May 23, 2013

11 Blazer boys, 12 girls qualify for state championship track meet

Jaylon Radel of GEHS qualified for state with a second place finish in the 100 meter dash in a 6A regional in Olathe May 17. His points helped the Blazers to a fourth place team finish. Submitted photo

Eleven boys and 12 girls will represent Gardner Edgerton High School after posting qualifying marks at a 6A regional in Olathe last week.
‘We are real excited with the number of kids qualified for the state meet,” said Coach Brian …

Blazer lose regional baseball game

Battling til the end, the Blazer varsity baseball squad lost a 2-1 decision to Olathe South in Regional 6A play last week.
Despite the loss, Wally Nellor pitched a complete game, allowing just one earned run and only 5 hits. …

Blazer baseball camps set

 Summer baseball camps under the direction of Coach Corey Shrack will get underway May 28 at the GEHS varsity field.
Boys aged 5th-8th grade will have a camp May 28-30 from 9:30-noon at the varsity field. Cost is 40 dollars …

Hughes to play golf at Webster University

GEHS senior Jon Hughes  inks his letter of intent with Webster University.  Submitted photo

Gardner Edgerton Hgih School senior Jonathan Hughes recently signed a national letter of intent to play golf at Webster University in St. Louis this fall.
A four-year letterwinner, Hughes played varsity as a freshman and has qualified for the state …

Lady Blazers take 2nd at league track meet

Using balanced scoring, the Lady Blazer track team finished second in the 76th annual Eastern Kansas League track meet hosted by Gardner Edgerton High School  May 10. The Lady Blazers fell just four points short of champion St. Thomas Aquinas …

Pioneer Ridge Middle School Lady Jags finish strong at league meet

Pioneer Ridge Middle School eighth grader Kaitlyn Dayton finished fifth in the high jump clearing 4’ at the Frontier League meet in Ottawa on May 6. Submitted photo

Setting several personal best, the Pioneer Ridge Middle School eighth-grade girls track team ended the season at the league meet in Ottawa, May 6.
Heather Culbertson led the way with a second place finish in the discus with a toss …

Carpenter grabs gold at Frontier League

Taylor Carpenter raced to gold medals in the 100 and 200 meter dashes leading the Pioneer Ridge Middle Schoo seventh grade girls varsity track team to a third place finish in the Frontier League meet in Ottawa May 6.
Carpenter …

VanVleet, Meek qualify for state tennis meet

The Blazer number one doubles team of Micah VanVleet and Dylan Meek qualified for the state tennis meet with a third place effort in a 6A regional last week.
VanVleet and Meek posted a 3-1 record to finish third. The …

Burger qualifies for Nationals

Photo courtesy of Shonda Burger

T. J. Burger recently qualified for Nationals placing third in the 120 pound junior Greco division and third in the 120 pound junior Freestyle division at the state meet in Hutchinson. Joining Burger at Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota in …

Jaguar relay teams set school records

The Pioneer Ridge Middle School seventh grade boys relay team of Luke Laskowski, Devlin Specht, Rees Taylor and Wyatt Hollingshead set school records and brought back gold medals from the Frontier League meet in Ottawa, May 6.
Laskowski, Taylor, Specht …