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Welcome
The BH-BL Physical Education,
Athletics and Recreation web pages provide
information about all areas of
our department, including community recreational programs.
The links offered below and on the right describe the important work
we do to provide BH-BL children with fitness, healthy
life-styles, life-long skills, and positive memories that will last a lifetime.
Robert McGuire
Director of Physical Education and Athletics
518-399-9141 ext 3309
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News & Announcements
about BH-BL's physical education and
athletic programs
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 Thank
you! Your support helped create this
fabulous fall season
The fall sports season is
finally finished, and the Athletics
Department thanks all fans, parents,
business boosters and students for your
great support!
We are all so proud of our
hard-working athletes. But the following
results would not have been possible without
the hundreds of dedicated teachers, coaches,
bus drivers, maintenance staff, other
support staff, administrators, parents and
boosters who supported our teams.
Fall Season Spartan
Pride! We had
Seven Sectional Champions in Boys Cross
Country, Girls Cross Country, Football,
Girls Tennis, Girls Volleyball, Girls
Swimming, and Girls Soccer
State Championship in Girls Volleyball
State Finalists in Girls Cross Country &
Football
3rd Place State Finish in Girls Soccer
4th Place State Finish in Boys Cross Country
Girls Swimming sent 6 girls to State
Championships AND
100% of fall varsity teams earned
Scholar-Athlete Awards for achieving a team
grade point average of 90% or higher.
Way to go Spartans!! |
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 Volleyball
Team wins State Championship!
Congratulations to our fabulous girls
volleyball team and coach Gary Bynon for
winning the Class A State Championship at
the Glens Falls Civic Center on Nov. 18 and
19. This is the team's first state
championship since 2005.
You can see photos & tournament details on
the
Times Union website. |
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Sports schedules are available
online!
Dates, times and locations of all BH-BL Interscholastic Sports contests are
available online. Just click the year-round
"Schedules" button on the right.
This will take you to the same commercial
website BH-BL has used for several years to
post updated information about our sports
contests. Please note that you can customize
how the information appears there to suit
your needs. (For instance, for all
sports or only one sport, by week or by
month, etc.)
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Baseball
Team wins State Championship!
The title game in Binghamton was postponed
due to rain, but that didn't stop those
amazing Spartans from winning the Class A
state championship in baseball on
June 12, 2011 versus Pittsford Sutherland. The 12
seniors on the team will be graduating in a
couple weeks knowing that they brought the
school its first ever state championship in
baseball. For a detailed account and photos,
go to
Times Union story by James Allen
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Some of tomorrow's leaders are
graduating from Pashley Elementary
this June |
Elementary students earn Physical Education
Leadership Awards
In June 2011, eighteen BH-BL 5th graders
were named
as 2010-11 Physical Education Leadership
winners. Three boys and three girls from
each elementary school were chosen to
recognize not only their excellent fitness
scores but also their positive impact on
other students and their leadership
qualities in school and phys ed classes.
Charlton Heights: Tyler Doherty, Dan
Jadda, Sam Kruppenbacher, Kelly Leva, Sallie
Suski, and Stephanie Wawrzyniak
Pashley: Lauren Carr, Jeremy Clayton,
Robert Forlano, Molly Garis, Anne Pinkerton,
and Justin Sargalis.
Stevens: Bradley Albright,
Courtney Kruzikas, Sophia Leveron, Liam
Picozzi, Avery Pollard, and Chancellor
Stubblebine
Congratulations, students, for this
excellent accomplishment!
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Athletic Hall of
Fame holds first annual Induction Celebration
The Burnt Hills- Ballston Lake Athletic
Association induct the Class of 2011 at
its first annual celebration on
Saturday June 11, 2011 at the Holiday Inn in
Saratoga.
Congratulations to Hall
of Fame Class of 2011 Inductees:
Alumni Athlete
Category:
Eric Torkelson –
Class of 1970
Teresa Maguire –
Class of 1972
Neale Moore – Class
of 1976
Miles Irish – Class
of 1983
Jon Cardi – Class
of 1983
Vickie Cox – Class
of 1985
Jason Morris –
Class of 1985
B.J. Jourdenais –
Class of 1991
Janet Urban – Class
of 1992
Coach/Faculty/Administration Category:
Murry O’Neil -
Coach
Kevin Fitzpatrick -
Coach
Harold Van Earden –
Administration
Team Category:
1987 Field Hockey –
1st BH-BL State Champion
Community Category:
Robert Speck
See the
BH-BL Athletic Hall of Fame web page
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A
new honor for the Spartans:
High School achieves 100%
Scholar-Athlete Team status
For the first time in school history,
all 27 varsity interscholastic sports teams fielded by
the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake high school in 2010-11 have
earned "Scholar-Athlete" awards by
having team grade point averages (GPAs) of 90 percent or
higher. This puts BH-BL in a special category achieved
by only 16 NY schools last year.
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Physical Education
The BH-BL
Physical Education Department promotes healthy
lifestyles of all of our students. Our goals
include:
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Providing a physical education program that
relates to students' social, mental and
physical needs. |
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Producing physically fit youth. |
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Teaching the relationship between physical
activity, physical fitness and health. |
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Promoting the skills, knowledge and
attitudes to help children lead active,
healthy and productive lives as adults. |
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Encouraging students to participate in a
variety of activities that promote the
enjoyment of a wholesome physical education
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Click here for information the BH-BL Physical
Education curriculum & guidelines at the elementary, middle school
and high school levels.
Interscholastic Sports
The BH-BL School offers 32
interscholastic athletic programs with more than 65
percent of the high school students participating in
at least one interscholastic program.
Our teams for the 2009-10 season had a very
successful year. We had four Suburban Council League
Champions (girls volleyball, boys volleyball,
football and bowling), nine Section II Champions for
Class A schools (boys cross country, girls soccer,
girls tennis, football, girls volleyball, girls
swimming, boys basketball, boys volleyball and boys
outdoor track). Also, we had six Section II
runner-ups (wrestling, boys indoor track, girls
cross country, boys lacrosse, boys tennis, girls
outdoor track). The eight-girl crew team and boys
cross country teams were state champions and our
boys football team finished second in the state. Our
girls volleyball and girls soccer teams were among
the final four in the state.
For all our successes, the New York State Sports
Writers Association named BH-BL the # 1 over-all
interscholastic program in New York State for
both the
2008-09 and the
2009-10 school years. As you can tell, the
interscholastic program at BH-BL is very strong in
talent, tradition and PRIDE.
Click on the Interscholastic Sports
links in the "Athletics Quick View" box at the top
right of
this page for extensive information about the
BH-BL Athletics program.
Recreation & Community Programs
A Community
Swim Program is offered at the high school pool
during both the fall and spring semesters. This
includes opportunities for lap swimming in the early
AM, Learn-to-Swim classes for kids on Saturday
mornings, and evening classes and
Parent/Tot Swimming. For information, download the
2011-12 Community Swim flyer or contact swim director
Matthew Turner.
Youth
Athletics: Numerous
volunteer clubs and community groups organize
athletic instruction and competition for our
students. These include Pop Warner Football and
Cheerleading, BH-BL Youth Recreational Soccer,
Lakehill Soccer, BH-BL Junior Spartan Basketball,
Junior Digger Volleyball, Junior Spartan Wrestling,
Indoor Recreational Soccer, Jr. Spartan Girls
Recreational Softball, Little League Baseball, Burnt
Hills Ballston Lake Rowing Association, and Schenectady
Swim Club. Click
here to access general information about these
programs.
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