VOLLEYBALL
Sep. 24 – Home Triangular
The Bullpup Volleyball team started the week at home for a triangular against Wellington and Wichita-Collegiate, splitting the matchups.
They started against Wellington, but fell in two sets 21-25, 23-25. However, they turned things around against Wichita-Collegiate, sweeping the Spartans in two sets 25-22, 25-10.
In regards to stat leaders, Addison Chapman led with 13 kills, Rylie Whitfield had 18 assists, Brooke Doile led with 11 digs, and Ava Romero finished leading the Bullpups with 5 blocks.
Sep. 28 – Newton Invitational
The Bullpups headed to Newton Saturday for the Newton Invitational, facing six different opponents and defeating just two of them.
The team started the day falling in two sets against Goddard-Eisenhower (18-25, 23-25) but turned it around against the host school, defeating Newton in two sets (25-18, 25-17). The team fell to Andale (19-25, 15-25) before winning a three-set thriller against Wichita Northwest (25-23, 9-25, 25-21). However, they would fall in their final two matches to Andover Central (22-25, 11-25) and Buhler (19-25, 19-25).
The team is now 8-11 on the season following the invitational. They will head to Clearwater Tuesday, Oct. 1 for a triangular before taking a long road trip to Chanute for a tournament Saturday, Oct. 5.
GIRLS TENNIS
Sep. 24 – Doug Gayer Classic
The Bullpup Girls Tennis team represented two groups in the final results, with the Red team winning the classic and team White finishing in 5th.
The Red team was headed by the Doubles team in Avery Unruh & Quinn Liebl, who finished in the top spot in a perfect 4-0 on the day. Avery Eveland & Erin Olson finished in 7th place after going 2-2. In the Red team singles tournament, Maryn Sandbo finished as the runner-up and Dragon Rodriguez finished in 3rd with both players finishing 3-1.
In the White team, the Doubles squad of Kennedy Tully & McKenna Paul finished 4th and Piper VanCampen & Brenna Sullivan finished in 12th. In the Singles tournament, Ava Miller finished 10th and Audra Sandbo ended in 11th.
Sep. 28 – Tournament of Champions @ Wichita-Collegiate
In one of the toughest, if not the toughest, tournament that the team will partake in, the Bullpups finished 16th as a team out of 20 schools consisting of schools of multiple classifications, but the team finished 2nd among the 4A schools.
In the Singles Tournament, Maryn Sandbo finished in 14th place going 2-3 and Dragon Rodriguez ended in 19th with a 3-2 record. In the Doubles Tournament, Avery Unruh/Quinn Liebl went 4-1 to finish in 9th and Avery Eveland/Erin Olson ended going 1-4 to place 30th.
“Many may look at the team finish and think we didn’t have a great tournament, but the only 4A school that finished above us was Independence,” head coach Tyler Brown said. “We also knew going into the tournament every match would be tough but 5 of our 6 girls had to play the #1 or #2 seed in the 1st round or 2nd round of the tournament. So when you have to go backside of the bracket early it is impossible to place very high as a team. With that said, 4 of our 6 girls in a loaded field were able to get a minimum of 2-3 wins which was the ultimate goal at a tournament like this. This week we will have our last regular season meet at Goddard and then all we have left is League, Regionals and hopefully State.
BOYS SOCCER
Sep. 24 vs. Buhler – W 3-0
Following a tough couple of weeks for the Boys Soccer team, the Bullpups finally got back into AVCTL Div. 3 play to face rival Buhler, defeating them at home 3-1. Manny Morales had a strong match, finishing with two goals and assisting on the other Bullpup goal, which was scored by Borin Heang. All three of their goals came in the first half.
Sep. 26 vs. Newton – L 2-0
Following their rivalry win at home against Buhler, the team headed on the road to face Newton. However, the team suffered a 2-0 loss to close out the week. The team had just two shots on goal while allowing seven total.
The team is now 4-5 on the season and will look to improve, facing Rose Hill Tuesday, Oct. 1.
GIRLS GOLF
Sep. 27 – Buhler Invitational @ Hesston Golf Course – T-3rd
The Girls Golf team continued on their terrific start to the season with the Buhler Varsity Invitational at Hesston Golf Course Friday, Sep. 27, finishing tied for 3rd in the tournament out of 18 schools with a score of 348. Maize won the tournament with 321 and Wellington finished 2nd with 340.
Brodie Kuhn led all Bullpups with a 76, tying her for 5th. Andi Buschbom followed up in 13th with 84 and Reese Elliot finished in 21st with 90.
The tournament was highlighted by Maize golfer Kinslea Jones, who finished 13-under-par with a score of 58, setting a new school record. She finished in first place by 10 strokes.
Sep. 30 – Andale Invitational – 1st
Following finishing in 3rd against tough competition in Hesston, the team followed up with a first-place finish at Andale Monday, finishing with a score of 336, just one stroke better than 2nd-place Andover.
Just like Friday, Brody Kuhn led all Bullpups with a score of 75, finishing in 2nd place. Andi Buschbom followed up in 6th with a score of 80. Pera Bauer got a top-10 finish as well, ending in 9th with 84.
The team will head to Carey Park Golf Course in Hutchinson for a tough tournament on Thursday, Oct. 3.
CROSS COUNTRY
Sep. 28 – Rim Rock Classic, Lawrence, KS
The Cross Country teams headed to Lawrence to battle many schools around Kansas and surrounding states, competing in the Crimson Division at the Rim Rock Classic. Both the varsity girls and boys teams finished in 11th.
The girls team finished 11th out of 29 teams in their race, which consisted of 212 total runners. Lexi Patterson led the Bullpups, medaling with a 24th place finish. Eva Ramey finished just one second after in 26th. Molly Owen placed 95th, Kayla Porter finished 133rd, and Eliza Jex cross the finish line in 149th.
The boys team finished 11th out of 43 teams in their race. Caleb Muehler finished 3rd out of 306 runners with a time of 16:14. Ethan Elder finished 19th, medaling him as well. Garrett Floyd finished 83rd, Tripp Pelzel crossed in 126th, Kayden Friesen place 141st, Jonas Emery place 247th, and Micaiah Stevenson finished in 298th.
The teams will head to Newton for an invitational Saturday, Oct. 5.
