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The Student News Site of Burlingame High School

The Burlingame B

The Student News Site of Burlingame High School

The Burlingame B

Zach Shapiro

Zach Shapiro, Staff Reporter

Zach is a junior in his first year on the Burlingame B staff. Outside of school, he spends a lot of time playing Football and Basketball, both within BHS athletics and independently. In his free time, he enjoys listening to a lot of music and tuning in to local sports. Zach looks to combine his interests into quality journalism stories during his first year as a J1 student reporter.

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Junior pitcher Tyler Lachance eyes a runner leading off of first base in a matchup against Menlo-Atherton High School.

Varsity baseball makes a statement with win over league No. 1 M-A

Zach Shapiro, Staff Reporter
April 30, 2023

Ahead of last week’s two-game PAL Bay series between No. 2 Burlingame and No. 1 Menlo-Atherton High School, most were looking forward to the latter game, where M-A’s star pitcher, George Zaharias,...

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Junior shortstop Eric Gee catches a pickoff move from the pitcher’s mound.

Varsity baseball splits league series with Carlmont

Zach Shapiro, Staff Reporter
April 20, 2023

The week of April 3, varsity baseball faced off against Carlmont two times, losing 6-4 in the first meeting and winning 5-0 in the second game.  The first meeting on Wednesday, April 5 saw both teams...

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Sophomore Lauren Aguilar shows off her Peninsula Athletic League (PAL) wrestler-of-the-meet plaque and placement medal, following the PAL championship tournament in South San Francisco on Saturday, Feb. 4.

Wrestler Lauren Aguilar brings home historic CCS Northern Regionals title

Zach Shapiro, Staff Reporter
March 10, 2023

It is now two years in a row that a wrestler hailing from Burlingame has brought home a Central Coast Section (CCS) Individual championship. Current Iowa State University wrestler Xavier Bruening made...

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Baseball

Zach Shapiro, Staff Reporter
February 28, 2023

High school teams are constantly evolving, yet this year’s varsity baseball lineup looks eerily similar to the one that fought to the CCS Division III championship last year. The loss of four-year...

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Yet since the storm, Californias surface area that is experiencing drought conditions has decreased from 85% in late 2022 to just under 63% two weeks ago, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

California’s rainstorms don’t solve its droughts. We can fix that.

Zach Shapiro, Staff Reporter
February 17, 2023

Dried up reservoirs, brown hills and dead grass have become the norm in California over the past few decades. But while the state seems perpetually stuck in a drought, every few years, everyone hunkers...

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Freshman Quincy Yu is declared the winner by pin in his match during a dual-meet at Hillsdale High School on Feb. 2.

Wrestling runs away with dominant win against Hillsdale

Zach Shapiro, Staff Reporter
February 6, 2023

In their last dual meet of the regular season on Feb. 2, Burlingame’s wrestling squad went head-to-head against Hillsdale High School, triumphing with a final score of 64-14.  An away environment...

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Junior River Lee is victorious against his opponent from Capuchino High School on Thursday,  Jan. 12.

Panthers overwhelm Mustangs in home wrestling meet

Zach Shapiro, Staff Reporter
January 15, 2023

On Thursday, Jan. 12 boys’ and girls’ wrestling took on Capuchino High School in a home dual meet. It was a showcase of Panther dominance with Burlingame claiming 64 points to Capuchino’s 18. Standout...

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This year, Theo Au-Yeung and Zach Shapiro set out to predict every round of 
the 2023 NFL playoffs.
(Photos free to use under the Unsplash License)

2023 NFL Playoff predictions: Our picks for every game

Zach Shapiro and Theo Au-Yeung
January 14, 2023

Theo is an enthusiastic Seahawks fan, while Zach is a loyal 49ers fan. Here, they predict the 2023 NFL Playoffs by analyzing team structures and dynamics and figuring out the possible outcomes of each...

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Many point to the brutality of cutting weight as a reason for students turning away from wrestling.

Weighing in

Zach Shapiro, Staff Reporter
December 23, 2022

In wrestling, depletion is a given: the sport forces athletes into taxing competition after weeks of dieting to meet a specific weight class. To succeed, wrestlers must push themselves to the limits of...

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Wrestling

Zach Shapiro, Staff Reporter
November 22, 2022

Multiple departures from last year’s wrestling squad leaves the program room to establish a new image and pave a new path to the Central Coast Section (CCS) playoffs this winter.  Three-year...

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Pin-hitters sophomore Ella Duong, junior Morgan Toomey, junior Maddie Langilanis, as well as senior libero Mallory Novitsky prepare to receive a serve against Menlo Atherton on Sept. 8.

[Photo] Girls’ varsity volleyball outlasts Menlo Atherton

Michelle Moshkovoy, Sports Editor
September 12, 2022

Pin-hitters sophomore Ella Duong, junior Morgan Toomey, junior Maddie Langilanis, as well as senior libero Mallory Novitsky prepare to receive a serve against Menlo Atherton on Sept. 8.

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