BV district lacrosse team defeats Notre Dame de Sion for high school girls lacrosse state championship

Jordan McEntee, Design Editor
May 18, 2011

The Blue Valley District lacrosse team, the Titans, won the high school girls state championship game on Saturday, defeating Notre Dame de Sion 17-11. “We’ve been working really hard during the season and the off season,” Titan lacrosse player junior Megan Kuharich said. “We finally accomplished... Read more »

Athletes commit to colleges in variety of sports

Clay Cosby, Sports Editor
May 6, 2011

Butler Community College Chris Brettell — football Indiana State University *Ian Allen — football Lindenwood University Paul DeBey — football Jacob McDermott — football U.S. Naval Academy *Sam Brennan — swim Oral Roberts University *Tom Adams — soccer University of Colorado *Ashley... Read more »

Lady Tigers fall to Huskies

April 27, 2011

Tigers conquer the Thunder

April 22, 2011

During a cloudy tuesday afternoon, the Tigers met the Thunder of St. James Academy on the soccer field. Kaitlyn Gardner, Brittany Zimmerman and Ashlen Cyr all scored a goal for the Tigers while Brooke Zimmerman, Sara Hanna,  Ashlen Cyr, Sarah Todd and Taylor Daniels held off the Thunder. The Tigers... Read more »

Boys golf team places third in tournament

Sara Naatz, managing editor
April 9, 2011

The boys golf team placed third out of 18 teams yesterday in the Free State High School golf tournament. Seniors Greg Graves and Dakota Clark and junior Austin Johnson led the team. Graves and Clark each shot at 75 and Johnson shot one over par at 73. Clark said the varsity golfers work well together... Read more »

Stepping up: 4 returning varsity senior baseball players attempt to do what 14 did last year — lead a team to State

Jordan McEntee, Design editor
April 8, 2011

Success. Tradition. Leadership. These are just a few of the qualities found in BV’s baseball program. The 2010 varsity team, which included 14 seniors, won the class 6A State Championship. “Last year we had a very talented group,” baseball coach Matt Ortman said. “They got on a roll at the right... Read more »

2010-2011 athletes produce record-setting year

Clay Cosby, Sports editor
April 8, 2011

BV is in the midst of the highest accomplishing year in BV sports history. BV has enjoyed success this year and still has an opportunity to improve on this already record-breaking three athletic state championship school year with spring sports still unfinished. “We still could win some more; we have... Read more »

Girls soccer team shuts out Pembroke Hill

April 6, 2011

During the varsity girls soccer game last Friday, the Tigers beat Pembroke Hill 5-0. The Tigers only allowed one shot on goal thanks to the Tiger defense with players such as senior Sarah Todd, freshman Brooke Zimmerman, junior Jordan McEntee and sophomore Sarah Hanna. Seniors Brittany Zimmerman and... Read more »

Tournament shows evidence of increasing parity around league

Clay Cosby, Sports Editor
March 25, 2011

Gonzaga beats St. Johns 86 – 71 in the round of 64. Final four pick out. Bracket Busted. In a year when there are five teams in the sweet sixteen with an 8 seed or higher I went with the underdog. It was just the wrong one. Sixth seeded St. Johns went down in their first game to an eleven seed... Read more »

2 swimmers named to All-Metro team

Jordan Huesers, Features editor
March 25, 2011

The Kansas City Star named junior Austin Averkamp and sophomore Chris Hearl to the First All-Metro Boys Swim and Dive Team. Averkamp received first team honors in the 50 freestyle and Hearl in the 100 butterfly. “It was kind of a big deal,” Averkamp said. “I didn’t expect it. I heard about it... Read more »