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Lexington High School
705 West 13th Street
Lexington, NE 68850
Phone: (308) 324- 4691
Fax: (308) 324- 7224
School Website: http://lexschools.org/
Enrollment: 811
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After seventy-five years, the Lexington FFA Chapter is
still going strong. Consisting of thirty-four students, the
Chapter is working hard to accomplish their goals and learn
the most they can with the help of their advisor, Whitney
Davis. This year, the FFA Chapter was given the
opportunity to instate renovations on the greenhouse.
Before the renovation, the greenhouse was low to the
ground, had more weeds than plants, and had no cooling
system. After lots of hard work and determination, the
greenhouse can now boast cleanliness and organization,
along with a new cooling system and more workspace.
Makenzie Hammond described the benefits: "The new
greenhouse helps us learn about plants and how they
grow." Thanks to the new greenhouse, the Chapter was
able to sell some of the produce that was grown in it, and
was also able to rent out growing space to those who would
like to grow their own plants in the greenhouse.
The greenhouse is not the only exciting thing about FFA
this year. Over two-thirds of this year's Chapter went to
State FFA for various events; this is a huge
accomplishment, especially since almost everybody
earned a ribbon. FFA is beneficial to those who participate.
Erik Lemus said, "Being in FFA can be more beneficial than
anything else because it shows you how to work hard, and
nothing is ever easy." A major event that the FFA Chapter
participated in this year was National FFA. Although
nobody from the Chapter qualified to compete at nationals,
five students went to Indianapolis, Indiana to support teams
from Nebraska. Jose Tecla had this to say about National
FFA, "It was breathtaking to see how many members there
are in this organization nationally, and that wasn't even Color Gaurd
everybody!" FFA Advisor, Whitney Davis said there were
about 25,000 students at the competition.
This year's inducted senior officers are all juniors and there is not a
single new officer who has previously held an office.The FFA considers
this year and next year "rebuilding years." The Chapter is rebuilding by
adding members and trying to become more known in the community.
They are doing numerous community activities such as the previously
stated Greenhouse Sale, Community Garden, Children's Garden,
AgFest, Baby Animal Day and more. Doing those services put the
Chapter on the radio, in the newspaper, and it became something people
would talk about more. Those in Lexington and the surrounding towns
are learning more about FFA and ways the Chapter helps the community
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FFA Celebrates 75 Years of Existence
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Alliance
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NO PAIN NO GAIN
At the Grand Island Northwest game, senior
Ryan Reynolds and junior Danny Ibarra team
together to prevent their opponent from
scoring. "It was a great game. Everyone
worked hard, starting from the kids playing
scout team all week in practice, to the linemen
blocking, to the skill position players making
big plays, and we finished with a win," stated
Reynolds.
photo by Brittany Stark
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At the beginning of the 2011-2012 football season, the
Minutemen Football Team was hungry for excellence. You
could see it in the hardwork they put in during practices. In
the sluggish walks after practice, with helmits in hand, from
the field all the way to the locker room, only to repeat the
same process all over again the next day. They felt that the
only way to have a good season was to work for it. A highlight
in the season was the Lexington versus McCook game. The
game demonstrated to the team, that when they work as
one, they can achieve big accomplishments. The entire
team fought exceedingly hard throughout the game. "We
had the motivation to play our hardest because we were the
underdogs.
People thought we were going to get destroyed because
McCook was a division I class B school. We had a very
positive attitude," stated senior, Jose Muniz. The final score
for this game was at 13-16, but losing wasn't the end for
VICTORY IS OURS
As the game progresses between
the Lexington Minutemen and the
Grand Island Northwest Vikings.
senior Austin Roemmich stands in
the sidelines watching the team
gain victory. "It was a very intense
game," he stated.
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the Minutemen. "It was frustrating because of all the
chances we had to win, and it would've been a great
win for our team. It just hurt because it just came down
to one last field goal to win. It did feel good though,
being able to say that we took on the number two team
in double overtime," stated junior Danny Ibarra.
Victory, only being a field goal away, was hopefully a
wakeup call for the Minutemen to try harder for the
next football season. Head football coach, Phil Truax,
announced he will not be coming back next season to
coach the team. He will be very much missed by
everyone. Overall, the team had an excellent season
in both mental and physical aspects, which set the bar
high for next years football team to meet these
expectations.
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Adams Central
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McCook
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