JROTC Happenings
by Louis Ullrich
May 04, 2009
JROTC
Happenings
28 April 2009
Corps Hosts
Successful Skills Meet
2009 CCHS Skills Meet
With ominous skies and forecasts threatening, a group of
volunteers began setting up for the 3rd Annual CCHS JROTC Skills
Competition about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, 18 April 2009. With much
work and planning already invested in the previous weeks, all hoped
for a successful meet. At 7:50, the first marksmanship teams began
their setting up equipment to fire in the gym. At 8:30, the first
color guard reported. Drill teams began at 9:30and PT continued at
11:00, with some area teams having competed on Friday. The first
event saw 6 schools bring their teams to Central 2 years ago. Last
year, we hosted 9 schools and this year, 16 schools registered to
join our CCHS teams. Five schools chose to skip the meet due to
weather concerns. The remaining 12 institutions filled the quad and
building with activity until completion about 3:00 p.m. Certainly
all present agreed that this was the best meet yet. We must thank
the 21 Army recruiters and Reservists, 1 Navy recruiter and 3 UTSA
Army ROTC cadets who provided a professional judging team to
evaluate and differentiate between the well-matched competitors. We
also thank all of our Button volunteers who made this event run.
Led by John Louma at registration, Ernest-Joel Elizondo managing
the volunteers, Chris Peterson in scoring all of our cadets
presented an excellent face of Central Catholic HS to the public,
competitors and spectators alike. The JROTC Booster Club parents
also put in many hours in monitoring visiting teams using our
classrooms for changing and preparation rooms, running a concession
stand, and providing a fine hospitality room for the judges and
officials. Led by Debbie McNair, CMSgt Goelzhauser, Janie Loper and
Lettie Mendoza, they certainly added a lot to the event and made it
possible. The Chaminade Guard Chapter of the CCHS Alumni
Association provided tremendous service again this year, managing
each of the color guard and drill sites, assisting with
registration and processing all scoring to determine team
placements. Even the faculty had to accept the idea of letting all
these visitors use their classrooms though out the day. This was
truly a great effort by a large number of people to make this a
competition that teams will keep on their busy schedules.
With the skies opening to a warm, sunny afternoon, we were able to
present the trophies at the reviewing stand at 3:45. Robert E. Lee
HS took the overall meet championship trophy. John Marshall was a
close second and our CCHS teams earned enough points without
unarmed drill teams and female colors guards to take third. For a
complete rundown of all event placements, go to the JROTC section
of the CCHS web site and select CCHS Meet on the left hand
side.
Corps Fiesta
Activities
Members of the Cadet Corps presented CCHS very well to
the public in many events. The Chaminade Guard provided a short
exhibition drill and provided an honor cordon for the Tejano
Heritage Luncheon on April 16, honoring Tejanos who participated in
the Battle of San Jacinto and many other battles. The Brigade Color
Guard posted the colors to open the San Antonio A&M Muster on
April 21. The Brigade Color Guard and the Chaminade Guard marched
in both the Battle of Flowers and the Fiesta Flambeau parades. With
the Guard drawing a lot of attention from spectators with an
excellent exhibition performance during the parade, a group of 75
volunteer cadets following them also garnered applause and cheering
from the hundreds of thousands lining the route of the Flambeau.
See additional photos at the JROTC section of the CCHS web
site.
