LCSD Athletics/Activities Wrap-up for 2025-26
We have almost wrapped up all of our sports and activities for the 2025-2026 school year! The only thing remaining is our drama department’s production of Disney’s Frozen the Musical, which will be showing THIS WEEK! Shows on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm and a matinee on Saturday at 2 pm. Please come and enjoy another fantastic show featuring Lake County’s talented students and staff! You can purchase tickets here.
Highlights from this year:
- The high school nordic skiing girls’ team defended their state championship title with a relay win over Summit HS.
- After being runners-up for the last 2 years, the high school knowledge bowl team won the 2A state championship.
- High school girls’ cross country placed 2nd as a team at State. This was the 6th straight year with a top 2 finish.
- Wilson Anderson won the men’s skimeister champion title.
- 19 athletes qualified for the state track & field championship, with Devyn Sterkel earning a spot on the Wall of Champions for his 3rd place pole vault finish.
- The middle school girls’ volleyball team won the Peaks League Championship.
- We started a middle school knowledge bowl team, and the 7th graders went undefeated on the season.
- Over 120 high school students and 157 6-8th graders participated in sports and activities this year.
Athletics/Activities Survey
It’s survey season! I’d love to hear about your experience with our sports and activities this year. Both parents and students are invited to complete this survey. Thank you for taking a few minutes to provide your feedback!
Summer Training
Next year’s successes begin NOW with spring and summer training! We have lots of opportunities for athletes.
- The weight room is open almost every afternoon. Once we get to summer break, we will shift to a couple of evenings and a couple of mornings each week. That schedule will be released before school gets out.
- Speed and agility training starts this week- Mondays and Thursdays at 4 pm at the Community Park Field. Athletes from all sports are welcome to participate.
- Most high school programs have their own open gyms/practice times or will be starting in the next couple of weeks. If you need help getting in touch with a coach, please let me know.
Sports Physical Night
In partnership with St Vincent Hospital, we will be holding a Sports Physical Night on Tuesday, June 9 at LCHS from 5:30-7:30 pm. Take care of your athlete’s physical requirement for next year! This event will be taking the place of the August event we have held in recent years. Each physical will be $25 and can be paid for by cash, check or credit card.
Looking ahead to 2026-2027
- We are changing athletic leagues! Volleyball, basketball, cheer and all of our middle school sports will be part of the West Central League, which includes South Park, Cotopaxi, Custer County, Cripple Creek/Victor and Platte Canyon. Our other CHSAA high school sports (soccer, cross country, golf, track and field, wrestling, football) will be part of the Western Slope League. Those league competitions will be in the northwest quadrant of the state.
- The first day of practice for high school football and golf will be Monday, August 3. All other fall high school sports officially begin on Monday, August 10- the first day of school! Middle school sports will begin the week or two following that.
- We’ve got a great list of high school head coaches for next year:
- Boys’ soccer: Cisco Tharp
- Football: Rob Everard
- Volleyball: Kaylee Aldaz
- Cross country: Pat Cade
- Mountain biking: Tamira Jenlink
- Golf: Dano Aldaz
- Cheer: Arizona Hager
- Girls’ basketball: Joe Kolarik
- Boys’ basketball: Brandon Leverett
- Wrestling: Tony Rodriguez/Fernanda Villarreal
- Girls’ soccer: Fred Kirr
- Track & Field: Amy Peters
- Strength/conditioning: Jung Kim
- We are still in the process of hiring new nordic and alpine ski head coaches, and we have a substantial list of middle school coaching positions open. If you or anyone you know is interested in coaching, please check out our employment website!
I’m so thankful for everyone who has come out to support our students this year! Thank you for entrusting your students to us and positively engaging with our programs! I look forward to even better things in 2026-2027!
Amy Peters, Athletics/Activities Director
