By Matt Cuartero On Nov. 8 at Detweiller Park in Peoria, the IHSA held its 3A State Cross Country competition. This is the second time in Batavia history that the Batavia Boys Cross Country team made it down to state, and to add to that, this is also the second consecutive qualifying team in BHS history. […]

By Abigail Lockwood Batavia’s fall sports season is coming to an end and sadly it is the last time some of the players will set foot on their fields and courts. There are no words to better describe 2014’s fall sports season than to hear it from the head coaches themselves. Tennis head coach Brad Nelson […]

By Natalie Delcorps High school brings on a lot of pressures. Some of these pressures include getting good grades, fitting in, and performing well on standardized tests. Looking back as a senior, there are a lot of things I would have told my “freshman year self” to do differently, one of them being preparing better […]

By Brandon Abbs You have to have respect for other people’s opinions; most people would claim to agree with this statement, or even think they agree with it. Yet, what I’ve observed through the idealistic battles that can’t be definitively won raging across the world, becoming even more potent  through the tool that is the […]

-By Natalie Delcorps The boys soccer team has made huge strides this year. The boys varsity soccer team won the Upstate Eight Conference championship, earning them the second seed in the Bolingbrook sectional. On Oct. 25, Batavia won 3-0 against Neuqua Valley, avenging a loss to Neuqua from earlier in the season. The last time […]

By Abigail Lockwood Batavia’s Head Volleyball coach Lori Trippi-Payne surpassed a milestone on Aug. 30, claiming her 500th win over a 27-year journey as head coach for the Batavia Volleyball team. “The kids knew and the parents knew. I didn’t tell them but everybody jumped on me,” Trippi-Payne said after the 25-19, 25-23 semifinal victory […]

By Nicole Miller High expectations are held for Youth and Government delegates travelling to Springfield on March 20-22, and because of the level of maturity and formality of the event, there are strict rules for everything from the dress code to when someone is allowed to speak. Mr. Kettering, the club’s advisor, said that it […]

By Lindsay Langstaff It’s a typical Tuesday afternoon: many people are leaving school and eager to get home.  The band hallway, however, remains buzzing with activity.  Marching band is about to start at 3:15, and everyone must be on the field by then. Color Guard is an extremely difficult activity that requires a great amount of […]

By Natalie Delcorps This year, Batavia High School has changed their schedule on Thursdays for students to seek out teachers for extra help. In the past few years, there has been a late-start every Thursday for teacher conferences, but starting this year, there has been an additional time where kids are not in their structured […]

By Matt Cuartero For quite some time, Batavia High School athletes on and off the field have been conversing about whether Batavia High School’s facilities will receive a new upgrade. Will BHS install synthetic turf fields? Will the track will be expanded to 8 lanes? Those rumors may become true as the community will vote for […]