Yes, we are bragging about the accomplishments of our students and staff.  Check back often to see new additions to our web page of honor.

   
Boys' Track & Field

State Qualifiers:

(200 m): Darian Davis, (800m): Ben Nathan, (1600 m):Rob Barkulis, (400 m & 800 m Relays):Brandon Kimmich, David Cook, Josh Mitchell, Darian Davis, (1600 m Relay):Marcus McGee, Greg Patton, Jamison Shaw, Jay Skibbens, (3200 m Relay):Josh Roig, Joey Waldorf, Ben Nathan and Rob Barkulis (11th in the State).

 

Speech Team

3 Events Qualify for State:
Ryan Marquardt (10th at State),
Colleen Zwanzig (10th & 14th at State), and
the Performance in the Round Group (13th at State)

 

Science Olympiad

State Qualifiers!

WYSE Team

State Qualifiers!

Scholastic Bowl

Intercity Champs; Regional Champs; 3rd at State Masonic !

Bowling Team

State Qualifier: Ashley Collins

  Wrestling Team

Big 12 Conference Champs; Intercity Champs!

5 State Qualifiers: Justin Hale (2nd at State); Tyler Johnson (4th at State); Brian Temple; Steve Robbins; Nick Alvis

Girls' Basketball Team

Regional Champs!

All State Honors: Kristin Petrinec and Kelly Carter

 
Raised $324 for Easter Seals Festival of Trees
Boys' Basketball Team

2005 Intercity Champions!

Regional Champs!

BHS Poms

Qualify for National Dance Competition!

LaKresha Johnson, Alyssa Meginnes and Brianna Barnes were selected to participate in the Illinois Drill Team Association All-Stars.

Purple Raider Football Team

19th Straight Year in the Playoffs!

BHS Girls Swimming and Diving Teams

State Qualifiers:

Kali Boaz (500 m); Paige Steffen (Diving); Kelsey Porter (Diving)

Girls' Cross Country Team

State Qualifier: Ashley Verplank

Boys' Cross Country Team

State Qualifiers: Ben Nathan (Jr.), Doug Rever (So.),Josh Roig (Fr.), Joey Waldorf (Jr.), Andy Szabo (Fr.), Rob Barkulis (Sr.), and Nat Smith (Jr.).

Varsity Volleyball Team

Regional Champions

 

 

2005 Milken National Educator

BHS Math Teacher: Mr. Drew Moore

 

Freshman Volleyball Team
Big 12 Tournament Champions

BHS Marching Band
Grand Champions of the Mahomet-Seymour Marching Bulldog Festival
BHS Students and Staff collected over $2500  to donate to the American Red Cross and collected about 20 boxes of personal items for the Salvation Army for the Hurricane Relief!
 

BOY’S TRACK 2005 STATE QUALIFIERS
Andy Kubiak – All-State 3200 M. Run
Matt Christensen
Brett Litwiller
Ben Nathan
Rob Barkulis
Robert Lanier
Marcus McGee
Darian Davis
Josh Mitchell
David Cook

The Football Team won their third straight second place state trophy in class 6A.
Boys Basketball: Intercity Champions (3rd straight year), Big 12 Champions (2nd straight year), Pontiac Tournament Champions (1st time in school history)
Boys Golf Team finished 9th in State, won Regional, Sectional, and Big 12 Championship for 3rd year in a row. It was 3rd year in a row the BHS Golf Team placed at state.

