Boys and Girls Track Team Win Region Championship Meet
5/9/09 - Payson, AZ

The Blue Ridge HS track came away victorious from the region championship meet this past weekend. The girls finished first by 22 points and the boys finished first by a very close margin of only 3 points. Jessica Rydberg was selected by the coaches as the 3A East Track Athlete of the Year and Matt Boyd was selected as the Field Event Athlete of the Year.

Event winners include the following:

Marissa Candelaria - Pole vault
Keevan Schimmel - Pole vault
Matt Boyd - High Jump, Long Jump, 110 meter hurdles, 300 meter hurdles Emerald Raney - 800 meter run Jessica Rydberg - 3200 meter run, 1600 meter run Girls 4 x 100 meter relay - Rachel Gomez, Maddie Higgins, Marissa Candelaria, and Meagan Jones Girls 4 x 400 meter relay - Rachel Gomez, Naomi Hesse, Maddie Higgins, and Marissa Candelaria Girls 4 x 800 meter relay - Allison Rydberg, Autumn Gibson, Maddie Higgins, Allison Rydberg

You can view the complete results at http://www.directathletics.com/results/track/12237.html

A total of 14 boys and 15 girls qualified for the state meet, which will take place this Friday and Saturday. The girls' team will be defending their state title from last year and the boys' team seeks to improve upon its 2nd place finish.

Golf Team Finishes 8th at State Meet
5/9/09 - Payson, AZ

The team took 8th at the state meet. The team shot really well the first day, 340 as a team the 1st day which was the best round all year. The second day they could not keep the pace from the first day and shot a 352.  The best finishes were by Jake and Dillon Washburn. They were both tied at 79 the first day, but Jake (82) edged out Dillon (85) the second day. Jake took 13th in state and Dillon 15th. Kyle Kuffer was in 41st , Shawn Brooks 64th, while Jason Giles and Nicholas Berry only played one day each. Coach Jim Rock stated, "Overall the team had agreat season, with a bright future, the team is really young and if they put the time in this summer they will be much more competitive next year."

Softball & Baseball Teams Advance in State Playoffs
5/9/09 - Phoenix, AZ

The J.V team finished the season 12-4.  The Girls Varsity Softball team made it to the second round of state.  This is the farthest the Varsity Lady Yellow Jacket Softball team have gotten.  The girls battled their way through 2 games last weekend.  They played Holbrook and won 4-2. The game was at 3:00 pm in Phx.  Needless to say, the girls were very tuckered out by the end of the game.  On Saturday, the girls played Snowflake and also won 6-5. Next Friday the Varsity girls will play Estrella Foothills.  If they win Estrella, they will advance onto the state championship.   

The boys baseball team defeated Fountain Hills 11-6 to advance to the next round of the state playoffs.

Jessica Rydberg Featured Athlete on Milesplit
5/9/09

Milesplit, an organization following track and field, recently conducted an interview with Jessica Rydberg and posted it online at http://az.milesplit.us/articles/23376.  Read the article to gain some insight into the one of many tremendous athletes at Blue Ridge High School.