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| ABC General Board Meeting Rescheduled | | | | | | |
posted 05/18/2012 ABC GENERAL MEETING RESCHEDULED
The last General ABC meeting of the year is reschedule to Monday May 21st at 6:30 in the library. Hopefully you can attend.
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| 2012 BHS Foundation Golf Classic | | | | | | |
posted 05/15/2012 2012 BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION GOLF CLASSIC
The 12th Annual Ballard High School Foundation Golf Classic is set for August 20 and 21, 2012 at the beautiful Newcastle Golf Course. This year's event will feature a dinner auction the evening of August 20th and golf tournament August 21st. This year you can attend the dinner auction without having to play golf the next day!
More details on the Golf Classic can be found at http://www.bhsgolfclassic.com/
Each team/program is asked to provide the following in order to be considered for distributions:
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An auction package valued at $250 or more
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Volunteers (parents/kids) the day of the tournament
Additionally, each program is asked to participate in the following way:
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Put together a foursome for golf on Tuesday August 21st
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Be a sponsor or send sponsor leads, such as a business, to Lisa Schwartzenberger at
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Gather fellow team parents and friends and put together a table for the dinner/auction
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Donate something additional to your team package such as use of a cabin, boat or other service or item you would like to donate
Below are all the forms you need:
Remember, we can't do this without your help. We are trying to get the packages for each team done by the end of school! Please coordinate with your team/program parent.
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| Ballard Student Athletes on 2011-12 All Kingco Conference Teams | | | | | | |
posted 05/15/2012 2011-2012 ALL-KINGCO CONFERENCE TEAM—BHS STUDENT-ATHLETES
Congratulations to the following Ballard High School student-athletes named to the All-Kingco conference teams in 2011 and 2012:
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Track & Field
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Emmua Suchland 100 and 200 m dash
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Mia Wrey 800 m
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Stuart Thomas 300 m hurdles
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Alex Bowns 3200 m
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Girls Basketball
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Cailey Beckett—2nd Team
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Beverly Verduin—Honorable Mention
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Nancy MacGeorge—Honorable Mention
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Boys Basketball
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Seth Berger—2nd Team
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Johnny Verduin—Honorable Mention
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Brad Baker—Honorable Mention
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Football
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Dominic King—First Team Running Back
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Johnny Verduin—First Team Punter; Honorable Mention Quarterback
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Marcus Johnson—Second Team Offensive Guard
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Tony Meyer—Second Team Defensive End; Honorable Mention Offensive Guard
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Blake Sechler—Honorable Mention Linebacker
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Devaughn Dorsey—Honorable Mention Linebacker
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Volleyball
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Monique Marquez—Honorable Mention
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Deanna Myers—Honorable Mention
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Cross Country
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| Summer Weight Training Schedule | | | | | | |
posted 05/15/2012 SUMMER WEIGHT TRAINING SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
Weight training with Coach Jeff will be from 2:00 to 3:00 Monday through Thursday during the summer.
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| Kingco Track Championship Meet | | | | | | |
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| Kellen Jones '08 Memorial 2012 Scholarship Winners Announced | | | | | | |
posted 05/09/2012 KELLEN JONES '08 MEMORIAL 2012 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Congratulations to Seniors Tony Meyer and Sarah Otness who have been awarded the 2012 Kellen Jones '08 Memorial scholarship! Two well deserved student-athletes!
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| BHS Athletic Teams to March in Syttende Mai Parade | | | | | | |
posted 05/06/2012 BALLARD ATHLETICS TO MARCH IN SYTTENDE MAI PARADE
Calling all Ballard High School (BHS) athletes! We will be marching in the May 17th parade in Ballard. We will meet right by Adams Elementary at 61sts and 26th at 5:30. Wear red and black or your team t-shirt or hoodie!
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| Cassie Winter Rotary Student of Month | | | | | | |
posted 04/02/2012 SENIOR STUDENT-ATHLETE ROTARY STUDENT OF THE MONTH
The Rotary honored Cassie Winter as a student of the month. Cassie plays soccer for Ballard.
Click here to see the article.
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| Girls & Boys Team Hold Camp for Students with Disabilities/IEPs | | | | | | |
posted 03/13/2012 Girls and Boys Basketball Team Up to Run Camp for BHS Students
Ballard High School girls and boys basketball players teamed up Saturday March 10th to hold a team camp for Ballard High School students with disabilities and IEPs. Eight campers took part in the event working on ball handling, shooting and other skills. The camp was capped off with a game with campers and instructors. The event was a fun time for both the campers and instructors!