Tennis: Megan Rozboril and Mackenzie Clemens qualified for state doubles finals.
Boys Cross Country Team finished 27th at state.  Girls Cross Country: Ashley Verplank qualified for the state finals
Girls Track: Emma Schmelzer, Paige Steffen, Ashley Verplank, Ashley Beyer, Kia Hughes, Jenny Cook, Robin Grant, Mackenzie Clemens qualified for the state finals.
Swimming – Girls State Qualifiers:
Kelsey Porter
(Diving);
Alissa Stalter
(100 yard Breaststroke) –
Boys State Qualifiers - Chase Fillingham ( 50 and 100 yard freestyle);
Justin Wolfe
(100 yard butterfly);
Chase Fillingham, Justin Wolfe,
Tariq Mohammed
and Brian Yount
( 200 yard free relay)
Boys Soccer:
All-Sectional Honorable Mention - Eddie Hanson; All-Conference - Eddie Hanson
And Tony Segabino;
All-Conference H.M. - Tyler Rampey and
Charlie Cordero
Girls Soccer: All-Sectional - Kari Jackson
Marketing & Management: development of the on-line store Raiderville.com
Spanish Club made and donated 8 fleece blankets to children during the cold weather months!  
  Michelle Gouba-Melrose received a $200 grant from Beyond the Books to buy books in Spanish.
Science Olympiad: 2nd at Regional Competition: Four students placed 1st at state competition; six placed 2nd; seven placed 3rd, and three 4th place finishes.  
  American Chemical Society Exam: Approximately 412 high school chemistry students from 23 high schools within fifty miles of Peoria competed in the 28th Annual High School Chemistry Contests, sponsored by the Illinois Heartland Section of the American Chemical Society. Bloomington High School finished first, second, third, and fourth in the advanced division. 1. Vikram Karandikar 2. Aaron White 3. Tyler Cain 4. Peter Waldorf. Kristina Warren took 2nd in the Chemistry I division.
WYSE Team placed 9th at State with individual state medal winners: Adam Kim 2nd place Biology, Shashwati Pradhan 6th place Biology, Troy Earley 6th place Computer Science.  
  CAD: BHS students from the BAVC CAD program took first place in the Illinois Drafting Educators Association’s regional drafting/CAD competition held at ICC in March.
Libby Geison will be working with Dr. Jones at ISU researching in the area of biochemistry.  
  Writer’s Stage: John Twork and Megan Knight were awarded the FIRST ANNUAL
Matthew T. Ronquillo Creative Writing Awards. (In memory of Matt Ronquillo Class of 2002)
Eric Tapley-Senior, was nominated and participated in the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington D.C.  
  Chris Jameson was nominated and participated in the National Young Leaders Law Conference.
The Wrestling Team won the Big 12 Conference for the 8th straight year and qualified for State Finals. Individuals who qualified for state:
Brett Robbins
, Brian Temple,
Gianni Ontiveros
, Tyler Johnson,
Justin Hale
(6th place), Nick Alvis, Troy Clark
 
  The Key Club collected and donated $432 to the Red Cross Tsunami Relief Fund.
Angie Lawrence was named Chemistry Teacher of the Year by the Illinois Chemical Society.
  Student Council collected over 150 pints of blood in their blood drives for the American Red Cross.
Patti Scheets, Diane Stempinski, Susan Cortesi, Kevin Schafer, Carol Smithson, Donna Washington, Angie Lawrence,
Lisa Thomas
, Sondra Vogel, Karen Furrh, John Szabo, Karen Lowery, Drew Moore, Tiffanie Mendiola, Tom Thakral, Ron Rose, Marcia Hirst, Rob Behrens, and
Annmarie Steffen
were selected this year for “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
 
  The Treble Choir received a Division I rating (for the third straight year) at the IHSA Organizational State Music Contest in April.
The Envirothon Team beat all McLean County Schools in the Land Use Council 6 Envirothon competition at Weldon Springs, sponsored by the McLean County Soil and Water Conservation District. They earned fourth overall.  
  Speech Team took 2nd place at Regionals, 5 Sectional finalists and three state finalists.
Drama Club welcomed the elementary students into their musical The Little Prince to share a theatre experience.  
  Karen Furrh was elected to serve as the Director of Region IV for the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Around 3000 people attended play performance at BHS this year of Annie.
  National Honor Society inducted 48 new members into their organization this spring.
154 students were recognized and received letters as part of the Academic Achievement Celebration.  
  Varsity Scholastic Bowl - Intercity winner defeated NCHS, NCWHS, UHigh, and CCHS;IHSA Regional winner (3rd straight year); IHSA Sectional Runner-up (3rd straight year); Masonic Regional winner; Masonic State Finalist; PAWAC winner; Streator Rotary 3rd place; 24 team Streator Varsity Tournament winner ;JV Scholastic Bowl - 24 team Streator JV Tournament winner. Individual Winners: Kristina Warren and Vikram Karandikar All-Sectional top ten
Kristina Warren All-State Nominee (top five from the sectional); Hunter Fast PAWAC All-Tournament Team to Washington DC nationals.
Danielle Pence- selected for the All State Orchestra and Katie Gandhi- received National School Orchestra Association award.  
  Kristina Warren earned 2nd place English and 3rd place Math in the State WYSE Smart Challenge for freshman and sophomore students! This competition is sponsored by the WYSE Program from University of Illinois.
 

 


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