June 19, 2013

Broncos place third at BFM baseball classic

Using solid pitching and defense, the Broncos varsity baseball team brought back a third place finish from the Butch Foster Memorial Classic in Kansas City last week.
In the opener, Spring Hill defeated Basehor 11-2 but dropped a hard fought …

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 …

Blazer JV nets’ third at league tennis meet

Playing some of their best tennis of the season, the Blazer Junior varsity placed third in the East Kansas league tennis meet April 24.
“The kids played extremely well,” said Coach Jon Collum. We took third as a team and …

Huppe to play basketball at Xavier University

GEHS standout point guard Kyle Huppe (center) poses with  Jake Huppe (brother) and his sister Ashley, Blazer Head basketball coach Jeff  Langrehr, Lisa Huppe (mother) and Gary Huppe (father). Submitted photo

After a stellar career at Gardner Edgerton High School, point guard Kyle Huppe will continue to play basketball next season at Xavier University in Chicago.
He made it official April 17 signing a national letter of intent in front of …

Lady Jaguars take 2nd

Braving cold and windy conditions, the Pioneer Ridge Middle School eighth grade Lady Jags track team brought back a second place finish from the Ottawa Invitational April 16.
PRMS swept the pole vault competition with Sydney Deitz clearing 6’-6 inches …