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| Varsity Spring Sports Schedules | | | | | | |
posted 03/04/2012 VARSITY SPRING SPORTS SCHEDULES
Click on the team below to see their varsity schedule:
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| Rotary Students of The Month | | | | | | |
posted 03/01/2012 TWO BALLARD STUDENT ATHLETES ROTARY STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
The Rotary honored Emma Suchland and Sam Zisette as students of the month. Emma plays basketball and runs track for Ballard. Sam plays soccer and is in the band.
Click here to see the article.
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| BHS Boys Swim Relay Team Excels at State | | | | | | |
posted 02/22/2012 BALLARD'S 200 YD FREESTYLE RELAY TEAM PERFORMS WELL AT STATE
The Ballard High School boys 200 yard freestyle relay team had a great adventure to State:
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The team does their best time in their 2nd best relay at Districts and HOPE to get in State by "wild card".
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They "wild card" to State without a State qualifying time.
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They are seeded 17th NOT in the Top 16 to return to Finals.
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On the first day of State competition the team drops 1.6 seconds to qualify 14th to swim on Saturday.
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State Finals Consolation they drop another second and beat the entire field and perform the 8th best time in State in the 200 Free Relay.
Pretty good for a team that was not even supposed to be there.
Click here to see a video of their performance.
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| BHS Student-Athletes Competing At State | | | | | | |
posted 02/12/2012 BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL SENDING STUDENT-ATHLETES TO COMPETE AT STATE IN GYMNASTICS, WRESTLING AND SWIMMING
Click here to see how State competition went.
Gymnastics
A number of Ballard gymnasts competed Saturday at the District competition at Sammamish High School. Three Ballard gymnasts are advancing to the state tournament next weekend. Senior Maria Volk is going to state to compete in the vault, floor and all around exercises while freshmen Lauren Lee and Laila Lee both are going on the bars and beam!
Wrestling
Two Ballard High School student athletes competed in 4A Regional Boys Wrestling at Rogers High School in Puyallup on Saturday. Both saw success at the meet with senior Miles Smalls taking 5th place sending him to compete at state in the 182 pound weight class. Senior Matt Kelly took 6th and will compete as an alternate at state. Kaila Lafferty competed for Ballard at the Region 1 Regional Girls Wrestling event in Bellingham Saturday. She ended up in 6th place at the meet!
Swimming
Six Ballard High School student athletes competed in two individual races and two medleys at the SeaKing 4A District swim meet at University of Washington pool over the weekend. Senior Caleb Jaeger took 6th in the 100 butterfly race. Caleb will compete in the 100 butterfly and 100 breast stroke at State this weekend. In addition Ballard’s 200 free relay team will compete which includes Kyle Garrity, John Hall, Caleb Jaeger, Andrew Stevens, Philip Anderson, Alec Barrett-Wilsdon, Duncan Fowler, and Josh Pehrson!
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| Ballard Hires Girls Tennis Coach | | | | | | |
posted 01/31/2012 CHANDLER LEWIS HIRED AS NEW GIRLS TENNIS COACH
Chandler Lewis has been named the new head coach for Ballard’s girls’ tennis team. Chandler is currently attending the University of Washington, where he is double majoring in English and Political Science, plays on the UW Club Tennis Team and was a member of the UW Sailing Team as well. Once Chandler graduates he plans to attend Law School. Prior to UW, Chandler was four-year varsity athlete, ASB Officer, Eagle Scout, and two-time president of the Future Business Leaders of America at Omak High School.
Lewis is a member of the US High School Tennis Coach Association and has been actively coaching USTA Jr. Tennis Teams. Lewis is currently the Head Golf Coach at Ingraham High School, where he also was an assistant tennis coach.
“Lewis’ experience in practice organization, team management and team building will greatly benefit our tennis program. I am excited to see Chandler build upon the foundation that former coach Gary Epstein started last year. Chandler has a ton of energy and eagerness to be a great coach.” Ballard Athletic Director Carrie Burr said.
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| Stuart MacGeorge WIAA Player of the Week | | | | | | |
posted 12/14/2011 STUART MACGEORGE WIAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ballard Junior Stu MacGeorge was selected the WIAA Player of the Week! Click here to read the article. Congrats Stu!
