BV Southwest, Olathe West, Blue Valley and De Soto.

The event was organized by East parents, the boys and girls basketball head coaches and athletic director Ryan Johnson. The parents decided to start this new tradition to bring the East community together to kick off basketball season with the same spirit and energy as football season. 

The night consisted of performances from the JV and varsity Lancer Dancers and the freshmen, JV, varsity and competition cheerleaders. The senior Lancer Dancers also competed against the senior cheerleaders in a powderpuff game coached by the varsity senior boys basketball team. Pizza and t-shirts were sold to raise money to go back to the dance, cheer and basketball programs.

The assembly ended with East parent, Ryan Pfeiffer telling the basketball players, Lancer Dancers and cheerleaders to come to the court and face the student section to sing the school song with the student body and East community. 

The boys varsity basketball team is hosting a tournament against multiple schools starting on Dec. 10.

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12.3.24 Late Night in the Castle