The Blaze boys received the No. 4 seed for the Section 3AA team tennis tournament and will take on fifth-seeded Eastview on Thursday, May 15.

Henry Sibley received the top seed in the section. 

Senior Sarah Wiens went 3-for-4 and scored three times to help the Blaze to a 15-5 Lake Conference victory over Bloomington Kennedy May 12.

The win raised Burnsville's record to 9-3 in the Lake, 10-3 overall.

The Blaze will be back on the field on Wednesday, May 14,visiting Lakeville South for another conference tilt. 

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

The Burnsville badminton team earned the No. 8 seed in the state tournament and will face ninth-seeded Minneapolis South on Tuesday, May 13 at St. Paul Harding High School.

The winner will take on the winner of top-seeded St. Paul Harding and 16th-seeded Minneapolis Roosevelt in the quarterfinals, which directly follows first-round action.

The state semifinals and title match will be held at Burnsville High School on Wednesday, May 14.

Grainwood Elementary celebrated May as Better Hearing and Speech Month by participating in a poster contest to raise awareness for speech and hearing disorders.

Students drew pictures on related topics to Better Hearing and Speech Month including the 2008 theme, “Helping People Communicate.”

The Prior Lake High School Spanish department will take a trip to Mexico next spring break.

The School Board unanimously passed the proposal during the May 5 meeting that will give students the opportunity to immerse themselves in Mexican culture, practice their oral skills in a Spanish speaking country and take guided tours with a Spanish-speaking tour guide.

Three area students were awarded scholarships to attend Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Brittany Swanberg, of Savage earned a $1,000 Maverick Scholarship. Stephani Gonyou and Cutler Steidel, both of Prior Lake, earned a $3,000 and $2,000 scholarship, respectively.

Matthew Guay, of Savage, graduated this May from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Chemical Engineering.

Guay, son of David and Maureen Guay,  will be going to graduate School at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.