Lakes Lancers Swimming, Diving, Water Polo & Alumni

Junior Leo Fowler is the last Lancer standing this fall. Leo will swim in the WIAA 500 meter swim finals tonight at 6 PM.

Congratulations to Lakes Junior Leo Fowler qualifying for the WIAA 3A State Championships in the 200 m and 500 m freestyle events. Leo will swim Friday November 11 at the King County Aquatic Center.

Over the decades, many Lakes Lancer student-athletes have competed on CWU's teams. So, I am donating and supporting this project. Hopefully, you will support the project too. 😁

Michael Cosio, Reporter
January 20, 2022

The Hidden Gem at Lakes High School The aquatics program at Lakes High School is a buried treasure here at Lakes High School. Athletes have constant fun and develop into hardworking, capable individuals. We have one of...

Men's Water Polo will travel to Curtis High School tonight to take on Peninsula in a winner to District Loser out game at 8:00 PM,

Women's swim tales on Bonney Lake today at Sumner High School Pool.

Men's Water Polo will host South Kitsap tonight at Lakes 6:00 PM

The Boys Water Polo Game vs Rogers has been moved to 5 PM tonight at Lakes.

Boys Water Polo is at Peninsula High School tonight at 6 PM

www.golakeslancers.com

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It's an official Lakes High School website. 🤓

With Lakes High School ramping up to handle "the new normal," give them time to populate the site with official content. 💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿

https://golakeslancers.com/

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Here I go ...

First, I need to register your domain name, so y'all can easily find the initial webpage through a search engine. 🙂

Second, I need to find a web hosting company (most likely AWS, but I'll go with a balance of cost and optimization). I've plenty of content to import from the Lakes Lancers social media presence to last for years ... lol. 😁

Next, I'll need new content and photos. I'll need to pay photographers for photos—a possible job for a current LL into photography. 🤔

Finally, I'll need to scale the webpage to a website for the Lakes High School Alumni Association. 🥳

On Thursday, 28 January 2021, or sooner, I'll secure a domain name. 🤫

Next week, I'll start researching web host, LL logos, webpage content, and non-profit legalities. 🤪

If you'd like to donate to the initial process, a PayPal account has been established at paypal.me/lakeslancers. 😇

Once A Lancer, Always A Lancer. 💪

When I established the Lakes Lancers social media presence, an alumnus reached out to me with a magnanimous offer. Instead of giving to every campaign to support current and pending Lakes Lancers, she offered her childhood home in Lakewood as a gift. I was overwhelmed with her generosity; but, I wasn’t focused on scaling Lakes Lancers' social media presence or managing a real estate asset from Australia. To her surprised, I turned down the gift and she continued to give until she died in 2017. 😕

Several years ago, a talented Lakes Lancer (LL) needed support to compete and represent Lakes High School at a national level. Over 200 LLs gave to his campaign via Lakes Lancers on Facebook. Some LLs that worked for Alaska Airlines were able to gift a roundtrip ticket and accommodations for him. 🙂

Most recently, a LL needed support to relocate to law school on the east coast of the United States. Her campaign exceeded her expectations by over $2K thanks to LL alumni, LL supporters, and friends of LLs. 🙂

It feels good to help others, especially with those with whom we share common threads. With the common thread in mind, I want to establish the Lakes High School Alumni Association (LHSAA) to enhance Lakes Lancers’ opportunities. 🙃

My vision for the LHSAA will be independent of the Clover Park School District and Lakes High School. Yet, the entity will be an official entity with the founding executive officers and the initial board members being Lakes High School Alumni. 🤔

Stay tuned for the crowdfunding Kickstarter starting approximately 1 week of February 2021. 😁

New Administration ... Let's get this party started right, let's get the party started quickly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7y4NyQcxVk

Lakes High School in Lakewood, Washington was established in 1962. 🙂 That's just under 70 years of Lakes Lancers. 😇

That's at the very least, 50K alumni ... microtransactions campaigns could work very well in this environment. 🥳

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakes_High_School

Hi Everyone,

I’m Ken Jones, a Lakes High School alumnus from the class of 1979, the founder of the Lakes Lancers (LL) social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Additionally, I’m the Lakes Lancer behind the mantra “Once A Lancer, Always A Lancer.”

In 2008, I started the social media presence with two simple goals: reconnect Lakes High School alumni with our alma mater and build bonds between Lakes’ current student body and Lakes’ alumni.

Initially, I created the Lakes Lancers Football Group on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/43359185678) to generate support for the Lakes Football Booster Club (https://www.facebook.com/Lakes-Football-Booster-Club-113955228690629), which I also created for the booster club’s management.

Next, to help Lakes’ Lady Lancers Basketball team generate financial support to compete in Washington, Oregon, and California basketball tournaments, I created a Facebook group for the ladies’ basketball team, https://www.facebook.com/groups/117229065015934.

After several alumni reached out to me with requests to promote their class reunions, I created Facebook groups for every graduating class in the history of Lakes High School in Lakewood, Washington. Over the years, I constructed and modified over 80 Facebook groups and pages.

Now, Lakes Lancers (https://www.facebook.com/LakesLancers) and Lakes High School Alumni Association, https://www.facebook.com/LakesHighSchoolAlumniAssociation are the most managed pages.

