On Wednesday May 8th and Friday May 10th, the Blazer girls track team participated in the Western Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at Twin Valley South High School. The girls placed 9th out of 11 teams scoring 34 points. Scoring for the Lady Blazers were: Hannah Henderson, 4th Place, Long Jump Molli Deaton, Megan Irvin, Gretchen Murphy, and Hannah Henderson, 4th Place, 4x400 Meter Relay Taryn Rucci, Jocelyn Osborne, Sydney Whalen, and Judith Denlinger, 5th Place, 4 x 800 Meter Relay Judith Denlinger, 5th Place, 3200 Meter Run Evie Hoffman, Jaylin Hurd, Gretchen Murphy, and Hannah Henderson, 6th Place, 4x200 Meter Relay Evie Hoffman, Jaylin Hurd, Megan Irvin, and Hannah Henderson, 6th Place, 4x100 Meter Relay Sydney Whalen, 6th Place, 3200 Meter Run Kaitlyn Schweizer, 7th Place, Discus Judith Denlinger, 7th Place, 1600 Meter Run Kaitlyn Schweizer, 8th Place, Shot Put Gretchen Murphy, 8th Place, 400 Meter Run Megan Irvin, 8th Place, 300 Meter Hurdles Full results from the WOAC Meet can be found at: baumspage.com/track/woac/2024/2024 Final Results.htm The Blazer track teams will be headed to the District Preliminary meet on Tuesday May 14th at Piqua High School. Field events begin at 4:00. ...

On Wednesday May 8th and Friday May 10th, the Blazer boys track team participated in the Western Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at Twin Valley South High School. The boys team placed 6th out of 11 teams scoring 58.5 points. The boys team had several standout performances and new personal bests, but the highlights came from the 4x100 Meter relay team of Jody Wintrow, Chase Ruebush, Liam Conway, and Jonah Brinkley finishing 3rd with a season’s best time of 46.81. The 4x200 meter relay of Wintrow, Brinkley, Tayten Reynolds, and Jamison Watts broke a 22 year old school record in the preliminary meet running a 1:35.11. They ran 1:35.51 in the finals and finished 2nd only to a new WOAC record from a strong Ansonia squad. In the field, Josh Welz threw the discus 140’ 3” to be crowned as the Blazer’s only conference champion. Other scorers for the Blazers were: Jody Wintrow, 4th place, 100 Meter Dash Jody Wintrow, 4th Place, 200 Meter Dash Tayten Reynolds, 4th Place, 400 Meter Dash Korbin Sullivan, Jonah Brinkley, Tayten Reynolds, and Jamison Watts, 4th Place, 4x400 Meter relay Chase Ruebush, 6th Place, 100 Meter Dash Jamison Watts, 6th Place, 400 Meter Dash Brian Toschlog, Korbin Sullivan, Tucker Denlinger, and Braydan Lee, 6th Place, 4x800 meter relay Tucker Denlinger, 8th Place, 3200 Meter Run Killian O’Connor, 8th Place, Shot Put Tayten Reynolds, 8th Place, Long Jump Full Results can be found at: baumspage.com/track/woac/2024/2024 Final Results.htm The Blazer track teams will be headed to the District Preliminary meet on Tuesday May 14th at Piqua High School. Field events begin at 4:00. ...

After a slow (1-5) start to this season, the Blazers finally get back to five-hundred on the season. The Blazers defeated Northridge last night 4-1 to even their record at (11-11). The Blazers put up two runs in the bottom of the first when Ruebush scored on a passed ball and Cooper Lee hit his first career HR to left field. That 2-0 scored stayed true until the sixth when the Polar Bears plated one closing the gap to 2-1. NT scored two big add on runs in the bottom half of the inning with a single by Watts, a bunt single by Ruebush, and a Sac Fly RBI by Smith. Ruebush would eventually score on a double to right by Mason Leal. The Blazers were led on the bump by Braylon Coffey who went 5 strong moving his record to (3-2) on the year. Andrew Hamm picks up the 2 inning save in relief. Pitching- Coffey (WP) 5 IP, 7 H, 1 R (0 ER), 7 K, 0 BB Hamm (S) 2 IP, O H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K Offense- Watts- 2-3, R Clark- 1-3 Leal- 1-3 (2B), RBI, Lee- 1-2 (HR), R, RBI Ruebush- 1-3, 2 R, SB Vance- 1-2 Coffey- BB Smith- RBI (Sac Fly) ...

