Lake Travis High School

**Lake Travis High School**
	Lake Travis High School
Location
	3324 R.R. 620 S, Austin, TX, 78738;
Information
Type	Public
School district	Lake Travis Independent School District
Principal	Kim Brents
Grades	9 through 12
Color(s)	Red, Black, Silver, and White
Mascot	Cavaliers
Information	512-533-6100
Website	http://www.ltisdschools.org/lths/site/default.asp

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Lake Travis High School (HS), located in unincorporated Travis County, Texas, United States, serves grades nine through twelve of the Lake Travis Independent School District (LTISD). LTISD covers incorporated and unincorporated areas in western Travis County, west of Austin and south of Lake Travis. LTISD was established in 1981 after separating from the Dripping Springs Independent School District.

Lake Travis HS features distinguished programs in athletics and the arts. The highly acclaimed, award-winning Cavalier Band has won numerous awards and continues to have success. The varsity football team won the 4A Division II State Championship in 2007, and the 4A Division I State Championship in 2008, as well as in 2009. The 2009 State Championship victory gave the Cavaliers their 46th straight win and third consecutive state championship.^[1] The Volleyball team won the Texas Region 4 Championship in 2008 and were semi-finalists in the state championship tournament. The cheerleading squad garnered the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) Senior and Junior High School National Championship in 2008, after finishing a close second in 2007. The Boys Soccer team won the 2009 Sectional Championship.

The orchestra, choir, art, speech/debate, and theater arts programs have also won University Interscholastic League licensed events, though with some irregularity.

[edit] School Body Diversity

As of 2007, Lake Travis HS's racial diversity is 90% Caucasian, 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian or Pacific Islander, 0.5% African-American, and 0.5% other.

[edit] Programs

[edit] Academics

Lake Travis High School classroom standards are higher than many other high schools, and, therefore, are more difficult. For a student to be in the top 20% academically generally requires having a class grade average over 100 while attending virtually all advanced placement (AP) classes.

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Volleyball

Lake Travis HS supports Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Freshman volleyball programs. In 2008, the Lake Travis HS Varsity Volleyball team won the Texas Region 4 Championship, and were semi-finalists in the state championship tournament. Head coach, Julie Green, led the team in her first year at Lake Travis HS^[2]

[edit] Football

Lake Travis in a playoff game versus Killeen

As of the end of the 2008 season, the Lake Travis HS football program was one of the few programs in Texas to win five straight district titles, and is a state playoff regular. Before 2007, Lake Travis had never made it past the second round (Area Championship) of the state football playoffs. In the 2007 season, Lake Travis had its most successful season ever, again winning the District Championship and moving into the Texas Class 4A, Division II playoffs to win the Bi-District Championship, Area Championship, and Regional Championship. On December 22, 2007, Lake Travis defeated the Dallas, Texas Highland Park HS by a final score of 36-34 to become the 2007 Texas Class 4A Div. II State Champions. The game was held at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas home of the Baylor Bears. This was not only Lake Travis HS's first State title in football, but it was the first time they had ever played in the State championship game. The Cavaliers ended the season with a final record of 15 wins and 1 loss.

Lake Travis HS's football coach Jeff Dicus left after the 2007 season to take over at Duncanville High School. His successor is Chad Morris, who was 135-25 in his previous 14 years as a head coach, winning a Class 4A, Division I championship at Bay City High School in 2000.

Lake Travis was led by Garrett Gilbert at quarterback throughout the 2007 and 2008 seasons, finishing 2008 undefeated at 16-0, marking 30 wins in a row for the Lake Travis varsity football program. In 2008, on their way to a second state championship in a row (this time in the Class 4A, Division I bracket), the Cavaliers won the district title, the Bi-District Championship, the Austin/San Antonio Area Championship, and the Texas Region IV Championship. Lake Travis returned to Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco to win the 2008 state championship game by a score of 48-23 over the Lobos of Longview HS.

