This is a Section and State Tournament Edition of the this week in Blake Athletics! Wow do we have a lot of action going on. BlakeBears.org will keep you updated. You can always follow @SportsatBlake on Twitter and visit our Facebook page.
TUESDAY
Girls Tennis - Earned the #1 seed in the State Tournament. Will play St James on Wednesday at noon at Reed Sweatt Tennis Center. State Tournament bracket found here.
WEDNESDAY
Boys Soccer - Defeated Breck in thrilling fashion by scoring with just 38 seconds left in the match to advance to the State Tournament. Story here. Blake was seeded #2 overall today, and will play Wednesday evening at 5:30 pm at Chisago Lakes High School vs Duluth Denfield. State Tournament bracket found here.
Volleyball - Blake was seeded #13 and will travel to Howard Lake Waverly HS on Wednesday at 7pm. Playoff Bracket found here.
Girls Tennis -- Could very likely be in the Semi Final match (10am) and Championship match (4pm) on Wednesday.
THURSDAY
Cross Country -- Section 4A race is on Thursday. Boys at 4pm. Girls at 4:30pm. At Battle Creek Regional Park in St Paul.
Girls Tennis -- Individual State Tournament starts. Libby Rickeman was seeded #1 in singles and Arlina Shen #3 in singles. Bracket here. The doubles duo of Sophie Skallerud and Lainey Axell were seeded #1 in doubles. Bracket here.
SATURDAY
Football - Earned the #2 seed. Will host a playoff game on Saturday at 1pm at Blake -- most likely against St Paul Central. Playoff Bracket found here.
Ethan Roe '18 scored 8 goals in four section playoff games, including a hat trick on Tuesday vs Columbia Heights and the game winning 1-0 goal with 38 seconds left to defeat Breck. That goal sends Blake back to the State Tournament for the 1st time since 2008.
In the season opener for the Princeton Womens Hockey team, they won 4-2. The incredible part is that 3 of the 4 goals by Princeton were scored by 3 different Blake alums - Karlie Lund, Sylvie Wallin, and Carly Bullock.
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