BHS Athletic History

Saturday, April 25th, Raider baseball will be honoring and dedicating our new turfed plate & halo to legendary Coach Rich Krueger. We would love to see as many former Raider alumni who played for Coach come back to celebrate him. Please forward to all 😈⚾️😈⚾️😈

OTD 2001: Girls' soccer ties Quincy Senior 2-2. Elena Valdes & Megan Olson scored BHS' goals, as Beth Drake had 12 saves in goal for Emily Bufka's (photo) Lady Raiders.

OTD 1997: Boys' track is 8th at the Oak Park-River Forest Indoor Invitational with 32.5 points. Terry Covey (photo) wins the 800, while the 3200 relay (Teddy Barkulis, Mike Trefziger, Michael Watkins, and Kyle Eash) was 3rd.

On the Raiderville scoreboard for 3/28: Claudia Ifft wins the 3A pole vault at the Illinois Prep Top Times indoor championships at Shirk Center, while the boys 4x800 relay was 4th along w/Jamari Randolph in the 60 hurdles. No results were available on boys’ tennis at Metamora.

OTD 2012: Softball downs Streator 9-2 at Centennigl Field. Molly Lawrence (photo) & Madison Castillo both homered for the Lady Raiders as Lawrence drove in four runs, Castillo & winning pitcher Hannah Ploense had three hits while going the distance. PHOTO CREDIT: HR Imaging

OTD 2015: Baseball beats Lincoln 8-2 at Howard Saar Field. Charlie Cerny (photo) gets the win, allowing 3 H in 6 IP along with 9 Ks. Deion Thompson and Ryan Rose had 3 H each, while Randy Lawrence had 2 H. PHOTO CREDIT: HR Imaging

On the Raiderville scoreboard for 3/26 Capital City 7, baseball 0 Forrest 25, softball 3

OTD 2007: Softball is defeated at Pontiac, 1-0, in 8 innings. Stephanie Butler took the loss, despite going the distance & allowed 3 hits. BHS was hitless through seven innings before Blair Brown singled in the 8th to put runners on 1st and 3rd, but could not score.

On the Raiderville scoreboard for 3/25: Capital City (MO) 11, baseball 0 (5 IP) Mason (OH) 8, softball 0

OTD 1992: Kay Robbins is named Class AA District 15 Coach of the Year by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association. The Lady Raiders had their most successful season in school history at 24-4, were Big 12 co-champs with Mattoon, & made it to the Limestone super-sectional.

On the Raiderville scoreboard for 3/24: Hudson (OH) 13, baseball 3 (5 IP) Astronaut (FL) 7, baseball 4 Girls’ soccer was scheduled to play @pekingirlsoccer, no score reported. @ClutchSportsIL @Pg_Reinhardt @KurtPegler @hoijim @pmc3_83 @PatrickMcCabeTV @CoachClapp2025

Claudia Ifft is up for Female Athlete of the Week from @ClutchSportsIL after her personal best pole vault. Here’s the link to vote: wix.app/mobile.apps/K3…

OTD 2018: In the Illinois Top Times Indoor Track and Field Classic at Shirk Center, Zach Bradford wins the 3A PV at 17-6 to break the event record of 17-1.25, & James Ellis was 2nd in HJ at 6-5, just missing 6-6 when he brushed the bar on the way down. PHOTO CREDIT: HR Imaging

On the Raiderville scoreboard for 3/23: -Baseball 7, Regis 2; -Eau Gallie 10, baseball 2; -Stewarts Creek 9, softball 0; and, -Kylie Huffaker wins the 60 hurdles at the Clinton Last Chance Meet. @Pg_Reinhardt @hoijim @KurtPegler @PatrickMcCabeTV @pmc3_83

Way to go @Land0Moore ‘

OTD 2002: Girls' track is 10th out of 36 schools in the Gene Armer Indoor Invitational at University of Illinois Armory with 10 points. Maureeca Lambert (photo) had the best individual finish with a 3rd in 1600 run (5:29.11).

OTD 2003: Tashika Kindle (photo) & Tasha Gaston-Bell are named to the Pantagraph AA Area second team in girls' basketball. Kindle was 2nd in FG% at .598 (146/244) and 6th in FT% with .789 (60/76)

On the Raiderville scoreboard for 3/21: Lockport 9, B/N boys’ lacrosse 5 Claudia Ifft goes12-8.75’to win the pole vault at the BHS girls’ track indoor invitational, the best in 3A this season. No report on boys’ tennis at Troy Triad.

OTD 1987: Boys' track competes in the Illinois State Indoor Championships at Horton Field House as the 1600 relay (Cory Gibson, Guy Sikora, Carlos Sanford, and Dwayne Ware-photo) was 2nd in 3:26.67. Sikora was 3rd in the 60-yard dash (:06.43) & Ed Armstrong 3rd in the high jump.

On the Raiderville scoreboard for 3/20: Washington 10, softball 0 (6 IP) Tyler Barlow is a 2nd team pick to the @ClutchSportsIL all-area boys’ wrestling team. PHOTO CREDIT: Loretta Swank @Pg_Reinhardt @hoijim @KurtPegler @pmc3_83 @PatrickMcCabeTV

OTD 1999: Girls' track was 8th out of 24 schools at Charleston Indoor Invitational with 17 points. Shannon Hunt was 2nd in long jump, Kelli Cole (photo) was 5th/60 dash, and Tiffany Arnold 5th/400. BHS' 800 relay was 4th, & 1600 relay finishes 6th.