In 2009, Lake Travis clinched their third straight title when they became the Division I State Champions with a 24-17 victory over the Lobos of Longview HS. The victory gave the Cavaliers their 46th straight win and third consecutive state championship.

[edit] Football Accomplishments

2009 Texas Class 4A Div. I State Champions - (16-0) season, (46-0) consecutive wins.
2009 Texas Class 4A Div. I State Final Contestant
2009 Texas State Semi-Champions
2009 Texas State Quarter-Champions
2009 Texas Region IV Champions
2009 Austin/San Antonio Area Champions
2009 Bi-District Champions
2009 Texas District 25-4A Champions
2008 Texas Class 4A Div. I State Champions - (16-0) season, (30-0) consecutive wins.
2008 Texas Class 4A Div. I State Final Contestant
2008 Texas State Semi-Champions
2008 Texas State Quarter-Champions
2008 Texas Region IV Champions
2008 Austin/San Antonio Area Champions
2008 Bi-District Champions
2008 Texas District 25-4A Champions
2008 Texas Football Classic Winners (vs. 5A Westwood Warriors, Alamodome in San Antonio, TX)
2007 Texas Class 4A Div. II State Champions
2007 Texas State Semi-Champions
2007 Texas State Quarter-Champions
2007 Texas Region IV Champions
2007 Austin/San Antonio Area Champions
2007 Bi-District Champions
2007 Texas District 25-4A Champions
2006 Texas District 25-4A Champions
2006 Texas Football Classic Winners (vs. Texas City Stingarees, Alamodome in San Antonio, TX)
2005 Austin/San Antonio Area Finalist
2005 Bi-District Champions
2005 Texas District 27-4A Champions
2004 Texas District 27-4A Champions
2000 Austin/San Antonio Area Finalist
2000 Bi-District Champions

Past coaches Jeff Dicus(03-07) Charlie Sadler(01-02) Jim Shewemake(98-00) Jim Bob Helduser(97) Keith Tuck(95-96) Mark Ball(93-94) Roy Farmer(89-92) Don Cowan(85-88)

[edit] Baseball

In 2008, the Varsity Cavalier baseball team was Texas 25-4A Regional Semifinalists and finished the season with a 30-10 record.^[3]

[edit] Basketball

As of March 5, 2008, the Lake Travis High School boys basketball team had advanced to the Regional Tournament at St. Mary's University in San Antonio. At that point, the Cavaliers were 30-3 overall and were scheduled to play Corpus Christi Calallen High School in the fourth round of the playoffs on March 6, 2008. They beat Calallen, however, the next day, they lost to Austin LBJ High School after a historic run. Fully loaded this year with five returning letterman: Zach Karczewski, David Eads, Cole Vucurevich, Yusuf Abdullah, and Trevor Gillette the Cavs expect to make it back to St. Mary's for the Regional Tournament. Throw in a supporting cast that includes: Denmark transfer Billy Sherakas, newcomers Robert Carlton, Matt Tyson, Chris Dash, Trent Kan, Drew Nikolovski, Griffin Gilbert, Adam Peckover, Forrest Jung, and Austin Williams, and it seems very possible that the Cavs can make it there. As of November 20,2009, they are 4-0.

[edit] Cheerleading

The Lady Cavaliers garnered the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) Senior and Junior High School National Championship held December 28-29, 2008 at the Dallas Convention Center. More than 3,000 participants from 17 states competed in 23 divisions defined by skill level, number of athletes, and all-girl or coed designation. The Senior and Junior High School National Championship is one of four national championships administered each year by the NCA. The Lake Travis HS competition cheerleading squad placed second in 2007, missing the national title by two-hundredths of a point..^[4]

