Recounting ‘21-22 school years achievements
by Ally Schniepp, Sports Editor & Mollie Banstetter, Layout Editor The Belles competed in Division 5 Precision Jazz and Division 5 Pom at the state competition this year. Due to Liberty’s increase in enrollment, the Belles were moved into Division 5, which puts them against larger schools. The change didn’t seem to faze the Belles as they took first place in both events on Feb. 26 at the Family Arena in St. Charles. “When they announced second place and we knew we won, it was so hard to keep our excitement bottled,” senior Molly Marino said. “When they called us, it was amazing. We were all screaming and tears of joy were coming from everyone’s eyes!” “I’m so proud of our team, especially this season,” senior Bella Bahr said. “The biggest challenge was moving up a division because we had no idea what was in store.” This year’s spring musical featured Madeline Claravall (10) and Anna Wright (11) as the iconic motherdaughter duo Donna and Sophie in Liberty’s production of “Mamma Mia! The Musical.” The amount of talent on stage amazing, from the dad cast, senior Sean Bruce (Harry), junior Logan Honerkamp (Bill), and junior Shane Wolz (Sam), to the rest of the Dynamos, senior Brynn Bartram (Tanya) and junior Morgan Feinstein (Rosie). The main characters in the show were cast perfectly and showcased the immense talent of Liberty’s drama department. Claravall stepped up to the plate taking on the role of Donna, and knocked it out of the park three nights straight. The audience was invested in the production from start to finish, and the cast earned many laughs from the audience. After watching the production, most people would agree that the level of talent on stage exceeded the normal level for a high school show. | lhstoday.org 14 A&E design by: M. Banstetter & A. Schniepp
@SnoringEagles on Instagram has swept through Liberty this past year, and people are capturing their friends, strangers and even teachers snoring during class. High school students fall asleep left and right, and this account has pictured people from all grade levels and friend groups sleeping in class. The Snoring Eagles account started this year by an anonymous Liberty student and has 583 followers with over 380 posts of people at Liberty sleeping. But, the biggest question is, who is running the account? The long-awaited reveal of the Snoring Eagles account owner is none other than junior Jayce Haun. With his history of photography and publications experience in yearbook, it is not surprising that he is the one pushing the post button on our sleeping eagles. Choir ventured to Mizzou on April 30 to compete for state titles. The Schlattman Ensemble placed gold, the highest honor, and consisted of seniors Avery Schlattman, Cassie Tarrant and Bee Boyer, juniors Morgan Feinstein, Anna Wright and Norah Fuller, and sophomore Grace Edney. “I hope to spread the word about choir and make it welcoming for everyone,” Edney said. Wright, Tarrant and Edney placed gold in both their solo performance and the ensemble performance. Feinstein placed silver along with senior Liam Ovares. All solos that competed at State from Liberty placed either gold or silver, proving that hard work can result in success. “It’s really, really rewarding after all of our hard work for coming in the very early hours in the morning every single week,” Wright said. “It means a lot to see all of the hard work paying off, Mr. Datz was really, really helpful.”
On Nov. 4, the varsity boys soccer team defeated St. Dominic 2-1 for the first time in school history and earned the Class 4 District 4 title. Junior Schrader Ludwig and senior Kaden Marsh scored in the first half of the game, a little over five minutes apart, giving the Eagles the lead over the Crusaders early in the game. “It was the most fun game I’ve played in my entire life,” senior Patrick O’Day said. “Beating St. Dominic for the first time was an amazing feeling. The fact that it was the district finals makes it 10 times better,” Coach Tony Luedecke said. “They have been dominating the area for a long time now and I’d like to believe this was sort of a passing of the torch type thing.”
