RHS Marching Band Named Grand Champion at Weekend Competition

Romeoville High School’s Marching Spartans were named the Grand Champion among 16 bands over the weekend at the St. Rita High School Mustang Stampede Field Competition.

The band also earned first place in Class AAA and was honored for best percussion and best winds sections.

Drum Majors are Camille Depluzer and Nathan Carpenter.

Band members are:

Flute—Bethany Beggs, Nicole Jeffrey , Cree Johnson, Angela Lercher, Rafael Martinez, Vasette Valdez, Maegan Boldt, Cassie Hernandez, Jessica Jankiewicz, Duncan Goodman, Alandra Porter, Mary Ford, Abby Molen, Natalie Alcantara, Jill Crocker, Abigail Wallace, Miranda Quinn, Jenny Chavez, Morgan Kincade, Ceili Delaney

Clarinet—Alyssa Empinado, Sarah Ayers, Bryan Gaidelis, Joyce Kim, Emily Czajowski, Arianna Ramirez, Jennifer Zaremba, Victoria Crowley, Hannah Ford, Annaliese McClelland, Alicia Swarts, Emily Lopez, Jacky Crowley, Julia Lopez, Rosalinda Vazquez, Angelique Labis, Nicole Burns.

Alto sax—Rex Labis, Micaela Marasco, Lukas Gacek, Ricky Juarez, Marianna Miranda, Adam Irvine, Olivia Major, Kelley Beggs, Alex Gonzalez, David Carpenter, Francisco Rodriguez, Kyle Bender.

Tenor sax—Spenser Fox, Mairin Kuchenbecker, Michael Gonzalez, Jesse Chavez.

Bari sax—Michael Anderson, Kassie Ramirez, Kyle Habeeb.

Trumpet—Keith Jett, Will Caron, Mike Shurhay, Blake Lawson, Brandon Lawson, Jazmin Orloff, Francisco Rocha, Alexis Rocha, David Valadez, Christian Bonilla, Jacob Girard, Kyle Hibner, Cody Harms, Jose Victor, Edgar Perez Sanchez.

Mellophone—Kevin Silva, Robin Czajowski, Michael Murray, Brandon Ranchero, Allison Eichorst, Matt Boots.

Trombone—Briana Floyd, Ian Irvine, Michael Corcoran, Brent Ranchero, Brian Davis, Jia Harrington, Kardon Lyons, Elaina McGillen.

Baritone—AJ Synder, Tyler Hamon, Chris Heim, Heather Docherty.

Sousaphone—Jose Contreras, Steven McClelland, Jacob Lee, Stefaan Hartjes.

Percussion—Salvador Sanchez, Josh Hamilton, Jon Miska, Ty Adams, Melissa Alfaro, Dominica Cutinello, Marco Medina, Andrew Franzen, Nick Giganti, Ciera Higgins, Rebecca Merrithew, Ann Natale, Kegan Orloff, Aidan Ortiz, Elise Rosenberger, Steven Vonderohe, Alex Vonderohe, Claire Kamm, Aaron Meader, Veronica Rede, Jeremy Mankins, Daniel Flores.

Auxiliary—Jacob Null, Louis Lucier, Dominick Love.

Guard—Gabby Habeeb, Kelly Zebell, Anna Bacewicz, Natasha Majnarich, Ashley Mata, Mikayla Kuchenbecker, Ashley Marion, Jackie Alvarado, Megan Doyle, Jerilyah Craig, Karoline Bacewicz, Danielle Cull, Miranda Diliberto, Alexis Giganti, Charity Doyle.

The Band is directed by Clark Anderson.