[edit] Golf

The Lake Travis HS golf teams have a long history of success. The boys team won the state title in 1997 in class 3A. Since moving up to 4A both the boys and girls golf teams have been to the state tournament almost every year. Both teams finished as District Champions in 2007/8. The boys finished second at Regionals, advancing to State, and the girls finished as Regional Champs. In the final standings, the boys were State runner-up, after a team playoff, and the girls finished 4th. This is the second time the boys have finished second in State in the last 5 years, finishing as runner-up in 2003/4. The girls finished 3rd in the State in 2004/5 and 2005/6.^[5]

[edit] Soccer

Lake Travis HS supports girls and boys soccer teams at both the Varsity and Junior Varsity levels. As of 2008, the Varsity girls team has finished as District Champs or better in all but one season since 2000, including a Regional Championship (Region IV) in 2007 and a Bi-District Championship in 2008.^[6]

In 2009, under the leadership of Coach Brett Schwab, the Lake Travis boys soccer team went deep into the playoffs, winning the 2009 Sectional Championship. In the post season, they managed to defeat the state-ranked Travis High School team. But after that significant victory the team lost to Alamo Heights High School of San Antonio. This was the most successful Lake Travis Mens soccer team to date.

[edit] Athletic facilities

The Lake Travis HS football program has an indoor turf room and a state-of-the-art weightroom. The weightroom is currently (2008) the largest high school weight room in the state of Texas.^[7]

[edit] Cavalettes

The Cavalette Drill Team is a precision dance organization which performs with the band at football game half-time shows, puts on an annual Spring Show, and competes in contests across the state and in national events. The Cavalettes are known for their high-kick routines, but also specialize in jazz, lyrical, novelty, pom, and modern dance.^[8]

[edit] Band

The Lake Travis HS has a well-respected band program, led by band director Kenneth Vise and assistant band director Lance Brightwell(as of 2007). The Cavalier Band produces and performs their competitive marching show for every fall football half-time performance(excluding play-off games). On the field or on the stage, the band always ranks fairly well in UIL competitions and TMEA All State and ALL Region competitions.

They perform at every Lake Travis football game. They also perform at various competitions in the Austin area.

In the 2009-2010 season, the Lake Travis Cavalier Band performed "Shogun", an epic Japanese tale in four parts, for their competitive show.

USSBA competition-2nd place in 4A Open Class, 4th overall. They also placed second in the Texas UIL Area D preliminary round.

TMEA All-State Musicians from Lake Travis

Kris Anderson(2006,2008)
Rachel Richie(2008)
Tom Crail

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[edit] Theater Arts

The theater program is an organized group that frequently puts on shows for the entertainment of the school.

Some of their more recent plays (as of 2008) have been: Little Shop of Horrors starring Spencer Carter as Seymour, Madeline Tuckfield as Audrey, Taylor Adamson as Mushnik, and a shared role between Drew Stover and Xavier Johnson as the voice of the Plant, featuring Austin Jauregui as the Plant's puppeteer; Excerpts from The Women of Lockerbie, a runner-up in the University Interscholastic League's annual one-act play competition. Nearly every member of the cast and crew received an award, with Amanda Overstreet and Drew Stover (playing Madeline and Bill Livingston) taking All-Star awards and Madeline Tuckfield (in the relatively small role of Hattie) taking Best Actress of all seven competing schools.

The LTHS Theater Program also has an active chapter of the International Thespian Society, with several members in the past few graduating classes achieving "International Thespian" status, the highest rank that can be shared with young actors around the globe.

[edit] Orchestra

The Lake Travis HS orchestra program is an academic elective program which also presents concerts for the school and Lake Travis community. LTHS graduate Daniel Levine was president of the Lake Travis HS Orchestra for three consecutive years (05-08), and currently (as of 2009) attends the University of Texas at Austin as a liberal arts major.

[edit] Visual Arts

The Lake Travis HS art program is a well-organized group that frequently creates pictures for the entertainment of the school.

[edit] Choir

The Lake Travis HS choir program is an academic elective program which also presents concerts for the school and Lake Travis community.

[edit] Extracurriculars

[edit] Speech/Debate

The Lake Travis HS Speech and Debate Team is known for frequently doing well at UIL competitions in the area, being District and Regional champions in the 2007-2008 school year, as well as being successful, with less regularity, in Texas Forensic Association tournaments.

