Despite a strong start by Braylon Coffey and the score being 3-2 in the 4th inning, the Blazers fall to conference foe Arcanum 12-2 Tuesday night. Offense Stats Coffey- 1-3 (3B), R Leal- BB, R, RBI, SB Ott- 2-3, RBI Laird- 1-2 RBI, HBP Cordle- 1-3 Laubenstein- BB Lipps- BB Pitching Stats Coffey (LP)(1-1) 4 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 4 BB, 5 Ks Cordle- 2 BB, 2 R Laird- 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, K Laubenstein- IP, 4 H 5 R (4 ER), 3 BB The Blazers are off until Friday where they will take on Tri Village. ...

NT gets a REALLY strong outing by sophomore Nick Clark and outhits the Eagles 7-5, but ends up in the loss column Monday night in a non league matchup with Troy Christian. The Blazers score two in the first with a walk to Coffey, single by Leal, single by Smith. Leal scores on an error by the Eagles on a ball in play by Laird and Laubenstein walks with the bases loaded for the second run. The Blazers add one in the second when Smith singles scoring Coffey who got on with a single. The final run was scored by Hamm on a single from Lipps to center. Offensive Stats Coffey- 1-3, R, BB Leal- 2-4, R Smith- 2-4, R, SB, RBI Laird- 1-4, RBI, SB, Laubenstein- BB, HBP, RBI Hamm- R Lipps- 1-3, RBI Pitching Clark (LP)(0-3) 5 1/3 IP, 5H, 5 R, 3 BB, 7 K Laird 2/3IP, 0 R, 0 H, BB Blazers are now (4-7) on the year and are back in action with Arcanum Tuesday night at home. ...

Thursday's non conference game ended in a 11-1 run rule for the Blazers. A big forth and fifth inning prove to be the difference in the game. Offensive Stats Coffey- 2-3, 2 R, HBP, 3 SB Leal- 1-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB Smith- 2-2 (2B), 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, HBP, 3 SB Ott- BB, R, SB Laird- BB, RBI (squeeze bunt) Cordle- 1-3 (2B), 2 RBI, Clark- BB, R, SB Lipps- BB, HBP, R Skinner- 1-2, R, BB Pitching Stats Coffey (WP)(1-0) 3 IP, 4 H, R, BB, 4 K Laird- 2 IP, 2 H, K Saturdays WOAC matchup against FM ended in a 13-3 loss for the Blazers in five. The Blazers closed the score to 5-3 in the bottom of the 4th but gave up 8 in the 5th. Seventeen free passes combined with six errors and seven hits is too much to overcome Offensive Stats Ott- 2-2 (2 2B), RBI, R Smith- HBP, R Laird- 1-2, R, SB Cordle- 1-2 Laubenstein- 1-2, 2 RBI Skinner- BB, SB Pitching Stats Leal- (LP)(0-2) 4 IP, 5R (4 ER), 4 H, 9 BB, HBP, 5 K Clark- 1/3 IP, 4 R, 4 BB Laubenstein- 2/3 IP, 3 H, 4 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 2 K The Blazers are back in action Monday night at Troy Christian in a non league matchup. ...

On Thursday April 17th, the boys and girls track teams traveled to Twin Valley South for the annual “Fred Durkle Invitational”. The “Durkle” is the biggest invitational that the NT track teams attend and the competition is some of the best they will see until the district meet. The girls team was competitive, but struggled to score points in the talented field. Sydney Whalen ran a new Personal best in the 3200 meter run of 13:41.01 and the 4 x 100 relay of Annabelle Mackie, Megan Irvin, Hannah Henderson, and Ollie Mason ran a season’s best time of 56.86. Both the 4 x 100 relay and Sydney in the 3200 finished 8th overall and were the only scorers on the night. The boys finished 10th overall with 23 points. The sprint relays led the scoring with the 4x100 team of Talon Bousman, Colt Foster, Jody Wintrow, and Jonah Brinkley finishing second. The 4x200 relay of Foster, Brinkley, Wintrow, and Korbin Sullivan again flirted with the school record in the event and finished 3rd. In the individual events, Tucker Denlinger finished 5th in the 3200 Meter Run and 8th in the 1600 Meter Run. Korbin Sullivan ran a new personal best of 54.37 in the 400 Meter dash and finished 8th. In the field events, Josh Brubaker jumped a new personal best in the long jump of 18-9 and finished 8th. Killian O’Connor rounded out the scoring for the Blazers with a 7th place finish in the Shot Put. The Blazers get some well needed rest and will take to the track again on Friday April 25th when they host the Blazer invitational. Field events begin at 4:30. Full Results for the Durkle invitational can be found at: https://www.baumspage.com/track/tvs/2025/2025%20Results.htm ...

On Monday April 14th, the Blazer boys and girls HS track teams traveled to Eaton High School for the Eaton Relay meet. This meet is different from normal track meets because every event is treated as a relay. In events such as hurdles, throws, and jumps, the top two participants from your school are added together to make a total time. Another addition to this meet was the ability to run a “B” team in some events in a separate heat. Competing at this meet was National Trail, Eaton, Valley View, Twin Valley South, Carlisle, Oakwood, and Talawanda. Competition was tough, but the Trail track teams took advantage of some nicer weather and started lowering times on the track. The highest finishing relay on the day was the 4 x 100 B relay of Madi Mann, Willow Welz, Olivia Day, and Hallie Rogers finishing 2nd. The girls team finished 7th in the team standings with 41 total team points. The boys highest finisher was also the 4x100 B relay. Jalen Ditto, Jody Wintrow, Korbin Sullivan, and Josh Brubaker won their race and beat some of the 4x100 A relay teams. One other notable finish was the 4x200 A relay of Colt Foster, Jody Wintrow, Tayten Reynolds, and Jonah Brinkley. They finished 2nd, but ran a 1:35.12, only 0.01 seconds from tying the school record in the event. As a team, the boys finished 6th, scoring 59.5 points. ...

National Trail Varsity Blazers lost to Botkins Varsity Trojans 6-2. Katie Wyatt stepped in the circle first for National Trail Varsity Blazers. The lefty surrendered two hits and four runs (one earned) over four and one-third innings, striking out one and walking three. Wyatt led National Trail Varsity Blazers with one run batted in. The cleanup hitter went 1-for-3 on the day. Wyatt, Carly Hamm, and Taylor Reynolds each collected one hit for National Trail Varsity Blazers. Hamm stole two bases. National Trail Varsity Blazers turned three double plays in the game and only had 3 total errors! This a huge improvement and we are excited to see them continuing to grow! ...