JROTC earns 3 trophies at competition
By Maisha Massey RHS Stentor
Renaissance Cougar Battalion showed no mercy at the JROTC competition at Cass Tech on Dec. 6. Led by Lt. Col. Kamau Omari and Battalion Commander Lawrence Shepard, the Cougar Battalion brought home three first-place trophies.
“It was really fun participating in this event to be honest. When I first joined JROTC was afraid that I really wouldn’t like it but now I found that I love it,” said junior Command Sgt. Maj. Kendra Hunt, who is also a member of the unarmed exhibition team.
The categories for the competition were armed exhibition, unarmed exhibition and drill. As expected, the Cougar battalion set the bar for each and walked away victorious.
“I found JROTC to be one of my passions here at Renaissance. I’m really glad to have been able to lead a group of such talented individuals and I’m even more proud that sargent and major thought I was fit enough for the task,” senior Lt. Col. Kamau Omari said.
You can find the Cougar Battalion special teams any day of the week in the Renaissance gym practicing until they’re perfect.
“We work hard every day to make sure we do the best we can so that it pays off,” junior Tylar Lewis said.
