The volleyball team took their first conference win of the season beating Tri- County North in 3 sets. The girls continue to play well together as a team. The Blazers are back in action against another conference team; the Railroaders on Tuesday 9/15 at Home. ...

The Lady Blazers traveled to Carlisle tonight to take on the Indians. NT started off fast taking the first set. Carlisle responded in the second set and gained momentum and was able to take the set. NT responded winning the next two sets and playing one of their best overall games of the year. The Lady Blazers take the court Thursday against conference foe TCN for a big WOAC matchup as they try to notch their first conference win of this season....

Congratulations to the 7th grade volleyball team for picking up a BIG win at Newton last night. All the girls hustled and contributed positively to the team victory. Leading the team in service aces was Lily Schmidt with 7, followed by Taryn Reynolds and Brynn Davies with 3 each, and Rowan Bowling added one of her own on one service point on the night. Taryn Reynolds had an outstanding, well-timed kill to put the momentum back on our side. Service points leaders were Brynn Davies and Lily Schmidt with 8, followed closely by Taryn Reynolds with 7. The 8th grade team suffered a 2 set loss and looks to rebound quickly, traveling to Tri-County North on Thursday for an 8th grade only game beginning at 5:30. ...

The National Trail boys golf team traveled to Stillwater Valley golf club to compete in the Versailles Invitational and finished in 8th place out of 18 teams. In an extremely strong field, the boys competed and hung close to some of the best teams in the Southwest and northwest districts. The Blazers were led by junior Joshua Brubaker with an 80. Junior Christian Rutan followed with an 85 and junior Wyatt Gebhart was just behind with an 87. Freshman Gavyn Guthrie came in with a 90 to round out the scoring. Senior Charlie Cummings hit a rough patch on the back 9 at Stillwater to shoot 97 in the non-scoring spot. The boys continue their WOAC season on Tuesday when they host Twin Valley South and recognize Charlie for senior night. ...

Labor Day weekend kicked off in Greenville at the Treaty City Invitational for the cross country teams. Our morning began with a 1hr lightening delay that opened up to a hot and humid sun- which seemed to shake up our high school runners. Merek Mumm raced to a 52nd place finish in a 19:25.4. Bryce Couvutsakis stayed steady with a 20:39.2 placing 82nd. Preston Barnes battled some slippery mud in his 110th place finish with a 22:32.0. Ioma Alavez lead the girls in a 24:39.5 with a 67th place finish. Maddison Loranzan finished next for the ladies in 96th with 27:22.2. Kira Rutan was close behind in 102nd and a 28:16.0. Taygen Toothman closed out the girls in 120th in a 31:13.6. The junior high boys got some cloud coverage for a very competitive race. Zeke Klein raced his way to a medal with his 9th place finish with a new PR of 11:23.2. Wyatt Overly had a great race to receive a ribbon for his 29th place finish and new PR of 12:16.8. Landen Rogers followed the PR trend and finished the race in 92nd with a 14:04.5 Junior high girls finished up in the afternoon with Dalila Alavez running a season best of 18:22.5 to place 151st. Myka Smith finished the day out with a 225th place finish in a 25:17.2 XC teams will race again on Tuesday at Preble Shawnee ...

The National Trail boys golf team traveled to Winchester golf course to play host Mississinawa Valley and came away with a 153-181 victory. The Blazers were led by junior Joshua Brubaker who was the match medalist with an even par round of 36. Trail had a balanced attack that included senior Charlie Cummings shooting a personal best 38, junior Wyatt Gebhart overcame a 10 on one hole to shoot 39, and junior Christian Rutan shot a 40 to round out the scoring. Freshman Gavyn Guthrie shot 48 and junior Carson Adkins carded a 65 in the non-scoring positions. The Blazers moved their conference record to 7-2 with the win. Next up, the Blazers travel to Stillwater Valley golf club to participate in the Versailles invite on Saturday. It’s a loaded field that will test the boys for our upcoming postseason tournaments. ...