You'd think by now, Bakersfield Christian tennis coach Frank Thiessen would anticipate a Gatorade shower a little better. Alas, the Eagles drenched an unsuspecting Thiessen again, drenching the 74-year-old with a bucket full of ice and red Gatorade after BCHS won the Central Section Division III boys tennis title -- its ninth consecutive team championship -- Thursday at home with a 6-3 victory over Ridgeview.

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Sarah Hill (BCHS Class of 2012) won the national championship in the high jump and Ashley Tallon took home the crown in the 400 meter hurdles as three Fresno Pacific athletes represented the Sunbirds at this weekend's NCCAA Outdoor Championships in Illinois.

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The cast and crew of Bakersfield Christian High School will present "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, starting Friday. The musical tells the biblical story of Joseph in a fun and colorful way.

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Casey Bloomquist won't ever forget his first collegiate appearance in Bakersfield. Bloomquist, a freshman right-handed pitcher for Cal Poly, allowed two hits in six-plus innings Tuesday and earned his first collegiate win in the Mustangs' 5-2 win over Cal State Bakersfield at Hardt Field. Cal Poly, ranked between 20th and 25th in three of the four main college baseball polls, improved to 22-8. CSUB is 21-12. Bloomquist, a Bakersfield Christian High School graduate, had appeared in only two games and pitched only 5-2/3 innings all season prior to Tuesday.

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Thanks to the efforts of Fong and Munn Chau and Stockdale Mobil at Allen Road, Bakersfield Christian High School has been awarded a $500 ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Grant to support our school's math and science programs.

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Bakersfield natives at Fresno State swept the Mountain West Conference's Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year awards, which were released Tuesday. Derek Carr, a junior quarterback from Bakersfield Christian, was the offensive MVP after leading the MWC in passing yards (3,742), passing touchdowns (36, with just five interceptions) and completion percentage (68.1).

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Each of BCHS' six fall sports teams earned the CIF Central Section Team Academic Award for 2012-13. To reach this achievement, each of the teams averaged a 3.0 GPA or greater. The combined average for all teams was a 3.4 GPA. Eighty-four students competed on a fall sports team, which is 20 percent of BCHS' student body. 

Frank Thiessen may not have many of his fingernails left following Tuesday’s Division III Central Section final.
The Bakersfield Christian girls tennis coach watched nervously as a close match played out, one that would determine if the Eagles would extend their stretch of dominance or need to start another one. Sophomores Brittany Aguilar and Anneka Tanus, BCHS’s No. 3 doubles team in the Division III Central Section final against Ridgeview, finally gave their coach some relief when they watched a wide return from their Wolf Pack counterparts. Bakersfield Christian earned its seventh-straight Sectional title, edging Ridgeview 5-4, handing the Wolf Pack just its second loss of the season.

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Bakersfield Christian High School will host a semiannual Youth Unity Movement event this weekend. Open to all high-school aged students, the Youth Unity Movement is meant to foster accord among local youth through worship and Christian testimonies, the school said Thursday. Youth groups will have booths set up to hand out literature and share opportunities with the students. Youth Unity Movement begins 7 p.m. Saturday at the BCHS football field.

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Seniors Robert Keathley and Connor Kingsbury were selected to participate in the Jim Burke Education Foundation Ford Dimension and Dream Builders community leadership programs – Keathley for Dream Builders and Kingsbury for Ford Dimension.

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The Bakersfield Christian High School volleyball team belied its youth with a veteran-like performance against Independence on Wednesday night.

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The Bakersfield Christian Eagles are under the spotlight in this edition of "Countdown to Hometown Sports," a team-by-team preview of Kern County's high school football teams.

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Christine Sonali Merrill is proof that hard work pays off. The former Bakersfield Christian High track and field star has qualified for the 2012 Olympics in London as a member of Sri Lanka’s team.

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Congratulations to BCHS sophomore Claryce Lazerson for making second team!

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A.J. Ramirez, Bakersfield Christian, senior infielder named Co-Player of the Year. Yes, he plays for a small school, but Ramirez also opened eyes while playing for a St. Louis Cardinals-affiliated scout team in the offseason. Then the USC signee hit .505 with 10 home runs and 30 extra-base hits for the Eagles, who won the South Sequoia League and reached the Division IV section championship game.

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It wasn't a traditional California gold rush, but a rush of different colors is almost as sweet. Kern County athletes took home seven medals from the CIF State Track and Field Championships on Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium...It started with Bakersfield Christian senior Sarah Hill, who set a new personal record for the second straight meet by clearing 5-foot-7 in the girls high jump to place fourth.

