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Trojans push past Blazers
By Jon Berger, Adam Yalowitz | April 25, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
The Blair girls' lacrosse team (2-5) took on the Gaithersburg Trojans in a well-fought but disappointing game that ended in the Blazers' sixth straight loss. The Blazers began the game with a solid defense, carefully protecting the goal. However, the girls had trouble bringing the ball downfield, and a powerful Gaithersburg offense scored their first goal after only three minutes.
A victory for boys' volleyball against Hornets
By Merlyn Deng | April 25, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
The boys' volleyball team finished off the Damascus Hornets today in a quick 3-0 game, defending their undefeated record. Initially overwhelmed by careless mistakes, the Blazers overcame the Hornets' tired players by covering up their own weaknesses and forging an impregnable web of teamwork, winning 25-22, 25-10 and 25-16.
Gymnasts place second
By Morgan Aronson | April 24, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
The Blair gymnastics team placed second at their meet tonight against Walter Johnson and Springbrook. Although still plagued by injuries and absences, the Blazers managed to beat Springbrook by four points, ending with an accumulated score of 130.25.
Baseball shutout by defending division champs Wootton
By Elsi Wu | April 23, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
After a blowout five-inning home game last week against division newbie Northwood, the Blazers got a taste of their own bitter medicine Thursday night against defending division champions Wootton, ending up on the losing end of a 9-0 shutout.
Volleyball's genius play downs Einstein
By Andrew Kung | April 19, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
Friday the Thirteenth was anything but unlucky for Blair volleyball (4-1), as the coed Blazers soundly defeated the Einstein Titans in three games, 25-12, 25-10 and 25-19. After exceeding last year's win total two days before, Blair coed volleyball continued their sizzling play, picking up their third win in a row and improving their record to 4-1 despite missing four key players. Although Friday night's game saw unforced errors and some communication lapses by the home team, the addition of junior Julie Zhu, captain of the girls' volleyball team, sparked a fairly easy victory.
Northwood rivalry rekindled after decades-long layoff
By Andrew Kung | April 19, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
Geography dictates that Blair and Northwood are natural rivals in the realm of high school sports. Since Northwood closed its doors in 1986, Blair has been without a true go-to opponent, with Springbrook and B-CC the closest things since then. When the Downcounty Consortium came into fruition in 2003, Northwood was reopened, and now, three years later, the tradition has been restored. This past week, Blair's spring sports took on the Northwood Gladiators once again after a 20+ year hiatus, renewing a heated rivalry that shined in years past.
Blair blazes by Clarksburg
By Johanna Gretschel | April 17, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
While the Blair boys' outdoor track team dusted Clarksburg by 22 points, the Lady Blazers' 69-68 victory over the Coyotes was a nail-biter. The two teams swapped the lead until the last event, the 4x400m relay.
Blair softball soundly beats Wootton
By Miriam Ragen | April 16, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
Blair's softball team started the game with intensity, immediately jumping to an 8-0 lead over the previously undefeated Wootton Patriots. Despite a lack of focus on defense and an inability to adjust to a new, much slower pitcher Blair was able to end the game with the mercy rule after six innings by being up by over 10 runs.
Boys' volleyball bulldoze Gladiators in three sets
By Julie Zhu | April 16, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
The boys' volleyball team cleared out its opponent in three straight sets for the first time against Northwood, a young team with less experience when compared to two-time champion Blair. The Gladiators' underdevelopment offered the Blair bench first touches of the game ball and Coach Sang Ahn new lineups to explore, especially the team will graduate six seniors. Yet despite the fresh hands and feet on the Blazer court, Blair optimistically defeated the Northwood team, 25-10, 25-20 and 25-17.
Blazers outclass Gladiators
By Lingfeng Li | April 14, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
APR. 14, BLAZER TENNIS COURTS—
Maximus-worthy effort downs Gladiators
By Andrew Kung | April 14, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
APR. 11, NELSON H. KOBREN MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM- Only four games into the volleyball season, the Blazers' coed volleyball team has already exceeded their win total from a year ago. On Wednesday night, Blair coed overcame a slow start to defeat the Northwood Gladiators in three games, 25-13, 25-11 and 25-13. This latest victory puts Blair's record at an impressive 3-1. Although the spring break rust showed in the game's early goings, the Blazers' superior serving and teamwork were more than enough to handle Northwood.
