From the Athletic Director
Team News
Share Your BHS Sports Photos
Join us for Pint Night!
Duffel Bags are here!
Beaver Gear Sales
ABC FAQ
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Nov 11: Veterans' Day
Nov 14: ABC Pint Night
Nov 26: Winter Sports Night
Nov 28: Thanksgiving
Dec 16: Winter Spirit Week
Dec 23: Winter Break
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From the Athletic Director
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Hey Beaver Fans,
It has been an exciting first season of the school year!
Football has been on a terror all season long and finished the regular season at 8-0. Coach Humphries and his staff have done an amazing job of building the football program and this year all of the hard work and dedication on the field and in the classroom has paid off.
Under first year coach Sam Maccarrone our girls’ soccer team was awesome this year. The girls finished as one of the top teams in our division and won a playoff game!
In volleyball, Coach O’Neil had her squad ready to compete night in and night out. The girls finished as one of the top teams in their division and will move on to the district tournament next week.
Our girls’ swim team saw huge improvements and had some great wins this season. All those early morning workouts with Coach Cummings and Coach Brayman definitely paid off!
In cross country both our boys and girls teams are competing in the state cross country championship, as they usually do! Coach Howard and his staff will have them ready!
Boys ultimate frisbee played well this year and finished tied for 3rd in the regular season standings. The team will return many of the core players from this year's team next season.
To all our teams this season, way to represent the Beaver nation! Ballard Pride!
Eric Ensign
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Boys Basketball tryouts start November 18th @ BHS. Any student-athlete interested in participating must have all
paperwork
filled out and turned into the Main Office prior to November 1st. As always, grades and attendance in the classroom are a huge part of the team selection process.
We're looking forward to a fun season with the usually match ups in the Metro League, as well as non-conference games vs. Auburn Riverside, Bremerton, and a holiday tournament in Mountlake Terrace. Plenty of good basketball, team building, sportsmanship and fun ahead!
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Congratulations to Ballard’s Tumbling Cheer Squad on qualifying for UCA Nationals 2020 in Florida!
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The Boys and Girls Cross Country teams qualified for the State Championship for the 6th consecutive year. The girls team placed 13th at State with half the team running personal records. The boys team placed 9th also with half the team running personal records. We are incredibly proud of our athletes accomplishments this season!
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We are incredibly proud of the 2019 season! Our Program GPA was a 3.22 at the mid-season grade check, our JV team finished the season undefeated (6-0), and Varsity finished the regular season undefeated! Unfortunately, Varsity lost a hard fought battle to Marysville-Pilchuck in the first round of the playoffs.
Our Program was well represented on the All-Metro Sound Team! The selections were voted on by all of the Coaches in our league; Coaches are unable to vote for their own program. Click the link to view our honorees!
We are indebted to our 28 Seniors! 15 of them have been in the program for all four years and have absolutely left it in a better place! The other 13 took a leap of faith and joined our family at some point over the last three years; many of them this season! I am confident this group will continue to positively affect the school for the rest of the year and then will go out and continue to be great people in the world!
Despite losing so many Seniors the future is bright for Ballard Football! We will return roughly 60 players who are committed and are eager to put in the work that is necessary for success! We expect to have another incredible season in 2020!
Thank you all for your support of Ballard Football!
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Follow us on Facebook (
Ballard Beaver Football
), Twitter (
@BallardHSPride
), and Instagram (
@ballardbeaverfootball
). Ballard Pride!
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Girls Swim & Dive had a fantastic season of growth this year, finishing up with a 4-4 record and sending 10 swimmers and 2 divers to compete at Districts. These athletes worked hard in and out of the water all season and it paid off!
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Congratulations to the BHS Girls Volleyball team on an 8-2 record this season!
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The Ballard Ultimate Frisbee (BUF) boys wrapped up their 2019 season in mid October. BUF had 50 players participate this year across 3 teams.
Varsity had an exciting season finishing tied for 3rd place in the SPS league regular season. Close, intense games were the norm as 7 of 10 were by decided 1 point. The Varsity team also had a great weekend at the Seattle Invite tournament finishing in 6th place out of 16 schools from across the PNW.
