Euclid High School NJROTC wins the overall trophy at a JROTC Drill Competition and beats their arch rival Rhodes High School NJROTC!!

Euclid High School's NJROTC Drill Team competed on Nov 14th, at the Penn Hills High School NJROTC Drill Meet consisting of 6 other JROTCs. Their Drill Team, Exhibition Team, Color Guard Team, 1st year Squad, 1st year Color Guard Team and the Academic Team banded together and walked away with the Overall Trophy!! 

1st Place Varsity Color Guard Commanded by Cadet Lieutenant Elizabeth Clack

2nd Place Unarmed Platoon Commanded by Cadet Lieutenant Mariah Workman

2nd Place Unarmed Exhibition Platoon Commanded by Cadet Lieutenant Commander Dominique Allison

1st Place 1st year Squad Commanded by Cadet Seaman Apprentice Joann Felix

3rd Place 1st year Color Guard Commanded by Cadet Seaman Apprentice Eliyah Jenkins 

Academic 1st place Medal: Cadet Ensign Kennedy Johnson

1st Place Overall Trophy! (we finally beat Rhodes!)

Individual Medals:

Armed Knockout (KO):

1st Place Cadet Lieutenant Commander Dominique Allison

2nd Place Cadet Ensign Kennedy Johnson

3rd  Place Cadet Petty Officer First Class Mario Moore

4th Place Cadet Ensign Brennan Cornell

5th Place Cadet Petty Officer First Class Deangelo Taveras-Smith

6th Place Cadet Petty Officer Third Class Antanaisha Fanning

7th Place Cadet Lieutenant Mariah Workman

8th Place Cadet Senior Chief Petty Officer Serena Hollis

Unarmed Knockout (KO):

1st Place Cadet Lieutenant Commander Dominique Allison

4th Place Cadet Lieutenant Mariah Workman

7th Place Cadet Ensign Kennedy Johnson

For the first time ever at Euclid School NJROTC, Cadet Lieutenant Commander Dominique Allison won 1st place medals in the Armed and Unarmed Knockout (KO) competition! A job well done young lady!

CADET QUOTES:

“Even though Euclid had a rough start to the drill team season, we overcame and prevailed by placing in all events and winning the overall trophy.  I enjoyed coming to practice and giving it my all”

Cadet Ensign Brennan Cornell

“I’m so proud of my team.  Bringing home 1st place trophies for Euclid is the best feeling.  My team has been together for four years now and our natural chemistry and hard work really shows on the drill deck.”

Cadet Lieutenant Elizabeth Clack

Our four (4) goals at every Drill Competition:

 1) Have Fun

2) Give 100% effort and learn something new

3) Trophies, Trophies, Trophies

4) The Overall Trophy

We achieved ALL FOUR GOALS!! Commander Morek and I are very proud of your performance and conduct! Hard work, lots of practice, teamwork and discipline do pay off! We finally beat Rhodes!!

OOO-RAAAH! SgtMaj John F Rethage, the F stands for Freedom!