May 23, 2013

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 …

Carpenter signs with Baker

Submitted photo

GEHS senior Ben Carpenter (center) signs a national letter of intent to pole vault for the Baker University track team. Carpenter cleared a season best 14′ 8′’ to place first at the Blazer Invitational April 26. At left is Baker …

VanDeberghe, Dellinger sign basketball letters of intent

Hayley Dellinger, left, and Shelbe VanDeberghe recently signed basketball lettersof intent. Dellinger will play basketball at Fort Scott Community College, and VanDeberghe will attend Butler County Community College. Submitted photo

Shelbe VanDeberghe and Hayley Dellinger will continue to play basketball  in the Jayhawk East Junior College Conference next season, following stellar careers at GEHS.
They made it official  April 17 signing national letters of intent in front of family and …

Highfill sets hurdle record

Photo courtesy of Janelle Carpenter

Pioneer Ridge Middle School seventh grader Lauren Highfill (center) set a new school record time of 18.2  seconds and placed second at the Wellsville Relays 100-meter hurdles April 24.…

Mayeske grabs gold at invitational track meet

Senior Matt Mayeske continued his dominance in the hurdling events grabbing gold medals in the 110 and 300 meters events highlighting the Blazer boys effort in a home track invitational April 30.
Equally impressive was senior Ben Carpenter, who cleared …

Blazer softball squad defeats De Soto

The Blazer softball squad celebrated Senior night April 30 splitting a home double header against De Soto.
After a tough 10-9 loss to De Soto in the opener, the Blazers rallied for an exciting 8-7 win in the nightcap.
In …

4 Blazers qualify for national tournament

T.J. Burger, Emilio Fowler, Tyler Norton and Jacob Bonham qualified for nationals in Fargo, N.D. after placing in the top three at the Cadet junior and Freestyle-Greco state tournament in Hutchinson, Kan. May 5. The top three in each division qualified …

Blazer soccer squad loses twice

Despite making marked improvement, the Lady Blazers soccer squad lost to highly ranked Mill Valley and Blue Valley Southwest last week.
Against Mill Valley, ranked 4th in 5A, the Blazers dropped an 8-0 decision. Gardner Edgerton High School trailed 5-0 …

Lady Jaguars take 4th at Wellsville Relays

A combined seventh and eighth grade Pioneer Ridge Lady Jag track squad brought back a fourth place finish from the Wellsville Relays April 25.
“The Jags competed well and several athletes set personal records in their events,” said Coach Jeff …

Hughes’ 81 leads Blazer golf charge

Jon Hughes shot an 81 and earned a sixth place medal leading the Blazer golf team charge at the Metcalf Ridge course April 25.
Freshman Cole Collier had a big day firing an 85 and placing in the top 20 …