By Christian Stevens What do you think of when someone mentions the Chicago Blackhawks? I know I think of the three Stanley Cup Championships in a matter of six seasons. One team winning that many championships in that short amount of time is most definitely a huge accomplishment. How did they do that, though? The […]

By Isabella Mikula Michael Jansey Jr. is a current senior at Batavia High School who is involved in football and track. Recently, Jansey has committed to Northwestern University and will be preparing to play on their football team. His goal is to work hard enough in college and build up to pursue a career in […]

By Ari Fragen There have already been 17 school shootings in 2018, and a staggering 290 since the deadly Sandy Hook school shooting in 2013. One of the more recent shootings, at Parkland High School in Florida, has sparked fiery debates about what can be done to prevent these deadly shootings. A popular opinion in […]

By Sophie Dominguez For the three and a half years I have been at Batavia high school, the clocks have always been between one and two minutes ahead of satellite time. They have never matched our phones, Chromebooks, or any other clocks we may use. It has always been kind of an annoyance, especially when […]

By Rachel Balsamo Many college basketball fans out there, like myself, have started to worry about the future of the country’s best Division I women’s basketball team, the UConn Huskies. The Huskies have been 1st in the American Athletic Conference for several years. Fans might worry about this because UConn has been so dominant for […]

By Luke Zahner The Batavia football team, the reigning IHSA 7A state champs, are looking to go back to back this year. With a 10-0 record and fourth seed in the playoff bracket, their chances are high. NBC sports, the Herald Review, and Maxpreps are just a few of the many news outlets that have […]

 By Elizabeth Alholm and Caroline Hager Earlier this year, around 8.3 billion straws polluted beaches, around the world. Schools, businesses, restaurants, and even cities, such as Seattle, have since banned plastic straws. Batavia High School should be the next to do so. Students at BHS are creating more waste each day and straws are a […]

By Ari Fragen The Batavia men’s Bulldog golf team has yet another season under its belt, but this one was different. The 2018 season was the inaugural year of newly formed DuKane Conference. DuKane featured three familiar foes in St.Charles East and North as well as powerhouse Geneva, the eventual conference champs. The new schools […]

By Xander Lundblad 40 years ago, Michael Myers took the world by storm. His signature horror music playing while he was hunting down his victims was all the rage in pop culture and helped contribute to the creation of an iconic horror film. Last week, another sequel was added to the Halloween franchise, which theoretically […]

By Grace Summers Here in the United States, American Sign Language (ASL) is the sixth most used language, and yet our school teaches an unofficial language, Latin. Our nation strives to push Americans to learn other languages so that we can further grow and develop into a successful society. Evidently, a vast wall looms between […]