FIRST Robotics team places 2nd
Congratulations to the Laker FIRST Robotics team! They placed second at the Great Lakes Bay Bot Bash at H.H. Dow Midland High School over the weekend of Oct. 12-13. Awesome job!
Laker FIRST Robotics team performs well at competitions
The Laker FIRST Robotics team continues to achieve impressive feats! During the weekend of Sept. 7-8, the female members of the team competed at the Goonettes Invitational, an all-girl competition. Lakers won the day one event and competed well against the final bracket. Lakers beat the number 3 ranked alliance in round one, lost to…
Lakers hires new SAIL Academy Director
Lakers has a new SAIL Academy Director – Jenny Parker! The school board approved her for the position at the June board meeting. Welcome back to Lakers, Jenny! Here are some quick facts about our new SAIL Academy Director: -She’s a 1994 Laker graduate -She attended Michigan State University and graduated with a BS in…
Laker Spring Sports Successes!
Congratulations to these spring sports teams/athletes for their awesome successes in May! Congrats to Cade Truemner, Grace Suggitt, Skylar Steinman, and Pyper Braun for being state finals qualifiers for varsity track! Congratulations to the Varsity Baseball Team for being GTC West League Champs! Congratulations Laker Varsity Softball for winning their home tournament May…
A dozen Laker seniors make Tribune Top 50 list
Congratulations to all of the Laker seniors who are on the Huron Daily Tribune Top 50 student list! This list is based on a formula that includes GPA and SAT/ACT scores. The list of Laker seniors is impressive! They were honored at a banquet May 8.
Lakers announces 2024 Hueschen Scholarship recipients
The 2024 Laker High School Hueschen Scholarship recipients have been announced – Samantha Harder, Elizabeth McArdle and Grace McArdle! Samantha is the daughter of Michelle Hartman of Caseville and Lee Harder of Pigeon. Elizabeth and Grace McArdle are the daughters of Leo and Amy McArdle of Pigeon. Congratulations to these young ladies! Their hard work…
Laker Bands have great performances at band festival
At the Thumb Friends of the Arts Band Festival March 5, the Laker Middle School and Laker High School bands each performed a couple of songs. They sounded marvelous! The middle school band received a I rating – the highest rating – and the high school band received a II rating. Great job to both…
Laker Baseball-Softball Sponsorships, Seat Plaques Available
Believe it or not, baseball/softball season is just around the corner! Our facilities for these sports have improved over the past several years and we are proud of our administration who helped these improvements happen! One of the final touches on our facilities will be the addition of stadium seat plaques. This project will be…
Middle School VEX team headed to state competition
Good luck to our Laker Middle School VEX Team! There are actually three smaller teams within the overall group, and they all qualified for state-level competition! The event is this weekend. Teacher Jamie Schaefer is the coach. GO VEX! Good luck VEX Team! Headed to state competition this weekend!
Congrats to Laker Bowling, Wrestling, Gymnastics, Power Lifting
The Laker Boys’ Bowling Team is the Upper Thumb High School Boys Bowling Conference Champion! Also, Jack Turner and Tyler Downing qualified for state competition. In wrestling, Connor Parrish and Zach McArdle finished fifth in districts, and James placed second, qualifying him for regionals. In gymnastics, Grace Suggitt earned 1st team all-conference and Faith Hooper…