Bloomington Living Hope Lutheran School

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Extra Curricular Activities – Athletics

INTRAMURAL SPORTS

The BLH intramural sports program is open to all students and is held during recess. Some of the sports offered at BLS are flag football, soccer, team handball, and kushball. LH offers intramural soccer.

ATHLETICS

BLH is a member of the Twin Cities Lutheran Grade School Athletic League and offers structured interscholastic athletic programs for those who wish to participate. These sports are open to students in grades 5 – 8. Boys may participate in soccer, cross-country, basketball, bowling, and track. Girls may participate in volleyball, cross-country, basketball, cheerleading, bowling, and track.

Students who make these teams are expected to abide by the rules and requirements to be set forth by their coaches.  Playing time is solely decided by each coach.  Additional information is available from the Athletic Director or BLH coaches.

Boy’s Basketball

Grades 5&6 compete on the B-team and practice on Tuesday after school and play on Friday nights.  The Bounce-Off tournament is hosted at Living Hope Lutheran and the season ends with the West Lutheran High School tournament at the end of January.
Boy’s B Team
Grades 7&8 try out for the A-team in late October.  Practices are held at Living Hope Lutheran  on Tuesday  and  Thursday  after school with games  on Friday  nights.  The Back at ‘Ya tournament is hosted at Living Hope Lutheran the first  Saturday  in December.  We also compete in the Twin Cities Lutheran Grade School Athletic League tournament, the Martin Luther College Invitational, the Minnesota State Lutheran tournament, and in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 the National tournament of Champions at Valparaiso University in Indiana.   Cole Aldrich, who starred at Jefferson, Kansas University, and several NBA teams including the Timberwolves in 2017 and 2018, played for the Eagles in 2002 and 2003. (Coach M.Zoellner)
Boy’s A Team

Girls basketball program runs from the end of October to the end of February. The team is the 7th and 8th graders. We host the “Back at Ya” tournament in December. In February we have three tournaments. We compete in the Twin Cities Lutheran Grade School Athletic League tournament, the Martin Luther College Invitational, the Minnesota State Lutheran tournament, and in 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2016 the National tournament of Champions at Valparaiso University in Indiana. (Coach R.  Martinson)

Girl’s A Team

Volleyball

A-team Volleyball. Girls in grade 7&8 play in September and October with league games played after school.  They also participate in the West Lutheran High School tournament, the league tournament, and host the Dig It tournament at Living Hope Lutheran. (Coach A. Zoellner)

Boy’s Soccer

Boys in grades 5-8 participate in September and October after school. The league tournament championship is held at St. Croix Lutheran Academy under the lights on a Friday night. The Eagles have captured the title in 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023.  (Coach M. Zoellner)

Girl’s Soccer

Cross Country

Boys and girls in grades 3-8 compete in several meets each fall. Check the current schedule with the coach.

Track

Boys and girls in grades 5-8 compete in the League Track Meet the first Friday in May at St. Croix Lutheran Academy. The running events are 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, and for 7th & 8th grade 1600m. The field events include high jump, long jump, triple jump, and shot put. Relays for all grades include the 4×100 and the 4×200 relay.  (Coach M. Zoellner)

Cheerleading

Cheerleading is offered for girls in grades 5 through 8. Our cheer squads are chosen through tryouts. The teams practice once a week. They have a lot of fun learning new cheers and cheering on the boys basketball teams. The highlight of our season is putting on the Pep Fest and traveling to New Ulm for the tournament. Go Eagles! (Coach D.  Martinson)

Cheer A Team

Bowling

The Eagle bowling team is made up of 5th to 8th grade boys and girls. We usually field several A – teams and several B – teams to compete with our league schools in April and May. Our league uses the Baker system of bowling which is very exciting. The Baker System is a team format where more than 1 bowler comprises the score of one game. The most common would be the 5 person format where bowler 1 bowls frames 1 and 6, bowler 2 bowls frames 2 and 7, bowler 3 bowls frames 3 and 8, bowler 4 bowls frames 4 and 9 and bowler 5 (often referred to as the anchor) bowls frames 5 and 10. The order is set at the beginning of the match but can be changed after the completion of each game. It provides a lot of team camaraderie, additional pressure and an awesome close out to the night. Additionally, there must be some careful strategy in setting the line up. If you have never experienced the baker system come out and cheer on the team. It is a really exciting atmosphere – the whole bowling alley is standing room only and really loud as people cheer on their favorite team. Regular season champion A – 2024, B – 2023. Tournament Champion A – 2013, 2014, 2024, B – 2018, 2022, 2023.

Camps

Eagle HOOPS Basketball Camp  Eagle Hoops basketball day camp is held the first full week of June at Living Hope Lutheran. Our camp is designed to teach, develop, and refine the necessary skills for the game of basketball. Eagle Hoops also administers to the player as a child of God. Our basketball camp is open to boys and girls entering 4th through 8th grade in the fall. Each camper will receive quality instruction and spiritual guidance on a daily basis, from experienced coaches and former players. Boys camp in held 8:30 to 11:30 am and girls camp is held noon to 3:00 pm. (Coach M. Zoellner)

*Volleyball Camp-Lady Eagle’s volleyball camp is held four days during the last full week of August at Living Hope Lutheran.  Girls entering grades 5-8 are eligible to participate.  Quality coaching, competitions and spiritual instruction are provided daily from 9:00 am to noon.  (Coaches A. Zoellner, R.  Martinson)

Disk Golf

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Bloomington Lutheran School
10600 Bloomington Ferry Road
Bloomington, MN 55438
Phone: 952-941-9047 Fax: 952-941-1242

Principal: Mark Zoellner
email: mark.zoellner@mybllh.org

Office Administrator: Sue Dietsche
email: sue.dietsche@mybllh.org

Living Hope Lutheran School
8600 Horizon Drive
Shakopee, MN 55379
Phone: 952-445-1785 Fax: 952-445-1822

Principal: Mark Zoellner
email: mark.zoellner@mybllh.org

Office Administrator: Patti Butzow
email: patti.butzow@mybllh.org

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Bloomington Living Hope Lutheran School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.