Blazer Beat

 It had been almost 2 years since the Varsity girls soccer team has taken the field. After having last season ripped from them due to the shutdowns and Covid-19. So there was going to be some nerves and rust to knock off, as they traveled down to Maryland to open MDCC league play against New Life Christian School. It was a much different starting lineup from the last time they took the field as they would have lost 2 groups of seniors New Life opened the scoring about 10 minutes into the game with a distance shot. The Blazers would battle back and even the score about 5 minutes later when sophomore Ruth Hepler finished a breakaway. This would prove to be a theme of the game. New Life put away another goal and took the lead again, 5 minutes after the Blazer equalized. New Life's striker was able to control a ball in the 18 and rip another clean shot. Once again the Blazers answered shortly after, as New Life gave up a penalty kick and Laurel Reitz was called upon to take it and she ...

 The Lady Blazers found themselves in the same spot they found themselves the last 2 years, hosting a first-round MDCC playoff contest. While it has been a different opponent every year the result has held the same, a resounding Blazer victory. This time the team was the Grace Academy Knights.  While it might have been a clear March afternoon outside, inside the gym umbrellas were needed as the Blazers were raining down 3s from all over the court. Mollee Stake and Amber Yanosik each hit a pair in the first quarter and from there the Blazers never looked back. The Blazers also played relentless man-to-man defense. At the end of the 1st quarter, the Blazers were up 13-4. In the 2nd quarter the Blazers showed that they could win in multiple ways. They switched their defense to a stfiling 2-3 zone. While on the offensive end their focus turned from the perimeter to the paint, as they would dominate their. Junior big Sarah Vandersleen feasted on the block. She would score 6 points ...