Ten players Bears should target in second round
By Nicholas Serpico The Bears don’t have many draft picks in this year’s draft, as they lost many of their picks in trading for Khalil Mack and Nick Foles. With no first-round pick, the Bears must rely on two second-round picks. Many players on day two can become starters and make an immediate impact from […]
With revised PGA TOUR schedule, what will events look like?
By Ari Fragen Last week, PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan released a statement regarding the revised 2020 PGA Tour season: “It’s a complex situation, and we want to balance the commitments to our various partners with playing opportunities for our members – while providing compelling competition to our fans – but all of that must […]
Bulls must be smart in upcoming draft
By Aidan Rydell All Chicagoans who were alive in the 90s remember how fun it was to watch Michael Jordan and the Bulls’ dynasty grow. For that to be able to happen again, there needs to be some strategic drafting and development in the upcoming years. As everyone probably knows, the Bulls are really bad […]
REVIEW: TaylorMade raises the bar with new SIM and SIM Max Drivers
By Ari Fragen In recent years, TaylorMade drivers have become among the most popular and frequently used drivers by the PGA Tour’s best players. Tiger Woods, world number one Rory McIlroy, and numbers two and three in Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka have played TaylorMade drivers and given them the validation and respect they need […]
Johnson putting finishing touches on HS basketball career
By Ryan Ingold and Kyle Neibch Batavia Boys Basketball Coach Jim Nazos has had the opportunity to coach some very good basketball players during his long coaching career, but there is one player that really stands out: Jayden Johnson. With the whole town of Batavia packed into the gym on a Friday night against the […]
Bears off-season changes
By Henry Downing The Bears 2018 season showed lots of promise. Mitch Trubisky showed great development and the Bears ended up going 12-4 with a dominant defense led by Khalil Mack. However, going into the 2019 season with high hopes they regressed to 8-8 with a tough schedule. The defense remained dominant though the offense […]
Tom Brady’s options
By Henry Downing When Tom Brady was drafted in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft no one expected him to be good. Just a safe backup QB pick just in case something goes wrong. But in the second week of the 2001 season when then starting quarterback for the Patriots got injured and […]
Batavia Girls Softball Preview
Batavia Girls Softball Preview Head coach: Coach Torry Pryor Years coaching at BHS: Head Coach for two years Asst. coach: Kelly Rosmonowski and Jeff Sortino Last season’s highlights: Last season the team beat Geneva twice and St Charles East once. Top returnees: This year’s top returnees are Noelle Chaney (P, IF), Hanna Mackowiak […]
Q&A with former Batavia Athletes- Glenn Albanese & Michael Jansey Jr.
By Ryan Ingold and Kyle Neibch Over the years, Batavia has produced great athletes from Division-I caliber players to very good Division-III players. Have you ever wondered how those athletes are doing in college now, what’s the role on their team, what’s the school like, and what their future holds for them? The Spectator decided […]
Top 10 NFL teams to take the field
By Kyle Neibch Top 10 NFL teams of all time It’s Super Bowl week! Let’s do a countdown of the top teams to ever be assembled. Hopefully, this article will give background knowledge of the NFL and allow for a comparison of the present-day teams to the teams back then and how different they are […]