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At the plate and on the mound, Andrew Heideman and Casey Bloomquist provided quite the 1-2 punch for the Bakersfield Christian High School baseball team on Tuesday.

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The scene has become a familiar one. The Bakersfield Christian boys tennis team dumping a bucket of ice water or Gatorade on coach Frank Thiessen after collecting another section championship plaque.

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Chelby Cooke isn't afraid to admit it: She's picky. And so when it came time to choose a college where she could play tennis, she wasn't so concerned with size or prestige or tennis prowess. Instead, she signed last month with Santa Clara University, a private school that just felt right to the two-time Central Section singles champion from Bakersfield Christian.

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Bakersfield Christian High School's Hannah Wilkins has decided to play volleyball at California State University, Chico beginning next year.

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The high school football coaching carousel has ended for another year, and it does so with a familiar face.

Bakersfield Christian announced Thursday it has promoted Jerald Pierucci from offensive coordinator to head coach, giving the former East High coach another shot at a front-and-center position.

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Bakersfield Christian High School on Thursday announced its new athletics director and head football coach. Blake Van Der Schaaf, an Iowa native and former basketball coach in Visalia, will assume full-time duties as athletics director in June, the school said.

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A.J. Ramirez is routinely among the Central Section's leader in triples, and he's no stranger to the stolen base. But even he wasn't ready for a turnaround as fast as he experienced last fall.

In October, Ramirez scarcely registered a blip on the college baseball recruiting radar. By November, the most prestigious baseball program in the country wouldn't leave him alone.

And Southern Cal got its man Friday, when Ramirez, a senior at Bakersfield Christian, signed a letter of intent to play for the Trojans.

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Bakersfield Christian High School shortstop A.J. Ramirez on Friday morning signed his letter of intent to play baseball next year for the University of Southern California.

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Bakersfield Christian High School senior Tyler Harris has accepted a full basketball scholarship from the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School. He signed his letter of intent Friday.

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Bakersfield Christian High School's interim president will lead the school on a permanent basis, the school's board of directors has announced.

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Bakersfield native Ryan Clanton is flying high these days.The former Bakersfield Christian High School offensive lineman is spreading his fledgling wings as a 6-foot-6, 300-pound junior reserve offensive lineman for No. 5-ranked University of Oregon (11-2), which faces No. 12 Wisconsin (11-2) at 2 p.m. Monday on ESPN in the 98th Rose Bowl.

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Bakersfield Christian's Chelby Cooke wanted to end her high school tennis career the right way.

And after mulling over the thought of sitting out her senior year, Cooke decided that she owed it to her coach and teammates to return to the court for a final season.

That decision paid off, as Cooke capped an unbeaten season by winning her second straight Central Section singles championship and helping the Eagles to win another Central Section Division IV championship.

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Bakersfield Christian High School students, teachers and staff surprised 40 elementary school students on Tuesday with stockings filled with gifts they collected in December.

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Bakersfield Christian High School students, teachers and staff spent Tuesday afternoon creating crafts and handing out toy-stuffed stockings at Pioneer Drive Elementary School.

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A Bakersfield Christian High School senior will soon play baseball at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

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Bakersfield Christian High School is welcoming two-time Grammy Award winner Laurence Juber, the lead guitarist for Paul McCartney's Wings.

Juber is a world-renowned guitar virtuoso, composer and arranger, and is known for creating a multifaceted performance that belies the use of only one acoustic guitar, the school said.

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Bakersfield Christian High School graduate, Emily Rose Cardé, has written and published her first inspirational suspense novella, ICU, at the age of 17 to help fund her education at Patrick Henry  College in Purcellville, VA. The project began as a short story and morphed into an exciting fund raising adventure for Emily and her family who sought out sponsors to promote and finance the project. The 160 page book was released in May of 2011.

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The June edition of Bakersfield Life Magazine highlighted accomplished local high school seniors along with their plans as they head to the nation's top colleges. Kirsten Albers who is heading to Georgetown to major in international politics was featured as BCHS' representative.

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After relying on its powerful offense all season long, Bakersfield Christian used the traditional baseball formula for winning games on Friday night. By doing so BCHS came away with its biggest win in school history.

