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Ballard shut out in football season opener

09/04/200909/05/2009 Geeky Swedes 2 Comments

Coach John Bowers told us it would be a tough game, and sure enough, the Ballard Beaver’s first game of the season ended in defeat, 38-0 against Liberty High School […]

BHS marching band entertains the neighborhood

04/20/200904/20/2009 Geeky Swedes 10 Comments

The Ballard High School band marched up and down East Ballard streets this evening, practicing for the Norwegian Constitution Day parade. The practice march is an annual tradition and a […]

Ballard High principal wins $50,000 for school

04/09/200904/09/2009 Geeky Swedes 24 Comments

Ballard High School principal Phil Brockman has won theThomas B. Foster Award for Excellence, which will bring $50,000 to the school. The award is given each year to a secondary […]

Vikings Robotics Team to compete this weekend

03/27/200903/27/2009 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

The Viking Robotics Team is taking part in a robotics competition this weekend at Key Arena with their robot named Thor. The Ballard High students will be up against 53 […]

Petition, upcoming meeting about BHS boundary

03/25/200903/25/2009 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

As we been reporting, Seattle Public Schools is working on a new student assignment plan which will reconfigure the boundaries of Ballard schools. The biggest change will likely impact Ballard […]

BHS band kicks off Little League season

03/21/200903/22/2009 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

The Ballard High School marching band helped our neighbors to the south in Magnolia kick off the beginning of Little League season today. They were part of a parade down […]

Supreme Court rules in Ballard High murder

01/21/200901/21/2009 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

Back in 1994, 16-year-old Melissa Fernandes was killed in a drive-by shooting in front of Ballard High School — a crime that made headlines in Seattle and beyond. The shooter, […]

New details on Ballard High gun incident

01/16/200901/16/2009 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

We reported last week that Ballard High “sheltered in place” after someone spotted a man with a silver handgun nearby. He was never found. Three days later, according to a […]

With just 1 win, controversy over Ballard coach

11/06/200811/06/2008 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

Well, you knew this was coming. The Ballard Beavers varsity football team has ended the season with an embarrassing 1-8 record, outscored by their opponents by over 200 points. And […]

Beavers drop to 0-4 after homecoming

09/27/200809/27/2008 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

The Ballard Beavers lost last night’s homecoming game, 23-0 to Inglemoor, dropping to 0-4 on the season. But the Ballard fans showed their support. Screen grab from KING 5’s highlights […]

Beavers overwhelmed in season opener

09/05/200809/06/2008 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

John Bowers’ first game as head coach of the Ballard Beavers ended in a stinging defeat this Friday night. Renton’s Liberty High beat the Beavers decisively in the season opener at Memorial Stadium, 43-7.

Now, I’m not a sports writer, but I’m a football fan, and the game was painful to watch. Turnover after turnover plagued the Beavers on offense.

Here, a Liberty player returns an interception for a touchdown. “It looked like we weren’t coached well, and we weren’t,” Bowers told reporters after the game. “I’ll take total responsibility for this one.”

But it’s not all about winning, right? (And it was a non-league game.) The cheerleaders kept the crowd in the game, and everyone seemed to have a good time. Here’s a video clip of a few highlights, and click below for more photos…

Beavers back to school, first game Friday

09/03/200809/02/2008 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

Today’s the first day of school at Ballard High, and the Beavers will take on Liberty at Memorial Stadium this Friday evening in the first varsity football game of the […]

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