Lewistown Community Unit School District #97

The HS GBB team enters Christmas break with a 7-4 record after a loss to Princeville and win over Stark County in the last week. Stats for both games follow-

Joley McLaughlin 27pts 13rb 4ast 6st
Carsyn Braun 21pts 13rb 3ast 1st
Addison Roddis 12pt 7rb
Grace Bonney 6pt 3rb 2st
Mylie Sours 4pt 8rb 1st
Lexi Parker 4pt 4rb 2ast 1st
Same Bonney 2pt 6rb 2ast 6st
Aurora Orwig 2pt 1st
Vanessa Yurkovich 3rb 1ast

This is a reminder that Lewistown CUSD 97 will have a early dismissal tomorrow, December 19th. All High School students and Central/Elementary walking and pick-up students will be dismissed at 1:45. The Central/Elementary buses will dismiss at 2pm. We will be back in session on Tuesday, January 6th. Enjoy the holiday break!

Tonight's JH BBB game vs Rushville will be played at Lewistown High School.

Currently Lewistown Central Elementary School does not have water due to a water main break. The city of Lewistown is aware of the problem and is currently working to resolve it. Bottled water will be provided to all students.

Congratulations to new LHS graduate - Serenity Canada!
Serenity worked very hard and completed all of her required classes early. She will officially graduate on December 19th. Congratulations!!!

Due to the conditions of some of our secondary bus routes, Lewistown schools will have an e-Learning day today, December 15, 2025. Kindergarten through 4th grade students should reference the E-Learning Day packets that were previously sent home. 5th through 12th grade students should access their Google Classrooms for their daily assignments. Please monitor district communications for further updates. The details of the district’s e-Learning Plan can be found at http://tinyurl.com/semcjzb8

The HS GBB team suffered a couple of losses this week to West Hancock (54-18) and Havana (45-42) to drop their record to 5-3 on the year. The JV team picked up two wins! Varsity stats for the two games combined were-

Joley McLaughlin 30pts 8rb 4st
Carsyn Braun 13pt 5rb 6ast
Addison Roddis 4pt 3rb 1st
Grace Bonney 3pt 3rb 1ast 1st
Faith Tarvin 3pt
Lexi Parker 2pt 4rb 5ast 1st
Mylie Sours 2pt 7rb 1ast
Sam Bonney 2pt 1rb 1st
Vanessa Yurkovich 1pt 2rb 1ast 1st
Ireland Lowrance 1rb 1st
Jade Belless 1rb 1ast
Cora Connolly 1rb

Cancellations for tomorrow, December 13-

HS GBB @ Atown Shootout
8th BBB @ Fulton County Tournament

The 7th Grade BBB team beat North Fulton 36-28 to capture 3rd place in the Fulton County Tournament last night. Leading scorers were Gavin Myers 13pt, Easton Webb 9pt, and Caleb Collins 8pt.

The HS Prevention Team is sponsoring a Toy/Winter Essential Drive for students in need within our school district. They will be collecting toys and winter essentials (blankets, winter clothes) at the 3 home basketball games this week. If you bring a toy or winter essential to any of the games (GBB vs West Hancock on W, GBB vs Havana on TH, and BBB vs P. Heights on F) then you will receive free admission to all the games this week.

Checkout where to find the Indians this week. You can also find schedules at https://lewistownhighschool.bigteams.com/

The Lewistown Jr/Sr High School Winter Music Concert is Sunday December 7 at 3PM in the Shirley Shannon Auditorium. Come out and hear our JH Concert Band, HS Concert Band, Jazz Band, and our restarted HS Concert Choir. We hope to see you there.

The HS GBB team got a win over Midwest Central last night to move their record to 5-0. Their next game will be Saturday at home against Macomb. The freshman boys play at 10am followed by the JV girls at 11:30am and Varsity girls after that. Midwest Central stats follow-

Joley McLaughlin 21pt 10rb 1ast 5st
Carsyn Braun 9pt 2rb 3ast 2st
Sam Bonney 4pt 6rb 2ast 1st
Vanessa Yurkovich 3pt
Grace Bonney 3pt 3rb
Addison Roddis 3pt 2rb
Mylie Sours 6rb
Lexi Parker 2rb 1 ast 4st

Please follow the link for information about a job opening with Lewistown CUSD 97
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The HS BBB team has run their record back to .500 (2-2) after back-to-back wins on Tuesday vs Ridgewood 45-42 and Wednesday vs South Fulton 53-45. The boys are back in action at home tonight against West Central.

Due to the impending winter weather starting this afternoon and the condition of some of our secondary roads, Lewistown Schools will dismiss at 1:30 p.m. today, Monday, December 1, 2025. All after school practices and activities have been cancelled.

This is a reminder that Lewistown Schools will dismiss early on Friday, December 5th for school improvement planning and staff training. All high school students and early bus riders will dismiss at 11:15am, Central/Elementary walking and pick-up students will be dismissed at 11:20am, and the Central/Elementary buses will dismiss at 11:30am.

The HS GBB team moved to 4-0 on the season and 2-0 in the Prairieland North on Wednesday in their 53-19 win over Peoria Heights. Stats follow-

Joley McLaughlin 18pt 10rb 10ast 8st
Carsyn Braun 10pt 3rb 4ast 3st
Mylie Sours 8pt 3rb 1ast 1st
Sam Bonney 6pt 3rb 4ast 3st
Lexi Parker 3pt 3rb 2ast 2st
Addison Roddis 3pt 2rb 1st
Grace Bonney 2pt 1rb 1ast 1st
Jade Belless 2pt 8rb 2st
Cora Connolly 1pt 2rb 1st
Faith Tarvin 4rb