Blazers break through against Wootton
By Lingfeng Li | April 13, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
APR. 13, BLAZER TENNIS COURTS—
Blair boys burn Blake Bengals
By April DalBello | April 11, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
The Blair boy's varsity lacrosse team played a strong and steady game on both sides of the ball at last Thursday's game, and succeeded in converting ordinary shots into spectacular goals. Three individual Blazers racked up hat-tricks and trounced the Blake Bengals 10-4.
Blair track runs away with a victory
By Lois Bangiolo | March 31, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
The Blair boys' track team remains undefeated after Tuesday's tri-meet against Blake and Rockville, bringing their season record to 4-0. The girls' team also defeated both schools, with a score of 95-42 against Blake and 112-15 against Rockville.
Inexperience leads to gymnastics first loss
By Morgan Aronson | March 30, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
The gymnastics team lost their first meet to the Bethesda Chevy-Chase Barons today with a roster of mainly inexperienced gymnasts. The Blazer team, which was only created a few years ago, tried their best against the more experienced Barons. "We did pretty well considering most of our team is new to gymnastics," said co-captain Nicole Poor.
Baseball outgunned by Poolesville in scoring shootout
By Elsi Wu | March 29, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
In an offensive explosion, the Blazers' nine run total matched the combined scores of the team's three previous games. But, lack of a similar response on the defensive end cost the Blazer's another game, 19-9 to the Poolesville Falcons.
Ain't no walk in the dogpark
By Elsi Wu | March 28, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
The Bulldogs sprung out of the gates, biting at the chomp of a Blazer squad crippled by injuries and back-to-back losses. All the Blazers could do was watch and hope that another foul turn would not decimate the team past the brittle skeleton that remains.
Softball opens season with scintillating victory
By Kate Harter | March 25, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
Blair's promising softball team started the season on the right foot, beating the Blake Bengals 13-0 at home. The game ended after just five innings due to the mercy rule, after Blair went up by 10 runs. Judging by the offensive production and strong defensive effort, the Blazers look poised to accomplish great things this season.
Bengals wipe up baseball's sloppy mistakes
By Elsi Wu | March 24, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
What was supposed to be a triumphant home and season opening victory for the Blazers and senior starting pitcher Matt Ludington became a demoralizing, lackluster showing, leaving the Blazers with even more bumps and bruises than they had started with.
Blazers fail to close out Churchill
By Lingfeng Li | March 23, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
The Blair boys' tennis team was sorely disappointed as they failed to end a long streak of losses to Churchill, losing 3-4. The team was, according to Coach David Ngbea, set back by their poor mental game.
Girls' lacrosse hits 2-0
By Jon Berger, Adam Yalowitz | March 23, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
Early in the season, the girls' lacrosse team (2-0) has shown a marked improvement over last season, when the team ended their season with a 2-11 record. The Blazers sped past the Richard Montgomery Rockets today in a game that showed promise for the rest of the season.
Baseball season preview
By Andrew Kung | March 23, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
The 2007 season will not be an easy one for the Blair baseball team, as inexperience and injuries have already begun taking their toll on the program. Most of the team has limited varsity experience, and injuries have robbed them of some players who do. "There's not a lot of varsity success returning," said head coach John MacDonald.
Coed cruises past Springbrook in season opener
By Andrew Kung | March 23, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
Blair coed volleyball began the seasonal campaign on a high note, soundly defeating the Springbrook Blue Devils in three games, 25-8, 25-17 and 25-8 on Wednesday night. In their first game action of the season, the Blazers looked sharp against an inexperienced Springbrook squad, dominating the net game and easily finding holes in the defense. Despite a scoring mix-up in the second set that erased three Blair points off the scoreboard, coed volleyball cruised to their first win of the year, a feat that took five games a year ago when the Blazers finished with a disappointing 2-11.
Blazers split results in first track meet of the season
By Johanna Gretschel, Christina Mullen | March 22, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
Both the boys' and girls' outdoor track teams defeated Northwood in their season opener, 76 points to 50 and 92 to 30 respectively. However, while the boys improved their season record to 2-0 by defeating Paint Branch 72 to 69, the girls fell to the Panthers 61.5 to 79.5.
Blazers best Blue Devils
By Julie Zhu | March 22, 2007, midnight | In Blair »
Tremendous expectations lie on the shoulders of Blair's varsity boys' volleyball team after bringing home county championship plaques the last two years and division championship trophies the last three years. With nine returning players and losing just two starters, Adrian Cretzu and Timothy Lee, to graduation and to the coed volleyball team, the Blazers were expected to finish the match against the Springbrook Blue Devils in three straight sets.
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