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| Boys Basketball Team Seattle Times Team of the Week | | | | | | |
posted 12/13/2011 SEATTLE TIMES TEAM OF THE WEEK
Ballard Boys Basketball team is The Seattle Times team of the week.
Click here for article.
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| Beavers in the News | | | | | | |
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| Ballard Hires New Boys Soccer Coach | | | | | | |
posted 11/11/2011 MARK NICHOLSON HIRED AS BOYS SOCCER COACH
Mark Nicholson, 27, was named the new boys head soccer coach for Ballard High School. Nicholson, a 2002 graduate of Issaquah High School, was a varsity letter winner under 3-time State Champion Head Coach Tom Bunnell, and won the U-18 State Championship his Senior year with his select soccer team. Nicholson has been an assistant coach in the Bellevue Youth Soccer Club, University Prep and most recently for both the boys and girls soccer programs at Mercer Island High School this past year. Nicholson is a USSF National D Licensed soccer coach and will obtain his USSF National C license next summer. Mark became a long distance triathlete (70.3 miles) after high school competing in several races, most notably the 2008 Ironman Boise and the 2009 Lake Stevens Ironman competitions. Nicholson currently works at an Athletic Club in Bellevue where he is a group exercise instructor as well as a youth triathlon leader.
Ballard High School Athletic Director Carrie Burr states, “Coach Nicholson will be a great addition to the Beaver Athletic Staff and Community. I feel Ballard is very lucky to give someone like Nicholson a chance to start his head coaching career at Ballard. He is energetic but firm and very structured. I feel Mark will take our boys soccer program to the next level.”
Coach Nicholson, eager to begin his head coaching career at the high school level states, “I’m very excited by the opportunity given by Ballard AD Carrie Burr, and I’m looking forward to the challenge in serving as the new boys soccer coach at Ballard High School. I can’t wait until the first kick-off next year.”
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| Alex Bowns Seattle Times Star of the Week | | | | | | |
posted 11/01/2011 SEATTLE TIMES STAR OF THE WEEK
Senior Alex Bowns was selected as the Seattle Times Star of the week for his performance at the Northwest 4A Regional Championships where he ran a season-best 15:34 to win. He was 12 seconds ahead of Skyline's Keegan Symmes, who beat Bowns in the KingCo championship meet the week before.
Click here to see the article.
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| Seattle Public Schools Student Athletic Handbook Now Online | | | | | | |
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| Matt Kelly & Sarah Otness Rotary Students of the Month! | | | | | | |
posted 10/14/2011 BEAVER FOOTBALL CAPTAIN NAMED ROTARY STUDENT OF THE MONTH
Beaver senior football team captain Matt Kelly and Sarah Otness were selected the Rotary Student of the Month. Besides sports Sarah is the ASB president and Matt is the ASB vice president. Congrats Matt! Click here to read the article.
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| Senior Michael Day Qualifies for State in Golf | | | | | | |
posted 10/14/2011 SENIOR QUALIFIES FOR STATE
Beaver Senior Michael Day qualified for state in golf by finishing fourth in District. Congratulations Michael!
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| 1951 Football Team Honored at Homecoming | | | | | | |
posted 10/10/2011 THE 1951 STATE CHAMPION BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM
Ballard High School (BHS) in conjunction with the BHS Athletic Booster Club honored the last BHS state championship team, the 1951 BHS Football Team over the 2011 Homecoming weekend. The 1951 team, 60 years ago this year, went 8-0 beating Bremerton in the state championship game. The team only allowed 8 points during the regular season and beat Bremerton 14-13 in the title game. Seven players from the team made All City 1st team with two players (McCain and Hiersch) being All-American Nominees. McCain was the league MVP. Click here to see a picture of the team from the Shingle.
The team had a luncheon on Friday and then attended a pep rally at Ballard High School Friday afternoon. During halftime of the Homecoming game against Garfield the players were honored at halftime.
Click here to read a MyBallard.com article on the weekend.
1951 Team at Halftime of Game
Photo by Ed Tanaka
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| 2011-12 General Meeting Schedule | | | | | | |
posted 09/19/2011 BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB MEETING SCHEDULE
The Ballard High School (BHS) Athletic Booster Club (ABC) has general meetings open to all in the BHS Library. The meetings start at 6:30 pm and usually last 60 to 90 minutes. Our general meeting schedule is:
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Monday September 19th
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Monday October 3rd
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Monday December 5th
Please plan on joining our meetings.
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