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 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 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 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 […]

-By Matt Cuartero Enter the world of collegiate athletics. Enter the world of tenacity and power, the passion of the game and of the sportsmanship that it holds. Enter athletic recruiting. Athletics is a staple in schooling, and athletic recruiting is an important part of the career of a student athlete. Recruiting is a way […]

By Matt Cuartero The varsity volleyball team is 4-5, 2-0 in Upstate Eight conference play. However, with a 25-20 Homecoming win against Larkin on Tues., Sept. 9, the Varsity Batavia girls snapped a losing streak to Larkin that dates back to 2011. The beginning of the game saw a lot of good setups by the […]

With the summer over, the school year begins and so does the fall sports season. Crowds of Batavia High School students constantly flock toward the football and soccer games. The first varsity soccer game played this year was just last week, a 1-0 win against Bartlett on Aug. 26. The team followed it up with […]

By Sam Spengler Batavia girls’ basketball legend, senior guard Liza Fruendt, has just finished up her athletic career at BHS. With four years on varsity and two school records broken, Fruendt has left behind a legacy in Batavia athletics. Going into the last few weeks of your career as a Batavia basketball player, what are […]