Tuesday marked a bee-ee-a-youtiful opening day for Bengal Softball. And it didn’t hurt that the team came away with a “W”. There was fine play all around – with some clutch hitting at the plate, including from Emma, Maya and others. And the hitting was accompanied by some fierce pitching by Savannah and some excellent [...]
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Opening Day!
Posted in Sports, tagged Sports on April 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
St. Paddy’s Day March of the Bengals
Posted in Sports, tagged Sports on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sure and Begorrah, it be the Fightin’ Bengals – in the trenches, on the field, at sea and in the air! H/T to Alex White, Coach McQ, Steve O’ and the Bengals!
Boys and Girls PVAC B-Ball All-Stars Play at Barrie!
Posted in Sports, tagged Sports on March 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Burke would like to congratulate the following Burke Varsity Basketball players for being elected to the PVAC All-Star team 2009-2010: Dana B-K, Savannah W., and Arden B. for the Girls side and the Boys side was represented by Jonathan G., Nekkhakhi R. and David F. Each game was played at an extremely high level! We [...]
Burke Calls Verizon Center Home Court!
Posted in Sports, tagged Sports on March 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
[ED: The following play-by-play is courtesy of the AD (Coach McQ)] The Edmund Burke Boys Varsity Basketball team had one of its most exciting games of the season playing under the lights of the Verizon Center. Though Burke lost a close one to Avalon, the team played extremely hard throughout the game and started the [...]
This’ll ‘Curl’ Your Big Hair Band
Posted in Sports, tagged Sports on February 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sadly, the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver come to a close today. Since Greece, the Olympics have given us the “thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.” 2010 too has been filled with joy, sorrow, weirdness and excellence. Nowhere was this more evident than on the Curling sheet. Given that these Games were set [...]
Burke Wins Burke Wins Burke Wins!!!
Posted in Sports, tagged Sports on February 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Boys Varsity Basketball team fought hard on Friday night against a tough Washington International team throughout the game. With only 8 seconds left, and the game tied, Washington International threw over the top of Burke’s full-court press for what looked like an easy lay-in, but Nekkhakhi R. came from nowhere to block the WIS [...]
Blackout Night in Living Color
Posted in Community, Sports, tagged Community, Sports on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The spirit fingers were out at Blackout Night in the mighty Burke Dome. It was SRO (Shoulder Room Only). Urged on by Sami, our own Cat in the Hat… And Susan’s dog, appropriately attired in black. More photos at BurkePix!
Bengal Madness
Posted in Sports, tagged Sports on January 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Sports Center’s bee-yuuutiful, conjoined sportscasters, “Samiott” bring you all the athletic bidness from last week’s Bengal sports madness. Check out the dunks, pins, laps, lay-ups, the “I Believe Song”, and lots of other sporting goodness below. Boo-yah! Major league tip of the cap to Mike McQ and David Panush for video help! Stay classy everybody!
Elevating
Posted in Sports, tagged Sports on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s different when you watch a Burke sporting event when your son or daughter isn’t on the team. No less gut wrenching mind you. But easier to see the players for who they are. On the court, on the mat, their faces radiate not just from exertion; they reflect an athlete’s determination, frustration, and exhilaration [...]
Champs
Posted in Sports, tagged Sports, track on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Burke’s X-Country team capped off an OUTSTANDING season at the 2009 DC/MD Private School State Championships last month! Both teams finished second in the Small School Division!! AND… Molly and Simon each finished first in their respective races!!! AND… Special kudos go out to Justin who finished the race despite an infected leg, enabling the [...]
Dang Yankees
Posted in Sports on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m not a Yankees fan. But we here at Burke.Word appreciate Sport – even if it has to be played in the Bronx. And we like it even more so when Sport merges with Art. So, I can overcome my displeasure with the course of the 2009 playoffs when watching these 12,000 time-lapse photographs of [...]
Ceviche: Always In Season
Posted in Community, Sports, tagged soccer, Sports on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For those that don’t follow the “beautiful game,” Ceviche is the football crew made up of Burke folks and friends of Burke folks, all assembled and ably marinated by that tall guy you may recognize in the picture to the left (click photo to embiggen). The “Fish” have multiplied like rabbits, with enough players for [...]
X-Country Meets Burke
Posted in Sports, tagged Sports, track on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You read about the record breaking 2009 Cross Country team here. Now you can check out photos of the team in action at BurkePix. Thanks to Mike Pafford for all the action photos.
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