Week 5 - Fall Semester 2022/22

Principal's message:

We made it to Friday Coyotes! What a busy, but fun week it has been! It started off with boys polo winning the Ted Clark Classic and girls cross country placing 2nd in their first league cluster match.  We then hosted a larger than normal crowd at Back to School night, with standing room only in the PAC to start off the evening.  

The week continued with amazing pep rallies to honor Patriot Day and support our FB team to victory, girls tennis smacking their way to another win, and cross country once again placing high and medaling in their next race...this time at the Woodbridge invitational.

We then capped off the week with a packed food fest, the 1st one of the year! Lots of great things happening at The Park. It's a great time to be a Coyote!

Have a great weekend Coyotes!



Dr. Berg

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Later this year, we will have our big WASC visit, which is the opportunity for us to showcase our school to the Western Association of School and Colleges. We want YOU to be part of our team. Use the QR code above, or click on the flyer to sign up.

Congratulations Coach Prieto and Varsity FB for completing the football pre-season with a 3-2 winning record.  They held off a late surge by Pacifica HS and shut the door on their offense to come away with a 20-19 victory.  It was Patriots Day as well where we honored our Military, Veterans, and First Responders. In addition, at halftime we recognized Dr. Hoops, who was BPHS' team doctor for the past decade. It was an amazing game all around. We look forward to seeing you at our next home game on October 7th as we Pink Out for Cancer.  

Boys water polo won the Ted Clark Classic by beating all four of their opponents by a combined score of 60-28.  They beat Pioneer Valley and Garden Grove Friday, and came back Saturday to beat Sunny Hills and then Royal to capture the tournament.  They play again this evening against Chino Hills to start the Western Tournament. The boys are currently 7-0 and ranked #1 in their Division! Good luck Boys!

Congrats to our Varsity girls tennis team for beating Anaheim HS. They were led by Doubles team Saloni and Ana who had 3 doubles wins. Doubles teams Guadalupe and Stephanie and Alondra and Nat both had two wins of their own. Singles players Alexia, Nina, and Hailee each had a win as well.

Congrats to the JV tennis team on their win vs. Anaheim High School yesterday. Jojo had two singles wins, Tram had two singles wins, Val and Erin had two doubles wins and Mckinley and Citlali got a win of their own! Great job ladies!

Our cross country teams were busy this week with two races. On Monday, our runners opened up league at Troy High School and performed well.

On the girls side, the Varsity Team placed 2nd in our League Cluster opener. The team was led by team captain Yessenia Chavez, followed by Stephanie Pineda and Jacqueline Totolhua. BP had two girls finish in the top 10, Yessenia 5th and Stephanie 8th overall.

On Thursday, the Girls team ran in the Woodbridge Invitational and placed 

9th overall with 6 PRs and 6 medals. 

Yessenia Chavez 19:46

Hana Martin 19:54

Jackie Totolhua 19:58

Yadira Rosario 20:07

Corinne Porras 20:12

Stephanie Pineda 20:14

JV girls team placed 3rd with 5 medaled. 

Jackie Fernandez 20:23

Evelyn Salgado 20:54

Sara Juarez 24:09

Talia Valdes 21:12

Brenda Mendoza 21:23

Monday was the 1st cluster league race @Troy HS. The boys placed 4th as a team with David Juarez leading the pack, finishing 2nd place overall(17:24), with Nathaniel Guerrero finishing 7th place (17:58). They will still have 2 more chances to place and go to CIF.

On Thursday in the Woodbridge Invitational, personal records were being broken by almost everyone on the team! On the boys side, the seniors placed 3rd as a team, earning themselves a patch, with Nathaniel Guerrero leading and placing 14th place(16:55), Jacob Rodriguez(18:05), David Alvarez(18:21), Miguel Cartagena(18:46), Isaias Valdes(18:56), and Marcos Hernandez(18:58). In the juniors race, Israel placed 10th (17:45) and Edwin 70th (19:50). Our sophomore Joseph Hsu placed 91th (19:16) earning himself a medal along with some of his other teammates!

The highlight of the evening was the final race where David Juarez ran solo in the varsity race placing 11th with a time of 15:54! (That’s a 5:18 mile pace average). It was an emotional finish for him as he was able to break 16 min for the first time, a goal he has been working hard to break since his freshman year.  As he finished the race he broke down a little bit saying, “It takes so much...” We all understood what he meant.  

It was the last race of the night, and it highlighted all the work these young athletes put in this off-season. They'll be back at it next weekend at the Wayne Walker Invitational at Craig Park! 

Good luck Coyotes runners!

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Last night prior to the FB game I was able to attend the Advance! 20th Anniversary dinner. Advance! provides equity of access to college for historically under-served and under-represented families to enable them to participate in the dream and the promise of a college education. All services are FREE of CHARGE, and it was so nice to see our district and school representatives there, as well as some old friends from high school supporting the organization! Thank you Mr Lentz (retired LHHS teacher) and Mr. Gatchel - far left - (LH Class of 95) for starting this organization 20 years ago. Advance! has helped thousands of students over the years attain their dreams of attending college. BPHS looks forward to many more years of partnership.