By Sydney Carroll Last year, I ranked romance novels, so in the spirit of Valentine's Day bringing out my hidden identity as a hopeless romantic, this year I'm ranking rom-coms. I'm kind of a rom-com nerd, and my mission over the summer was to check off every rom-com on this spreadsheet I found on TikTok.... Continue Reading →
Winter Sports Kickoff
By Ella McLay As students are entering the second semester of the school year, winter sports are beginning to really kick into high gear. Winter sports are either beginning the second half of their season or getting ready to prepare for the postseason. Our BGA wrestling team is getting ready to go to the region... Continue Reading →
Inexperienced vs. Figure skater: The Quad Axel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnDOHnAt6_w Anna Sgarbi: For those of you who don’t know me that well, or haven’t heard yet, I am one of two figure skaters that go to BGA. While I am not planning on going to the Olympics and wouldn’t call myself a figure skater “know it all,” I tend to keep up with the... Continue Reading →
College Football Wrap-Up
By Alex Gianotti Entering the College Football Playoffs, many fans believed TCU to be a fraud after just losing to a low-ranked Kansas State football team. Many also claim they did not deserve the 3-seed playoff spot because their schedule consisted playing low-level teams, in contrast to the grueling matchups scheduled by Alabama, Tennessee, and... Continue Reading →
Reality Tea-V: Snowflake Mountain
By Chloe Wright The Masked Singer has plagued my brain. It’s become so bad that I miss it. I tried breaking off this unhealthy relationship with this cursed show to pursue The Bachelor, but it comes out later than my deadline for this article. I can never win with these shows. However, I have news.... Continue Reading →
Artist Guild Preview
By Meredith Jones Artist Guild is an incredible way for many of our very talented BGA students to express themselves through their creativity and talent in the arts. With our show coming up on February 2nd, you must be wondering what the Guild is all about. Well, I'm here to tell you! History In the... Continue Reading →
Reality Tea-V #8957038
By Chloe Wright The “epic” season 8 finale of The Masked Singer is two hours. Two. Hours. TWO HOURS. Why? WHY? I could be studying for my exams. I could be writing my story for Artist Guild auditions. I could be watching the World Cup (yay, Brazil and France)! Yet, I sit. In my desolate... Continue Reading →
Real vs. Fake: The Original Christmas Debate
By: Anna Sgarbi It’s that time of the year again! Christmas is right around the corner, and believe it or not, so is winter break! Don’t get me wrong, I love celebrating the holidays with my family, but I NEED a break. I know we just had Thanksgiving break, but after exams, I will need... Continue Reading →
Video Game Review: Sonic Frontiers
By Walker Kesler Sonic the Hedgehog has had it pretty rough in the 21st century. The blue blur has a lot more misses than hits when it comes to his 3D games due to their subpar gameplay and their buggy and unfinished nature. However, with two popular live-action movies under his belt, Sonic has had... Continue Reading →
On Books, Twitter, and Ourselves
By Sydney Carroll *Disclaimer: this is an Op-Ed which represents only the views of the author and not The Echo, its advisors, Battle Ground Academy or its administration* I thought that BGA would trend on Twitter for the first time when The Masked Singer finally invited Chloe to compete, but boy was I wrong. Over... Continue Reading →
