The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum

The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum

The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum

Fencing Finds Popularity Among Younger Students

Ava Pilhstrom, Staff Writer March 15, 2019

The Blake Fencing team has a substantially large team with about 40 people, and the grades of athletes vary from 7th graders to 12th graders. Each of the three teams saber, foil, and epee, both have enough...

Crazy Winter Still Slowing Spring Sports

Jack Prince, Staff Writer March 15, 2019

On a Saturday afternoon, the Girls’ Lacrosse team sprints between lines in the gym. Only a hundred yards away from their home turf, the team is unable to practice due to another year of huge snowfalls....

Synchronized Swimming Offers Opportunity, Community for Swimmers Across Metro

Synchronized Swimming Offers Opportunity, Community for Swimmers Across Metro

Caroline Hardy, Managing Editor March 15, 2019

“One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,” chant the seven members of Blake’s extended synchronized swimming team routine. Amidst the blanket-like humidity and roar of the short team in the...

Lucy Kiernat and her team huddle up before a game.

Lucy Kiernat Heads to Universiade Games

Caroline Hardy, Managing Editor March 5, 2019

From March 1 through 9, Lucy Kiernat ‘19 will represent the United States in bandy at the 29th Universiade games in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The second most popular winter sport worldwide, bandy is similar...

College Basketball Championship Poised to Dominate Sports World

College Basketball Championship Poised to Dominate Sports World

Brian Brener, Sports Editor March 4, 2019

As we enter into March, we are approaching the biggest and most exciting sports event of the year, March Madness. At Blake, March Madness takes over the school for the first two days of the tournament....

Robert Grace III drives the lane in a game against rival Breck on February 8

Boys’ Basketball Improved But Still Struggling

Daniel Lesov, Online Editor February 27, 2019

  The Boys’ Basketball team is in the midst of a rebuilding season, continuing to develop under third-year coach Tyler Biwan. With a 10-13 record this season, the team continues to work to hit their...

Girls’ Basketball Leads Player to 1000 Points

Noor Naseer, Staff Writer February 21, 2019

The Girls’ Basketball season is coming to a close. The captains this season are Morgan Phillips ‘19 and Sara Gregor ‘19. According to Phillips, this season came with various challenges, including...

Branding Aims To Establish Uniformity

Branding Aims To Establish Uniformity

Landon Peterson, Contributing Writer February 1, 2019

The school has undergone many changes in recent years, and one example of this is the changes to logos and apparel. The Blake “brand,” or the way the school portrays itself, is important as the face...

Sophomores Gabe Ganz 21, Robert Grace 21, and Jasper Liu 21 and junior Patch Fechtmeyer 20 warm up before practice

Boys’ Basketball Building a Future

Jonah Halper, Staff Writer December 21, 2018

The Blake Boys Varsity Basketball team is powered by young talent. Although there are only four underclassmen, three are starting, exemplifying the skill that they bring to the team. The team has three...

Boys’ Swim and Dive Poised to Dominate

Noor Naseer, Staff Writer December 18, 2018

This season for the Blake/Breck Boys’ Swim and Dive team looks very promising according to captain Christopher Chang ‘19. The team recently had their tryouts which consisted of the T-30 trial. During...

James ’21’s goal propels Boys’ Soccer to first State Championship since 2008

Sara Richardson, Catherine Barry, Staff Writers December 2, 2018

The Blake Boys Soccer Team won the Minnesota Class A championship because of the astonishing goal by Keegan James ‘21. After 105 minutes of play, with the score tied at zero against Bemidji, Jake Lundberg...

Blake Girls Volleyball: Keeping the Spirit Alive

Asya Shogren, Food Editor November 6, 2018

The Blake Girls’ Varsity Volleyball team has had it rough with coaches and records, but this year’s team is not at all phased by their past. The team preaches-es only positivity and their...

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