I initiated new social presences in new platforms for Lakes alumni, Lakes Lancers’ supporters, current and pending Lakes Lancers to interact. The Twitter profile (https://twitter.com/LakesLancers) has been active for over 8 years and the Instagram profile (https://www.instagram.com/lakeslancers/) has been active for over 5 years.

Recently, Facebook made a version upgrade and I lost a lot of content, over 8 years' worth of content. With Facebook’s last upgrade and my loss of too much content from Facebook’s elimination of Notes, I decided to create a Lakes Lancers website.

The crowdfunding campaign will start on February 1, 2021.

For over a decade, I have repeated an African proverb to Lakes Lancers when trying to motivate them, “If you want to go fast, go alone; but, if you want to go far, go together.

Let’s go together.

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I learned that Facebook has discontinued Facebook Notes and I can't access over 400 Facebook notes in various Facebook groups and pages! 😳

Facebook makes changes with notifications, then you can access your content! 🤬 That's it! Enough! I'm migrating this social media presence to a website. 🤔 Stay tuned for coming information. 🤓

I want to see the classes of 2021-24 earn a near normal opportunity to enjoy high school. 🤓

Y'all may have to motivate your parents to motivate politicians to activate their elected power to legislate. 🤔

There are other avenues to finance university ...

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Lakes High School starting Athletic Hall of Fame

Send your nominations to Gary Larson, AD @ Lakes High School, [email protected]

https://thesubtimes.com/2020/10/14/lakes-high-school-starting-athletic-hall-of-fame/

Lakes High School starting Athletic Hall of Fame | The Suburban Times Lakes High School is starting an Athletic Hall of Fame. If you have information, including contact information and athletic achievement for Notable Lakes High School Alumni, please contact Gary Lar…

Lakes Lancers Swimming, Diving, Water Polo & Alumni updated their address.

WIAA announces changes to high school sports "tentative" start dates https://www.q13fox.com/opinion/wiaa-announces-changes-to-high-school-sports-start-dates

WIAA announces changes to high school sports start dates WIAA announces changes to high school sports start dates Published 4 hours ago News Q13 FOX Facebook Twitter Print Email WIAA announces fall sports start date changes Many fall sports will be rescheduled for spring 2021. Low risk sports such as cross country and slow-pitch softball can start mid-Sep...

I need the student-athletes that dream of participatin' in collegiate athletics to review this information. For y'all dreamin' of playin' competitive sports in college, stop dreamin' & start studyin'. 🧐

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Congrats to Amber Hamil (Lakes C/O 2017) on being recognized by ACWPC for Academic Success.

EDISON, N.J. – The Association of College Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) released the 2019 Women’s All-Academic Awards featuring eight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) programs.

Divided into three teams, (Outstanding: 3.71-4.0; Superior: 3.41-3.70; Excellent: 3.20-3.40), the Women’s All-Academic List recognizes individuals maintaining a grade point average (GPA) of 3.20 or higher.

Student-Athletes representing Iona College, La Salle University, Marist College, Siena College, St. Francis College Brooklyn, Villanova University, Virginia Military Institute and Wagner College were named.

Additionally, Wagner recorded the third highest team GPA (3.59) in the nation. Six other MAAC schools earned team honors: Marist (3.43), St. Francis Brooklyn (3.42), La Salle (3.26), Villanova (3.23), VMI (3.16) and Siena (3.08).

Congrats to Amber Hamil (Lakes C/O 2017) on making the MAAC All-Academic Team.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Sixty-five student-athletes were named to the 2019 MAAC Water Polo All-Academic Team. To be eligible for the MAAC All-Academic team, a student-athlete must complete two semesters at their institution and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale.

Wagner College had the most student-athletes make the team with 14. Marist College was right behind with 13 student-athletes. Villanova made it three teams in double figures with 10 Wildcats on the team.

Iona College was represented by eight student-athletes. Seven student-athletes from La Salle University made the team. St. Francis Brooklyn had five and Siena College and Virginia Military Institute were represented four times.

Here's a chart for your review on current scholarship worth times based on gender and collegiate division.

Women’s Water Polo
What Are the Top Programs in Division? Since so few programs, colleges play across division levels

Southern California, UCLA, Stanford, ASU, Michigan, Cal, UC Irvine, Hawaii, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, UC San Diego, Cal Baptist, Whittier.

Men’s Water Polo
What Are the Top Programs in Division? Since so few programs, colleges play across division levels

Southern California, UCLA, Cal, UC Santa Barbara, U. of the Pacific, Stanford, Long Beach State, UC Davis, Pepperdine, Brown, Harvard, Princeton, UC San Diego, Cal Baptist, Pomona-Pitzer, Whittier.

Virginia Military Institute's Amber Hamil (Lakes C/O 2017):

Three-year letter winner at Lakes HS in Lakewood, Wash...also lettered four years in water polo, which she will play at the Institute as well...A honor roll recipient...intends to major in economics and business.

https://vmikeydets.com/sports/womens-water-polo/roster/amber-hamil/840

https://vmikeydets.com/sports/womens-swimming-and-diving/roster/amber-hamil/823