Henderson County Army JROTC

05/01/2026

HCHS JROTC competed in their first Powder Puff game on May 29th against a few other clubs and took 1st place. It was a fun experience and a great win for the team!

04/30/2026

We are proud to celebrate the achievements of our cadets at the Henderson County High School JROTC Award Ceremony. This event recognizes the hard work, dedication, and leadership each cadet has demonstrated throughout the year. From academic excellence to community service and personal growth. Congratulations to all of our cadets for their outstanding efforts. you continue to represent excellence and set the standard for success! 🏆🎉🎊

03/19/2026

HCHS competed in the Paul C. Gray High School Rifle Competition. The JROTC Cadets on the Advanced shooter team placed 2nd out of 25 teams, and the new shooter placed 4th out of 19 teams. They represented HCHS JROTC with pride and discipline. Great Job, JROTC Cadets! Go Colonels!

Congratulations to the HCHS Rifle Team on their success! Great job to all the cadets who participated and placed. We’re proud of all of you!🎉

Rifle Team:
Bassett, Carolyn (2nd Place individual overall New Shooter)
Bender, Jackson
Dixon, Isaac
Irwin, Jay
Mayes, Christian
Mckenzie, Addison (5th Place individual overall Advanced Shooter)
Redmon, Isabella
Sebastian, Ana
Valentine, Evelynn

03/19/2026

This past weekend, our cadets traveled to the Paul C. Gray Drill Competition and proudly represented our program with outstanding performances. Our Armed Color Guard earned an impressive 5th place among 30 teams, and our Armed Platoon Exhibition placed 6th among 14 teams.

Congratulations to the Drill Team: Your hard work and dedication after school every day truly paid off, and your efforts do not go unnoticed!🎉

Color Guard & Drill Team:
Bender, Jackson
Calvert, Xavier
Clark, Lilly
Coots, Sariah
Etienne, Georgia
Hammon, Anthony
Hurst, Austin
Irwin, Jay
Koonce, Savanna
Mayes, Christian
Pressley, Baylee
Robertson, Jade
Taft, Kayleigh
Voss, Izzy
Williams, Levi
Valentine, Evelynn

03/13/2026

Good luck to the HCHS JROTC Rifle and Drill Team as they head to Paul C. Gray to compete in one of the biggest events for HCHS JROTC! We’re all really proud of the hard work and time these cadets have put in to get here.

Congratulations and good luck to the following cadets:

Drill Team:
Bender, Jackson
Calvert, Xavier
Clark, Lilly
Coots, Sariah
Etienne, Georgia
Hammon, Anthony
Hurst, Austin
Irwin, Jay
Joesph, Gabby
Koonce, Savanna
Mayes, Christian
Pressley, Baylee
Robertson, Jade
Taft, Kayleigh
Voss, Izzy
Williams, Levi
Valentine, Evelynn

Rifle Team:
Bassett, Carolyn
Bender, Jackson
Dixon, Isaac
Irwin, Jay
Mayes, Christian
Mckenzie, Addison
Redmon, Isabella
Sebastian, Ana
Valentine, Evelynn

We’re all cheering you on!

03/04/2026

03/03/2026

The JROTC Program celebrated the Halfway Award Ceremony at HCHS. It's amazing seeing how much our cadets have grown not just in rank, but in respect, honor, and integrity. To all of our cadets: congratulations. You’ve earned this recognition, and we’re proud of the effort you put in every single day. Keep supporting each other, keep leading by example, and let’s finish the year stronger than we started.

03/02/2026

Congrats to our Drill and Color Guard teams on placing in the Apollo Drill Meet! Pictures to follow soon!

Big News from the Apollo Drill Competition! 📣

Our HCHS Cadets made us all proud Saturday, 2/28/26! Competing against 300 cadets from all over the state, they proved that hard work pays off.

We took 1st Place in Advanced Color Guard and 3rd Place in First-Year Armed Color Guard. A special shoutout to Jackson Bender for placing 4th in a massive field of 75 for the Knockout Challenge!

This is a huge moment for the program and the first time we’ve placed in over 10 years. Congratulations to all the cadets and instructors!

02/23/2026

Congratulations to the HCHS JROTC Rifle Team on an outstanding achievement! This past weekend, the HCHS JROTC program proudly hosted the Kentucky State Air Rifle Competition. In addition to hosting this Nationals Qualifying CMP Sanctioned event HCHS Rifle team competed against teams from 13 other schools across the state. The HCHS Advanced Sporter (Addison Mckenzie, Christian Mayes, Jay Irwin, and Abby Russelburg) earned an impressive 3rd place with a score of 1962-34. We would also like to acknowledge some individual achievements during the competition: Evelynn Valentine placed 1st place in the new shooter category, Carolyn Bassett placed 2nd in the new shooter category. We are incredibly proud of the dedication that all of the participants shown both on and off the range. Way to represent HCHS with excellence and integrity.

02/20/2026

Regarding the HCHS JROTC Middle School Scheduling Night, this is the video we used to help future cadets better understand the program and what it has to offer.