{"id":353969,"date":"2026-09-22T22:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T22:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/353969\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T22:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T22:16:09","slug":"gazette-preps-peak-performer-brooklyn-blairs-duality-on-the-field-extends-the-classical-academys-unbeaten-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/353969\/","title":{"rendered":"Gazette Preps Peak Performer: Brooklyn Blair\u2019s duality on the field extends The Classical Academy\u2019s unbeaten streak\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a class=\"fn-kicker\" href=\"https:\/\/gazette.com\/category\/sports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            Sports        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        Published September 22, 2026 3:53pm\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brooklyn Blair knows what it takes to be a champion \u2026 on both sides of the ball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A wide receiver and linebacker for The Classical Academy flag football team, Blair, a senior, has been a key component in The Titans\u2019 win streak, which dates back to Oct. 9, 2025. TCA (9-0) is ranked seventh in the state after shutting out Mountain View in the Class 4A state title game last fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n        Recommended Stories<br \/>\n        \u25b6\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During last week\u2019s 33-12 win over Elizabeth, Blair had four interceptions (including two pick-6s), five flag pulls and two passes defended as a linebacker. TCA\u2019s defense has only allowed 64 points (7.1 ppg) in nine games this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On offense, the wide receiver tallied five receptions and 42 receiving yards in the same game to earn this week\u2019s Gazette Preps Peak Performer. She leads the team in flag pulls (40), pass breakups (9), and ranks 12th in 4A with seven interceptions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the spring, Blair is a goalkeeper for TCA\u2019s girls\u2019 varsity soccer program and recorded 66 saves and a goals-against average of 1.032 last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sports Published September 22, 2026 3:53pm Brooklyn Blair knows what it takes to be a champion \u2026 on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,2641,610,9,24,12,63,132043,319],"class_list":["post-353969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-high-school-sports","tag-local","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-peak-performer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}