While the debate around the hardest sport is a perpetual brawl, one would have to be ignorant to forget tennis.
The sport calls for athletes to use both extreme power and precise millisecond decisions...
Since it was founded in 1900, our school has passed traditions down generations. An area with many long lasting traditions is its sports teams. Ranging from pre-game rituals to fun team activities, our...
The Blake Boys Tennis Team is one of the best teams in the state. Currently, they are ranked 3rd in the top class, class AA, which consists of extremely well-rounded teams like Wayzata (ranked 1st in state)...
On Sept. 14, the Blake Boys Soccer Team was seen getting on an air conditioned coach bus, while across the street, Blake Girls Tennis (BGT) was yelled at for asking the bus driver to wait for the coaches...
One of Blake’s biggest rivalries against Saint Paul Academy, or SPA, has a very interesting history and connection today. Both schools are very similar: both are private schools which were founded in...
Due to Covid-19 spring sports have been canceled. When I learned this I barely thought about it because I’m only a sophmore in highschool. I have two more years of tennis that I get to enjoy and experience....
Without this season, teams feel more pressure to work hard in the off-season to prepare. Mitchell states, “But next year, the majority of our team are juniors this year, so we will be seniors next year, and it’s our last season, so it is going to be big. [...] I am sure it's going to be putting in a lot of work next year.”
Before the spring sports’ seasons were officially cancelled, different teams were staying active and preparing for their upcoming seasons. Eliot Mitchell ‘21, explains that her lacrosse coach “made...
As the courts opened up late for the spring this year, the Boys’ Tennis team’s season commenced with a new member–Gary.
Tennis matches often host an audience of numerous parents accompanied by...
Will Kaback, Student Life Editor
• September 9, 2015
Tennis legend Monica Seles once said, “Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.” For the girls tennis team, the start of the school year and...
Dominance reigns on the green courts. The boys’ tennis team has become one of the school’s most successful programs, period. They are at the top of their division and have set their sights on hoisting...
The Blake boys varsity tennis team was recently featured in The Star Tribune not for their athletic achievements, but rather for their character off the courts. When a Thomas Edison High School player’s...
