On Thursday, April 7th the Ballard track team competed in a three team meet against Juanita and Eastlake.
In the running events junior Brad Baker took first in the 400,  junior Alex Bowns won the 1600 and sophomore Bryan Quandt took first in the 3200. Senior Alex Weatbrook had two wins for the throwing team placing first in both the javelin and discus.

The girls running team had two first place finishes; junior Emma Suchland in the 100 and the girls 4x100 relay team.

On Sunday, April 10th, some of these athletes will be competing in a 38 team invitational meet.

Lacrosse:

Blanchet moves into first place in Metro lax at Ballard's expense

Blanchet, now the leading team in Metro lacrosse, crushed Ballard in a 11 – 2 defeat on Thursday at Blanchet High School. 
 
Blanchet got ahead 4 – 1 in the first quarter and each team scored another point before half time. Blanchet continued to score 6 more goals in the second half while the Beavers were unable to net a single goal.

The Beavers’ Ray McCormick and Brian Gemme each netted a goal and Nick Onstad-Hawes had 8 saves in goal.
 
Ballard, now with a record of 2 wins, and 6 loses, next faces Franklin on Tuesday, April 12 in a 5 p.m. start at Franklin High School.

Girls:

With 3:33 remaining in the second half, the Ballard lacrosse team was tied 12-12 to Lake Sammamish when Sammamish scored to win the win the game on Friday evening.

Ballard jumped out to an 8 – 6 lead at the half before Lake Sammamish steadily worked back to tie the game late in the second half.

Kelsey Barta had a season-high of 7 goals and Maddie Soukup netted 4 for the Beavers.

Ballard faces Wenatchee next on Tuesday, April 12 in a 5:30 p.m. start at Ballard High School.

Baseball:

Varsity Baseball won 5 to 4 against Woodinvillle HIgh School last night. Woodinville was up 4 to 1 up until the 5th inning when the Beavers bats finally came loose and Ballard scored 4 runs. Caleb Jaeger sealed the win in the 6th inning, denying another Woodinville run.