The JV teams also had a great year matching up well in all their league games against SPS schools and at the JV Jamboree tournament.
BUF is very grateful for the ABC grant they received this fall. The money will be used to purchase a set of jerseys to make sure every Ultimate athlete has a BHS uniform.
Next up for BUF is the winter Mixed season followed by the Girls season in the spring!
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Share your sports photos!
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Are you out there with your camera during practice, games, or other team events? We are looking for great Ballard Athletics photos to share with our community through this newsletter, the
Athletic Booster Club website, and our
Instagram account! Share your sports photos with us
HERE and YOUR photo could be the next one featured!
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Join us for Pint Night on November 14!
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Ballard Athletics parents, coaches, and grown-up fans: please join the BHS Athletic Booster Club for our 21+ Pint Night on Thursday, November 14 from 3-9 pm at
The Brewtap
!
Every pint sold supports our new
Team Grant
program. We will be running our popular Sports Night Membership Special all night long —
sign up or renew your
ABC membership
during Pint Night and $10 of your membership fee goes directly to the team of your choice!
Our
Beaver Gear
crew will also be there with all of your BHS swag needs.
Please help us spread the word about this easy, thirst-quenching way to fundraise for Ballard Athletics — we hope to see you, your fellow team parents, your friends, and your neighbors there!
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The time has finally come for those of you who ordered Ballard Beaver Duffel Bags in the Fall to pick yours up from the Main Office!
If you missed out on the fall ordering period, don't worry! There will be another sale in January for standard and mini size duffel bags!
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Upcoming Events:
We are always looking for volunteers to help out at our Beaver Gear pop-up events. Interested in joining our team? Email
bhsabcgear@gmail.com for info!
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ABC Team Grant Program Updates
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The Athletic Booster Club is excited to announce that we just awarded our first round of team grants to Fall/year-round teams. Aligning with our focus on safety and access/removal of barriers to play, we made the following awards:
- Cheer received funding to purchase new mats to complete their practice area, removing a safety hazard
- Scholarship funds were awarded to a student so that they could attend and compete at nationals alongside their teammates
- Ultimate Frisbee received funding to purchase team jerseys
Winter sports teams can apply for funding now and
on-line applications are due 12/5/19
. Applications for spring sports teams are due on 3/1/20. Year-round teams can apply during any term.
The ABC considers grant requests for:
- safety improvements
- increasing student access to athletic programming
- equipment
- clinics/training for athletes
Contact Shannon Koller at
bhsabcvicepresident@gmail.com
with questions about the grant program or with assistance creating your team’s fundraising plan.
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With so many different volunteer groups working to support BHS students, we know things can get confusing. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about the ABC.
What exactly
is
the ABC?
The Ballard High School Athletic Booster Club is a volunteer group of parents working together to support, promote, and advocate for all BHS athletes. We believe quality athletic programs enrich the high school educational experience.
Our focus is on programs that benefit
all
athletes at BHS, and we are especially interested in promoting school-wide community and helping remove barriers to play. Learn more about the ABC
here
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Ok, so what does the ABC do?
The ABC Board meets monthly with the Athletic Director to make sure that our efforts align with BHS Athletics values and goals. These meetings are open to everyone and we welcome you to join us!
One of our most important jobs is maintaining financial records and managing bank accounts for all BHS sports teams, so that teams do not have to maintain individual non-profit status and coaches and team parents are not also required to be bookkeepers.
We also:
I want to support BHS athletes! What can
I
do?
- Sign up for an ABC membership every year. Your membership fees directly support the projects listed above.
- Buy and wear Beaver Gear, especially when you are out supporting our Beavers at sporting events.
- Plan on attending the various social and fundraising events we host throughout the school year. Help us build community while we celebrate our athletes!
- Become a team parent, or offer to help your existing team parent -- volunteering to help out with a team's administrative, fundraising, or communications tasks means that the coach has more time to focus on his or her athletes.
- Make a direct donation to your team!
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