[edit] Cavs in Service

Cavs in Service is a Lake Travis HS program designed to encourage young people to volunteer in their community. Any Lake Travis High School student can participate. Volunteers have until graduation to complete the required 100 hours of service.^[10]

[edit] Cavs United

CAVS United is an organization committed to helping all Cavs make healthy choices and promoting a drug and alcohol free lifestyle at Lake Travis High School.^[11]

[edit] Interact

Interact is Rotary International’s service club for young people ages 14 to 18. Interact clubs are sponsored by individual Rotary clubs, which provide support and guidance, but they are self-governing and self-supporting. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Lakeway-Lake Travis, the Lake Travis High School Interact Club has been in existence since 2002.

Projects Interactors have worked on have included car washes, coin drives, blanket drives for the homeless, food drives and sponsoring and helping plan and facilitate Relay For Life of Lake Travis (every year since 2002). The LTHS Interact Club has done project to benefit Safeplace, the SPCA, the Red Cross and Salvation Army (tsunami relief, hurricane relief and California wildfire relief), Heifer Interanational, the American Cancer Society (Relay For Life), Rotary International (clean water and school projects in villages in India). Current projects include a frisbee tournament to raise money for shoes for orphans in a village in India. Visit the Club website at url=http://ltcms.laketravis.txed.net/default.asp?SiteID=584.

Each year, Interact clubs complete at least two community service projects, one of which furthers international understanding and goodwill. Through these efforts, Interactors develop a network of friendships with local and overseas clubs and learn the importance of:

Developing leadership skills and personal integrity
Demonstrating helpfulness and respect for others
Understanding the value of individual responsibility and hard work
Advancing international understanding and goodwill^[12]

Austin portal

[edit] References

^ Austin American-Statesman: Lake Travis wins third State Championship
^ Lake Travis HS Volleyball Program website Retrieved on 18 January 2009
^ Lake Travis HS Baseball Program website Retrieved on 18 January 2009
^ "Lake Travis High School cheerleaders win national championship". Lake Travis ISD press release. 06 January 2009. http://www.ltisdschools.org/laketravis/lib/laketravis/LTHS_Cheerleaders_-_NCA_National_Champions.pdf. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
^ Lake Travis HS Golf Program website Retrieved on 20 January 2009
^ Lake Travis HS Girls Soccer Program website Retrieved on 20 January 2009
^ Citation Needed
^ >Lake Travis HS Cavalettes website Retrieved on 20 January 2009
^ http://www.laketravisband.com/
^ Lake Travis HS Cavs in Service website Retrieved on 20 January 2009
^ Lake Travis HS Cavs United website Retrieved on 20 January 2009
^ Lake Travis HS Interact Club website Retrieved on 20 January 2009

[0] Austin American-Statesman: Lake Travis wins third State Championship

[1] Lake Travis HS Volleyball Program website Retrieved on 18 January 2009

[2] Lake Travis HS Baseball Program website Retrieved on 18 January 2009

[3] "Lake Travis High School cheerleaders win national championship". Lake Travis ISD press release. 06 January 2009. http://www.ltisdschools.org/laketravis/lib/laketravis/LTHS_Cheerleaders_-_NCA_National_Champions.pdf. Retrieved 18 January 2009.

[4] Lake Travis HS Golf Program website Retrieved on 20 January 2009

[5] Lake Travis HS Girls Soccer Program website Retrieved on 20 January 2009

[6] Citation Needed

[7] >Lake Travis HS Cavalettes website Retrieved on 20 January 2009

[8] ttp://www.laketravisband.com/

[9] Lake Travis HS Cavs in Service website Retrieved on 20 January 2009

[10] Lake Travis HS Cavs United website Retrieved on 20 January 2009

[11] Lake Travis HS Interact Club website Retrieved on 20 January 2009

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