Freshmen Athletes Experience Their First BHS Season
As Berkeley High School enters its final season of sports and says goodbye to some of its beloved athletes, BHS also welcomes a new generation of Yellowjackets to the field.
Single Season Sports Become Year Round
Many athletes, including students at Berkeley High School, train, play, and practice year-round in order to be competitive. To succeed in BHS’s soccer program, many players like Academic Choice sophomore Finn Gohlke, who plays on the BHS boys varsity team, play outside of the winter season.
Personal Attacks or Harmless Gossip? When BHS Instagram Accounts Go Too Far
Students caught sleeping, making an ugly eating face, or parking badly may find themselves awarded 15 minutes of fame at Berkeley High School. This notoriety is thanks to the student-run Instagram accounts that are unofficially affiliated with BHS, such as @bhs.slump or @berkeleyhighfits.
Fixing a Damaged System: BHS Coaches Must Confront Mental and Physical Issues Among Female Athletes
For many female athletes, the story is all too familiar. Entering high school, an athlete often quickly gains skill, fueled by hormones and a steep increase in training difficulty.
Berkeley High Girls Golf Gets One Step Closer To NCS Playoffs
With Berkeley High School sports such as water polo or soccer at the forefront of students’ minds, it is often easy to forget that there is a rich multitude of other sports at the school.
Fall Review, Winter Preview
At the close of the 2021 fall season, Berkeley High School’s varsity football team finished with a 3-6 record. “The guys played really hard. We had the opportunity to win every game, even if it didn’t always go our direction,” said James Hodgins, head coach of varsity football.
On the Other Hand: Inside the Left-Handed Experience at BHS
Here are some things lefties deal with regularly: metal rings digging into their skin as they write in spiral-bound notebooks, ink smearing all over their hands while taking notes, and strained backs from hunching over desks with no arm support.
Overtraining and Specialization in Sports Break Down Young Bodies
Over the past years, youth sports have become highly competitive. As a result, youth athletes are being pushed to train harder and longer. Along with an increase in intensity, there has been an uptick in the number of sports-related injuries.
Students Step Up to Get COVID-19 Testing
On August 28, Berkeley High School announced to the community that they had gotten a sufficient number of kits to test staff and a small subset of students.
Preseason Training Sets Fall 2021 Sports Season Into Motion
As the various scholastic endeavors of the year approached, fall sports at Berkeley High School began before the school year’s start. Water Polo – The girls and boys water polo teams took a plunge into the fall season, the boys team coming off of a West Alameda County Conference championship.
Simone Biles Inspires BHS Athletes to Examine Competitive Mindset
The Olympic Games, being one of the most complex and most watched sporting events in the world, immediately gives a huge platform to its competitors. When athletes make choices outside of the norm, an insane flurry of media coverage follows
Athlete Profile: Recruited Athletes
Gil Gvishi Gil Gvishi, a senior in Berkeley International High School and captain of the Berkeley High School boys varsity water polo team, grew up submerged in the world of water polo.
What to Expect For BHS Sports in 2021
With so much uncertainty surrounding the state of COVID-19, it’s impossible to predict when things may start to return to normal. Just as businesses began to reopen and there was talk of in-person school, case numbers began to rise and forced the Bay Area back into lockdown.
Scholastic Sports Are Not Likely to Come Back Any Time Soon
Despite everyone’s best wishes, the condition of the coronavirus in California is only worsening. This comes as terrible news for youth sports organizers who have been putting in effort to ensure a safe athletic season.
Coaches Struggle Amid Loss of In-Person Sports
At this point in the COVID-19 pandemic, Berkeley High School students have adapted to conducting most aspects of their lives online. While seeing friends, classmates, and teachers exclusively over Zoom has become the norm, one aspect of school that has not translated effectively to remote learning is the athletics program.
How do BHS Athletes Feel About Returning to Sports?
Fields, pools, and bleachers have sat empty on the Berkeley High School campus since March. Although a return to in-person classes is looking more likely in Berkeley, the future of BHS athletics is still shrouded in uncertainty. In early September the BHS Athletic Directors shared a potential plan for a return to practices.
BHS Plans for School Athletics During Pandemic
Berkeley High School has developed a new plan for sports and athletics during this unprecedented school year. The safety and health of each student, faculty, and family member connected to BHS is a top priority for the school at this time.
California High Schools Push Back Fall and Winter Sports
On July 20, after several months of debate and public pressure, the California Interscholastic Federation announced that the 2020-21 school year will begin with a modified sports schedule due to COVID-19.