Winter Break Withdrawl

Anna Wonderlich, Ads Manager
January 8, 2012

20 Reasons Why Post-Winter Break Isn’t So Bad: 1. Miss seeing your friends everyday at school? You can catch up with everyone now that we’re back! 2. Spring break is just around the corner…time to begin the countdown. It’s like the next best thing to summer and winter break. 3. Think positive... Read more »

Tigers fall to Hutchinson Salt Hawks 33-21 in State Championship Game

Jordan Huesers, Jordan McEntee, Co-Editor, Sports Editor
November 26, 2011

Editor’s Note: This is the brief about the championship loss that appeared in the December issue of the Tiger Print. The football team fought against the Hutchinson Salt Hawks on Nov. 26, but fell short in the end, with a score of 21-33. The Tigers remained scoreless in the first quarter, while... Read more »

BV defeats Gardner-Edgerton, moves on to State game

Meghan Kennedy, Staff Writer
November 21, 2011

Go BV, Go BV, Go. I Believe that We Will Win. Peel the Banana. We want a Tiger touchdown. These were several cheers the Blue Valley student body participated in at Friday’s sub-state football game against the Gardner-Edgerton Trailblazers. This marked the fourth time the BV football team advanced to... Read more »

Q&A with fall sport managers

Annie Matheis, Features Editor
November 21, 2011

Varsity Football What made you start managing? Senior Maddie Osmundson: “My brother played football in high school, and I always thought the program was really cool. It looked fun, so I just decided to be manager. I really like watching football. I figured I could be manager and watch a lot of football.” What... Read more »

Tigers repeat 24-21 win over Bishop Meige, advance to Substate

Jordan McEntee, Sports Editor
November 12, 2011

24-21 seems to be a popular score in football games between the Tigers of Blue Valley and the Stags of Bishop Miege. Just like their first match-up this season, the Tigers slid past the Stags by three points in a nail-biting game. Just more than three minutes into the game, senior Kyle Zimmerman threw... Read more »

Sporting KC: Season in review

Jordan McEntee, Sports Editor
November 11, 2011

2004. The last time Kansas City made it to the playoffs for Major League Soccer. But that was the Wizards. 2011. A brand new team with a brand new, state-of-the-art soccer stadium. Sporting Kansas City. The team played its first 10 games on the road, only winning one game. LIVESTRONG Sporting Park officially... Read more »

Boys soccer team takes second place in State championship

Sara Naatz, Co-editor
November 11, 2011

The boys soccer team went head-to-head with the Liberal Redskins on Nov. 5 in a fight for the State championship. The first half began with several runs by seniors Taylor Walter and Cole McCubbin, giving BV players a few chances to score. In the 16th minute, McCubbin scored a goal with an assist by Walter,... Read more »

New swim coach announced, looks forward to upcoming season

Maddie Jewett, Staff Writer
November 11, 2011

Adam Bien, former St. James Academy assistant swim coach, has been announced as the new swim coach. After Greg House passed away due to stage IV lung cancer in August, administrators were left with the task of finding a new coach for the upcoming season. For about two months, athletic director Bob Whitehead... Read more »

Assistant wrestling coach resigns to spend more time with family

Kelly Cordingley, News Editor
November 11, 2011

He is up at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, and his family is still asleep. He arrives at BV by 6:30 a.m. for the wrestling team to weigh in prior to a tournament. A jam-packed day of coaching with back-to-back wrestling matches. He is home by 7 p.m. — if he’s lucky. His two sons are asleep by now, and his... Read more »

BV claims 5A State Runner-Up trophy after game against Liberal High Redskins

Hailey McEntee, Staff Writer
November 6, 2011

One game away from making history. The BV boys soccer team played Liberal High School for the State Title on Nov. 6. The first half was scoreless. The Tigers had a few opportunities but couldn’t find the back of the net. Ten minutes into the second half, the Liberal High Redskins scored a goal. Despite... Read more »