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JCHS Pep Band Selected as an Official Pep Band for IHSA State Finals

Joliet Central High School Pep Band has been selected as one of the Official 2015 IHSA State Final Pep Bands.

The Joliet Central High School Pep Band, under the direction of Michael Fiske, has been selected as one of the Official 2015 IHSA State Final Pep Bands.

The JCHS band will perform during the State Final Girls 1A-2A Basketball Tournament at the Illinois State University Redbird Arena on Saturday, February 28. They will play at the afternoon semi-final sessions at 12:00 Noon and 2:00 p.m. and the evening finals sessions at 6:30 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.

The Joliet Central High School award-winning band program continues to provide generations of students with the discipline and skills necessary to gain professional success and career advancement. They recently performed at Walt Disney in Orlando, Florida and at the Dixie Classic Festival in Richmond, Virginia. The group was the Honor Award Winner at the Dixie classic Festival in 2014 and the Grand Champion at the ISU State of Illinois Concert Band Festival in 2013.

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“We are honored to represent Joliet Township High School at this event,” said JCHS Band Director Mike Fiske. “Our students really enjoy what we do at the home basketball games at Central Campus. This gives them a chance to “take it on the road’. It should be great fun for all.”

Photo Identification: Row 1 (L to R): Jasmine Flores, Luis VillaGomez, Trent Robinson, Jason Kollross, Christopher Shelby, Freddie De la Torre, Santos Gonzalez, Kolton Stockdell, Isaac Torres, Jarrell Peters, Nicholas Kelch, Henry Linehan.

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Row 2 (L to R): Cassandra Zamudio, Dalia Zamudio, Rebecca McClelland, Alfonso Rios-Camacho, Katie Kaye, Ladarius Young, Sydney Bedolla, Abbey Tropp, Jorge Alvarado, Samantha Zavala, Lissette Leija.

Row 3 (L to R): Mariah Frykholm, Jonathan Ortiz, Tyler Theobald, Olando Bibian, Michael Campos, Stacey Goode, Adrian Pizano, Robert Tutt, Nicholas Gudeman, Gabriela Diaz, Samantha Varmann, Lizbeth Manrique-Casteneda.

Row 4 (L to R): Milena Singletary, Maria Martinez, Keara Kursell, Carol Randolph, Deztiny Musaraca, Anashay Love, Hayley Scovel, Alexander Lopez, Kacey Stockdell, Jeff Humphrey, Georrell Blackmon.

Row 5 (L to R): Karen Perez, Juan Guerra, Francisco Patino, Zachariah Sperstad, Garrett Beck, Alejandro Almazan, Jovany Plascencia, Emma Goode, Wesley Norris, Matthew Fremouw.

Row 6 (L to R): Alexander Rios-Camacho, Hunter Thoms, Tyler Coy, Cristian Torres, Julian Pizano, Joel Ruiz, Joseph Timm, Andrew Gabl, Christian Serrato.

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