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Pope John Paul II swept Baylor in a rain-delayed state quarterfinal doubleheader, ending the Raiders' baseball season Saturday night in Nashville.
Selena Popp will represent Baylor in five events in the girls state track and field championships next week at MTSU. Simon Holden will wear the Baylor uniform in the three distance events, and is the top seeded runner in two of them, at the boys state meet.
Kyle Johnston scored a goal and Colin Brewer stopped all six Owl shots in a 1-0 Baylor win at Memphis University School in a state soccer quarterfinal match Saturday. Baylor is the reigning state champion and will continue its defense of the title in a semifinal match in Murfreesboro Wednesday. Opponent and time of the game will be announced.
Baylor's softball team will go for their third straight state title next week, having swept Father Ryan 11-1 and 10-0 in a quarterfinal doubleheader Friday. The Raiders play St. Benedict in the first round of the final four tournament Wednesday.
The Baylor girls track team finished what they had started Tuesday, amassing 96 points on the way to yet another region championship Thursday at GPS. The Baylor boys, led by Simon Holden's championship performance, were second to McCallie.
Selena Popp and Kate Kaufman led the Baylor girls track team to an eight-point lead after the field events and 3200 at the region track meet Tuesday. Simon Holden and Landry Taylor were the big point-winners for the Baylor boys, who are second to McCallie after day one. The meet concludes with the other running events on Thursday at GPS.
The Baylor girls tennis team will join the Baylor boys at next week's state tournament and go for the team's third straight title, advancing via a 7-0 blanking of Brentwood Academy in the quarterfinals Tuesday.
Baylor's boys lacrosse season came to an end Saturday with the Raiders losing a state quarterfinal game at Montgomery Bell Academy 15-3.
Seventh-seeded Baylor upset Briarcrest, a number three seed, winning two straight games Saturday and advancing to the state baseball quarterfinals. Baylor will play at Pope John Paul II in a best-of-three series this weekend.
Baylor advanced to the quarterfinal round of the state soccer playoffs with a 3-0 win over Ensworth Friday night. The Raiders travel to MUS this weekend.
Haley Andrus drove in seven runs for Baylor as the Raiders whipped GPS 9-4 in a big region softball game Friday.
Joey Rogers won the region decathlon at McCallie on Wednesday. Baylor's Landry Taylor and Steven Crews followed in third and fourth.
Baylor started with six runs in the first inning, which included back-to-back home runs by Lauren Lewis and Haley Andrus, and went on to rout Brentwood Academy 12-0 in region softball action Thursday.
The Baylor boys tennis team blanked Pope John Paul II 7-0 in the first round of the state playoffs Thursday. Christian Brothers has decided to forfeit the quarterfinal match, moving the Raiders to the state tournament semifinals on May 21.
Baylor's girls and boys middle school golf teams took third at the region tournament Thursday.