Category Archives: Vandegrift

March 1 2020 Issue

VHS choir students advance to state

Vandegrift choir students advance to state: L-R Sam Smoot, Jonathon Miller, Cade Conville, Akash Shah

By LIZ BARNARD, Contributor

Five Vandegrift choir students advance to the state level competition — including the first Viper freshman All-Stater — after the Area Choir Auditions on Jan. 11 at Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio.  

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400+ member VHS band wins Sudler Shield award

The Vandegrift High School Band has been chosen as the 2019 Sudler Shield Award Winner!  The Sudler Shield is an international award recognizing “High School and International Marching Bands of World Class Excellence” and is administered by the John Philip Sousa Foundation. 

By NATALIE BRINK,  CLAIRE LAWRENCE 

Vandegrift Voice

The John Philip Sousa Foundation awarded the Vandegrift band and Vision Dance Company the 2019 Sudler Shield. The award recognizes high school marching bands that meet the foundation’s international standards of excellence.

“It was a shock,” snare captain Israel Ramirez said. “It’s really difficult what the directors asked of us, and people who have four years of experience doing what we did, people who had two months of experience all worked toward the same goal. The fact that we could get rewarded was really important to me.”

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Lady Viper basketball advances to area round in playoffs 

Lady Viper basketball beats Cypress Ranch 58-47 on Feb. 18 in the bi-district playoff round to advance to the area round on Feb. 21. Team photo by Jim Kleffner after Tuesday’s victory.

By LYNETTE HAALAND, ZACH SMITH, Four Points News

The Vandegrift girls varsity basketball team beat Cypress Ranch 58-47 on Tuesday in the bi-district playoff round, and was scheduled to play Klein Collins in the area round at A&M Consolidated HS in College Station at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21.

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February 16 2020 Issue