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LAKE ATHLETIC NEWSBlue Streak Spring Sport Highlights – 2010Boys and Girls Track:The 2010 track and field season was a very competitive year for both the girls and theboys. The girls’ team’s highlights included scoring more total team points in dualmeets than last year. They placed 11th at the Stark County meet, fifth out of 12 teamsat the Bill Barry Invitational in Tallmadge and fourth out of 15 teams at the OrangeBowl relays in Ellet. The girls team also had first place finishes at the Sandy ValleyMini Relays for the third year in a row, and at the Revere Relays.The boys season highlights included a first place finish at the Sandy Valley Mini Relaysfor the third year in a row, followed by another first place finish at the Bill BarryInvitational at Tallmadge for the second year in a row. Then the Blue Streaks had animpressive fourth place finish out of 20 teams at a very competitive Stark CountyMeet. The boys team combined points with the girls team in finishing as the overallchampion at the Revere Relays. The boys tied for fourth place at the Orange BowlRelays in Ellet.The boys team broke 2 school records this year; one of the records was the 4x100 relayat 43.64, besting last year’s then-record. Members of the relay were Jim Luther, WesWilson, Dan Reed, and Ryan Christiansen. The other new record was set in the 4x200at 1:31.64 by Jim Luther, Mike Schafer, Dan Reed, and Ryan Christiansen. That recordwas later broken again at 1:31.21 by Jim Luther, Jake Viscounte, Dan Reed and RyanChristiansen.Baseball:Our 9th and JV teams had outstanding seasons. The 9th graders went 6-4 in theFederal League and finished 16-6 overall. Our JVs completed their league schedule at7-4 and went 18-5 overall. Congratulations to both squads and their coaches for agreat effort throughout the season.There were numerous highlights to this year’s varsity team; in no particular order,some of these highlights included:– Beating Hoover THREE times, including a 7-1 win in the Sectional tournament– Winning all four extra-inning games played this season– Producing their best effort down the backstretch of the season and going 12-2during that run– A team batting average of .305– Four pitchers with ERAs under 2.00– All three teams posting winning records– And, of course, making a run to the District Championship game once again.Congratulations to all of this year’s team members and coaches. The tradition of LakeBaseball continues to grow and improve.Softball:After a challenging start of the season, the girls JV softball team gained momentumand found ways to win as they carved out an overall 15-8 record. The team’s threejuniors, Meghan Rozumny, Megan Clevenger, and Maggie Conner, were excellentleaders and provided those skills in many victories. Every girl displayed improvementand accomplished great feats this year. The team established itself as one of the best JVsquads in the Federal League, with their only losses to Perry and Jackson. We hope thisgroup of young ladies continue to work at their game during the off-season and areable to contribute to next year’s varsity squad.After losing eight seniors from last year’s varsity squad, there was a lot of effort andwork in front of this season’s varsity softball team. The team was led by our onlysenior, Chelsy Testa who was a tremendous leader for the team. There were big winsover Jackson, Tallmadge, and Louisville who represented some of the top-rated teamsin our district. Despite the team’s youthfulness, the team competed strongly againstthe always challenging Federal League schedule. With the majority of our teamreturning next year, we have a lot to look forward to.Boys Tennis:The Junior Varsity Team was anchored by a few experienced veteranplayers but for the most part was composed of first-year players. Still,this very young team competed well given their very difficult scheduleas they posted a 5-11 record. The players gained valuable exposure totough competition and showed real improvement by season end.Many of the players are already working hard looking forward to beinga part of what they hope will be their first varsity season.The Boys Varsity Tennis team approached the season with highexpectations and did not disappoint. With arguably the toughestschedule in school history, the team posted an impressive 13-4 overallrecord which included wins over state-ranked teams like Cleveland StIgnatius and Hudson. The Blue Streaks finished as Federal Leaguerunner-up (to state-ranked Jackson) but posted many milestonevictories including their first varsity win over the Hoover Vikings in 22years. Once again, the team competed at the annual Louisville DoublesClassic and for the first time in 22 years the Streaks captured the TeamChampionship by winning all three flights in impressive fashion.Losing only one senior bodes well for next year but with another toughschedule, including the always rugged Federal League, the coachingstaff is already busy laying the groundwork for a productive off-seasonto ensure the team continues to build on this year’s success.Congratulations to the Boys Tennis program for an outstanding effortthis season.Blue Streak Student-Athletes EarnAll League HonorsThe following Lake High School student-athletes recently were namedAll-Federal League in their respective spring sport seasons:BOYS TENNIS: Joshua Duerr Second TeamJared GergonSecond TeamDale BooherSecond TeamChristian McCauleySecond TeamRoss WhittakerFirst TeamSOFTBALL: McKenna Stephens Honorable MentionBrier SannerHonorable MentionChelsy TestaSecond TeamTRACK: Megan Warner Honorable MentionLevi SimmonsHonorable MentionJim LutherHonorable MentionRyan EnlowSecond TeamJustin GroubertFirst TeamBASEBALL: Mason Stephens Honorable MentionKyle TisdaleSecond TeamTrent SmithSecond TeamJoe SmithFirst Teamvolume 14, issue 6 BLUE STREAK NEWS 7