The Batavia Spectator

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 […]

By Christian Stevens   Head coach: Jim Nazos Years coaching at BHS:  7 years Asst. coach: Coach Nick Marsh, and Coach Anthony Williams   Last season’s highlights: “21 wins is always a great highlight,” Nazos said. “We finished third out of 32 teams at a Christmas tournament, along with winning a Martin Luther King tournament […]

By Lily McLaughlin and Renee Forsyth Paying $176 a year for a  parking spot is an annoyance. Having the ability to drive yourself to school is one of many perks at the high school. Most kids would jump at the chance to not ride the dirty, loud bus that gives everyone a headache. Parking pass […]

By Lynsey Kunert From looking through the eyes of a gentle canine or being able to stroke its soft fur, there never is a fear of losing the animal from their loyalty only to one person. But recently, there is one dog breed that has been losing trust with people and that is pit bulls. […]

By Joseph Miller Call of Duty, a first-person shooter game famous for its various modes of play, recently released their latest instalment of the game: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is like the pre-existing games in the way that gamers can still play Multiplayer and Zombies, but Treyarch […]