BODY BARRICADE. A Blake player gets pinned to the wall by an opposing player.
The Blake hockey team, co-oped with The Blake School, Minnehaha Academy and Heritage Christian Academy, won the Section 4A Championship title.
The Blake Bears competed in the state quarterfinals at Grand Casino Arena on Feb. 18. As the third seed, the Bears defeated the sixth seed, Mankato East, in the first round of competition.
On Feb. 20, the Bears lost in the state semifinals against The Breck School. They competed for third place on Feb. 21 and lost to Dodge County, finishing their season as fourth in the state. Eighth-grader Yi Salonek, wearing number 20, and senior Ella Bond, wearing number 5, competed on the state team on behalf of St. Paul Academy and Summit School.
