Category: Sports

Lynne Hermansen Special to The Gardner News Gardner-Edgerton second graders will finally be receiving updated Dell Chromebooks next Semester. The school board unanimously voted to upgrade the 500 laptops for a total of $116,520...

Coach Lindsey Eck Last week the Freshman B volleyball team took on the Olathe West Owls. This was a much anticipated game for our ladies. “we didn’t perform very well in our last match against them…and we often try to...

Coach Derrick Abromeit At the varsity Sunflower League tennis tournament Oct. 3, the Blazers placed 12th. The star of the day was singles player Jenna Mahoney. Mahoney went in as the 11th seed. She finished the day with three...

The Huskies traveled to Ottawa to do battle with the hills. It was a tough course, but there were some outstanding performances. The seventh grade girls won the meet, putting 6 girls in medals.  Evie Watkins was fourth, Maddie...

Coach Hayley Christensen Sophomore volleyball played a great game against Shawnee Mission West Oct. 3. The girls won in two sets with scores of 25-9 and 25-5 In the first set Kylee Nguyen served 11 times with four of them being...

Coach Derek Wilson JV won 2-0 with Keeghan Troutman and Santiago Rodriguez picking up assist. All three teams played at home against Olathe North Oct. 2. C-team picked up their second win of the season with a 2-0 result. Goals...

Coach Lindsey Eck The Blazer freshman B volleyball team competed at Patton last week. This resulted in yet another win for the ladies, ultimately improving their record to 11-1. With two long bus rides (an hour each way) and a...

The Huskies traveled to Baldwin early Saturday morning for their meet.  It was a very cool fall morning, perfect conditions for running!  The Huskies did not disappoint.  Evie Watkins set a new 7th grade girls record for the 2...

Coach Lindsey Eck Last weekend the freshman volleyball B team competed in a tournament at Turner High School. These ladies walked away with two losses and three wins for the day, ultimately placing them in ninth place out of a...

Coach Jonathan Hodges The Blazers took care of business last night at Olathe Northwest Oct. 4 with a 46-12 victory. Touchdowns were scored by Zane Mayfield, Conner Elder, Ozzy Pogue and Jason Leyritana. Cooper Nichols and...

Coach Alexandra Fitzmorris-Sorn Varsity traveled to Washburn Rural Sept. 28 for a grueling round robin plus bracket play tournament. The #4 Blazers faced tough competition all day, starting with a controversial loss to #3 Blue...

Pete Logan The Gardner-Edgerton High School football team left nothing in doubt Friday night, piling up 358 yards in rushing and overpowering Olathe Northwest, 51-7, in the Blazers’ Homecoming night victory at the...

Coach Emilie Yancey Morgan McIntire, Liadan Douglass, Holly Maska, and Sami Messchi had a Senior Night to remember. The Blazers took down the Olathe West Owls in four sets, 25-12, 23-25, 25-20, 31-29. The Blazers are now 14-3...

Coach Alexandra Fitzmorris-Sorn Last week the Blazers took on Lawrence Free State and Shawnee Mission South at home. The team came away with two hard-fought victories on the night, defeating LFS 25-18, 25-23 and SMS 25-20,...

Coach Amy Bilger Sept. 24 the Blazer JV volleyball team competed in a tri against Lawrence Free State and Shawnee Mission South. The Blazers started the night off with little energy which resulted in a first set loss against...