Jamison Watts pitches the 13th no hitter in school history in Monday nights 8-0 victory against Tri High (Indiana). Watts went seven innings recording fifteen strikeouts and only giving up one walk. The Blazers scored 8 runs while only recording five hits. The scoring started in the second inning when Ruebush started the inning with a hit, and Leal walked. With runners on second and third Hamm lays down a perfect squeeze bunt scoring Ruebush from third and Leal from second. The Blazers scored two more in the 4th. Ruebush again leads the inning off with a single. After a balk and a stolen base, Coffey drives in Ruebush with an RBI single. Leal later scores that inning by stealing second and third, finally scoring on a throwing error. The Blazers plate four more in the 5th highlighted by a Cooper Lee double scoring two. The Blazers are now 10-11 overall and play again Tuesday night at home against Northridge. Offensive Highlights Ruebush- 2-2, BB, 3 R, BB, 3 SB Lee- 1-3 (2B), R, 2 RBI Smith- 1-2, BB, SB, R Laird- 1-2, BB, R, SB Leal- 2 (BB), 2 R, 3 SB Coffey- RBI Hamm- 2 RBI ...

National Trail Baseball celebrates five fantastic seniors with Friday nights baseball game and they do so in a 4-0 win over Lehman Catholic. NT gets on the board in the bottom of the 1st inning when Kellen Laird hits an infield single, Cooper Lee has a long at bat drawing a walk, and Ruebush hits a two out single to left scoring Laird. Both teams go scoreless until the bottom of the 5th inning where Jamison Watts hits a two out single to center, Laird singles to left, and Cooper Smith draws a walk loading the bases. Cooper Lee comes up with the games biggest hit blasting a double into left center field scoring all three runs. This was all the Blazers needed for Andrew Hamm who was dominant on the mound. Hamm went the distance recording a complete game shutout. Hamm had complete command on the mound only throwing 76 pitches in these seven innings in which 50 of them were for strikes. Hamm- 7 IP (WP)(CG), 2 H, 0 R, K, 3 BB Offensive Stats Laird- 2-3, 2 R Clark- 1-3 Lee- 1-2 (2B), BB, 3 RBI Ruebush- 1-3, RBI, Smith- 1-2, BB, R Watts- 1-3, R Coffey- SB The Blazers are now 9-11 and have one week left of regular season games. Special shoutout to the seniors and all the senior parents for all they did to make this senior night happen!!! ...

National Trail Baseball ends league play this season with a 3-1 victory against FM. This makes NT (5-5) in the league. National Trail got the scoring started in the first inning on a Cooper Lee Single, driving in Kellen Laird. The Blazers add the last two in the fourth inning on a single to start the inning by Chase Ruebush. Ruebush moved to second on a wild pitch, Leal sacrificed bunted , moving Ruebush to third. Coffey executed a squeeze bunt beating it out for a single scoring Ruebush. Hamm continues the inning with a hard hit ball that resulted in him reaching by error and Nick Clark adds a bunt single to load the bases. The Blazers would only get across one more that inning by a sacrifice fly by Jamison Watts, scoring Coffey. National Trail got a strong Start by sophomore Mason Leal. Leal went the distance only giving on one run. Leal- CG, W, 7IP, 4 H, 1 R, 6 K, 2 BB Offensive Leaders Clark- 3-3 Double, SB Laird- 2-4, R, SB Smith- 2-3 Lee- 1-4, RBI Ruebush- 1-3, R Coffey- 1-3, RBI, R Hamm- BB Watts- RBI (SAC FLY) National Trail moves to 8-11 on the season and will celebrate its 5 seniors Friday night against Lehman Catholic. ...