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The Bakersfield Christian boys tennis team proved once again that its the local sports equivalent of death and taxes. The top-seeded Eagles took five of six singles matches en route to claiming their seventh straight Central Section title with a 7-2 victory over No. 3 Reedley-Immanuel on Tuesday.

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Christian rock band Kutless will be heading to town this summer with a concert scheduled in the BCHS gymnasium on June 18. Tickets for the concert are on sale in the BCHS administration office or at JesusShack.com. Stadium seats are $20 each. For VIP tickets or floor seats contact Jesus Shack at (661) 324-0638 or go to their website.

Local alternative rock band Streetside Vinyl will be opening for Kutless. Streetside Vinyl includes BCHS alumni Shawn Gough, Greg Bruick and Justus Dixon in addition to Bakersfield College student Matt Mizell.

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A local high school athlete tragically passed away nearly three years ago, and on Tuesday afternoon, students, teachers and staff at his high school gathered to remember him. The Bakersfield Christian High School class of 2010 purchased a scoreboard for the junior varsity baseball field and named it after Patrick Allen, who was a football and baseball player at BCHS. Allen died in 2008 from heat exhaustion, but he would have been a part of the class of 2010.

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BCHS sophomore Alysse De Jager was named first alternate in the California Milk Advisory Board's Dairy Princess competition. BCHS junior Shannon Tjaarda was the second alternate.

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It was only a year ago that Sullivan Roche was on the other side of the net, the player struggling to earn even a game against the South Sequoia League's best. But sometimes the education of a tennis player requires harsh lessons, and Roche, a Bakersfield Christian sophomore, apparently has learned his. He shut out Tehachapi's Austin Zehr 6-0, 6-0 to win the SSL singles title Saturday.

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BCHS junior Tyler Harris was selected by MaxPreps for the Div. IV all-state second team in boys' basketall. Harris averaged 17.9 points per game, 5.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists.

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BCHS' Smith turns in MVP performance with 24 points

As the top player on Bakersfield Christian, Brittany Smith spent this past basketball season shouldering much of her team's offensive load. Despite a new set of talented teammates, Smith reverted to that role with spectacular results on Saturday.

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The Kern County Science Fair was held on Tuesday, March 29 at the Rabobank Arena. BCHS came home with two first place awards, two second place, and two honorable mention awards. Taking first place were Sam Taylor and Jaston Epp with their project on sorting algorithms, as well as Nicole Foy and Mary Woodall with their plant biology project. First place projects receive a monetary award of $250. In second place was Greg Merrill for his project dealing with ear bud usage and hearing in teenagers and Gathenji Njoroge with his magnetic levitation project. Greg also received the Kern County Science Foundation Senior Scholarship Award of $800. Honorable Mention went to Jacob Braun and Dylan Fisher for their project in Chemistry, and also to Anna Haupt and Shannon Foy for their work. A special award of $100 from CAPCO went to Nicole Foy and Mary Woodall. First and second place Science Fair winners can qualify for the State Science Fair and will be notified soon.

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Bakersfield Christian High School's spiritual formation week is highlighted by seminars Tuesday and Thursday that are open to the public. The week's theme — What Would You Do? — focuses on making moral decisions in what some view as an immoral world, the school said.

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Graduating senior at BCHS, Tamara Cecala, has been named one of more than 3,000 candidates in the 2011 Presidential Scholars Program. The program is one of the highest honors for graduating high school seniors. Scholars are selected based on academic and artistic achievements, leadership qualities, strong character and involvement in community and school activities.

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Fourteen local high school students have been named semifinalists in the prestigious 2011 National Merit Scholars program. The scholars include Bakersfield Christian High School's Tamara R. Cecala and Gregory A. Merrill.

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Victoria Quillen and Megan McCormick, along with a group of Bakersfield Christian High School classmates and advisers, recently spent two weeks volunteering in an impoverished area of the Dominican Republic.

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The players attending the Moose Jaw Warriors summer orientation camp played in nine different leagues at various levels last season. Amongst the 20 players who were put through their paces Friday were a pair of forwards from Bakersfield, Calif. — Cory Anderson and A.J. Ramirez — who clearly took a unique path to earn a look at the Western Hockey League level.

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Does God exist?

That's a big question and one that Bakersfield Christian High School will try to answer during a debate Feb. 11 that will be free and open to the public.

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Bakersfield Christian High School will hold its annual open house 2-4 p.m. Sunday and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 1. The event gives students interested in attending BCHS opportunities to meet teachers, parents and students, tour the campus, and learn about the biblically-based education offered at the school.

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