By Alexa Garcia At the beginning of this year one of my teachers let us listen to music every day when were were given time to start our homework. A couple weeks ago, she took away that privilege because she felt we couldn’t concentrate while listening to music. Since then, my grade in their class […]

By Carly Casper Head Coach: Scott Bayer (12th year as a coach, fifth year as a head coach) Assistant Coaches: Coach Arlis (fourth year as assistant, former head coach)      Coach Farwell (fourth year)      Coach Miller (second year)      Coach Cadena (fifth year)      Coach Alvarado (first year) Last season’s highlights (including record): Batavia won the Upstate Conference […]

By Lauren Casper   Girl Basketball Coaching Staff: Kevin Jensen (Head Varsity) – sixth year Alex Benters (Asst. Varsity) – second year Frank Torres (Asst. Varsity) – second year Sarah Wilkie (Head Sophomore) – sixth year Allison Jordan (Head Freshmen) – sixth year Last season’s highlights (including record): Batavia finished the season with a 26-6 […]

By Carly Casper Head Coach: Taryn Boyce (13 years) Assistant Coaches: Kim Kane (three years) Last season’s highlights: Last season’s highlights include senior Megan McGee qualifying for state. Six months before she qualified, McGee broke her femur bone, an injury that normally requires six months of recovery. McGee recovered just in time. Top returnees: The […]

By Kyra Swims We live in a world where we are surrounded by electronics. From our 3-inch-by 5-inch phones, to our big 60-inch TVs, technology is growing and improving everyday. According to the United States Census,  83.8 percent of U.S. households own some type of computer. Amongst that 83 percent, there are two leading brands, […]

By Logan Elders After 4 short years, the very popular app Vine gets shut down by Twitter for good. The app that made people laugh and introduced new ways of spreading pop culture is saying goodbye in the next few months. It is very sad to see it go, but it’s the right business decision […]

By Sarah Hager The sound of hearty laughter fills the room as the sweet smell of stuffed turkey and homemade apple pie wafts in from the kitchen. On this upcoming Thurs., Nov. 24, millions of Americans across the country will get together with family and friends to celebrate the annual holiday of gratitude and the […]

By Abby Barry Many fast food or chain restaurants offer free food if customers do something to get that offer. When restaurants offer these sales, it brings in more customers than they would usually have on a regular day. Even if the food that they’re offering is free, customers usually buy another thing like a […]

By Xander Lundblad It’s that time of year when everyone loves watching horror movies and getting scared. However, whoever is tired of watching the same old horror movies, should look no further than Ouija: Origin of Evil. Some are probably thinking, the first movie received terrible reviews, so why would I see the sequel? That […]

By Lauren Casper   Head Coach: Jim Nazos Years coaching at BHS: five years Asst. coaches: Nick Marsh- fifth year Anthony Williams-15th year Tim Swanson-fifth year David Hardnett-second year Ryan Sullivan-ninth year David Jonathan-second year Last season’s highlights (including record): Last season, Batavia won the Upstate Eight Conference Championship. They had a 20-10 record and […]