October 28th: Fall Athletic Update
By Blake Athletic Department, 10/28/19, 11:15AM CDT
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Girls Tennis.
- The Blake Girls Tennis team won the State Team Tennis Championship with a 6-1 win over Rochester Lourdes for a 5th Straight Championship. Great article here.
- During Individual play, Blake was also very successful:
- Singles. Arlina Shen won the Singles State Championship. Sonia Baig finished in 2nd place losing only to Arlina.
- Doubles. The duo of Bella Suk and Allyson Jay won the Doubles State Championship. Emily Melin and Caroline Cameron finished 3rd overall.
Cross Country.
- Section Meet was held on Thursday
- The Blake Girls CC team finished 1st place and will head to the State Tournament on Saturday, Nov 2nd at St Olaf
- Molly Liston (2nd place), Jackie Weyerhauser 13th, Caroline Pollack 17th, and Sophia Vezmar 18th all finished top 20
- The Blake Boys CC team finished 9th overall out of 17 teams.
- Shef West finished 10th overall and will advance to the State Tournament as an individual runner
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Boys Soccer.
- Defeated St Francis 6-1 in the 1st round of the State Tournament. Article here.
- Will now play Orono on Monday at 6pm at US Bank Stadium
Girls Soccer.
- Defeated Orono 3-1 in the 1st round of the State Tournament. Article here.
- Will now play Mahtomedi on Monday at Noon at US Bank Stadium
Volleyball
- Won opening playoff match vs Columbia Heights. Huge win for the program.
- Lost to Mound Westonka in the second round to end their season.
Football:
Defeated Mound Westonka on Saturday 35-14. SMB Wolfpack will meet Benilde in the Section Championship November 1st, 7:00PM at Benilde.
Swimming and Diving:
- Completed the regular season this week.
- Sections start on Wednesday, November 6th at Richfield