With a Grand Ol’ Opry bow to Barbara Mandrell and George Jones: Burke was cross-country when cross-country wasn’t cool. Back where and when I come from, running cross-country on un-tended tracks up and down hills in the woods in the rain was about as difficult and thankless a sport as you could find. Heck, [...]
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X-Country is Cool
Posted in Sports, tagged track on September 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Let the Games Begin
Posted in Sports, tagged soccer on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Long, long ago – as far back as this past Labor Day (hard to believe that it was only 5 days ago!), the Girls Varsity Soccer (or Futbol) team issued a challenge to the rest of the Burke World to take them on in a warm-up scrimmage. Various brave souls, young and old, firm and [...]
Americana Panorama – Summer Stuff 2010
Posted in Community, Sports, tagged Sports on September 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It wouldn’t be summer without the Great American Pastime. So Burke.Word took not one, but two for the team last week and watched his beloved Cardinals drop 2 to the Nationals. In the Saturday night game, seated directly behind homeplate, we watched as the Nats feasted on Cardinal pitcher, Kyle Lohse, who has yet to [...]
Summer Stuff: Row, Row, Row Your…
Posted in Community, Sports on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
…Boats. Lots of them at the 128th annual Royal Canadian Henley Regatta August 1-13. This year’s Henley competition hosted nearly 3000 men and women from over 150 rowing clubs from across Canada and its neighbors to the south. Since 1903 the Henley has called lovely St. Catharine, Ontario its home. A confluence of last minute [...]
Spain May Have the World Cup, But Romy’s Got the National Title
Posted in Sports, tagged soccer on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Burke Soccer stalwart, Romy Hernandez was featured in last week’s Northwest Current. The article highlights his role on his travel team, the Baltimore Bays Chelsea, which just won the National Title in their age bracket. But, just as importantly, it also focuses on why Romy, who had his pick of schools, chose to play and [...]
Ceviche Cooks
Posted in Sports, tagged soccer, Sports on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Though Ceviche didn’t make it through to the second course round of 16, the team did close out the Summer 2010 season with plenty of chiles. The squad, which also goes by the Fish, Raw Fish, Pink and many other savory and unsavory names, includes various Burke friends and family. Some Burkies grace the photo [...]
The Study of Sport
Posted in Sports, tagged Sports on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you care about sports and education, read this ESPN article about an inspiring girls JV softball game this spring in Indianapolis – a game that ended after 1 and 1/2 innings when the winning team (!) offered to forfeit. Roncalli High School, a well-to-do perennial softball powerhouse, was in the process of trouncing Marshall, [...]
El Mundialito 2010
Posted in Community Service, Sports, tagged soccer on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, as a warm-up to the fast advancing World Cup, Burke held its first annual El Mundialito Soccer Championship 2010. As you can see from the photos below and at BurkePix, there were several teams wearing the colors of powerful soccer nations, including Brazil, France, Netherlands and Lichtenschlang. You had players of all grades, sizes [...]
A Diamond is Forever
Posted in Sports, tagged Sports on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Burke Softball’s 2010 season on the diamond came to a close with a tough loss this Sunday in the PVAC Championship. Some things that the team hopefully will always remember: They all played tough, hard, and with their heads held high the entire season… right up to the last out of the Championship game. The [...]
The Mighty Thor (Lightening-) Strikes Out in the 6th
Posted in Sports, tagged Sports on May 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Burke was up 9-2 in the 6th inning of the PVAC Semi-Finals, when Thor, the Olympian umpire, issued forth a mighty thunderbolt causing softball time to come to an abrupt stop and all creation to freeze: The players were led from the field to their respective buses, where they discussed softball strategy and epistemology. Turns [...]
Marcus in the Hooouuusssse!
Posted in Community, Sports, tagged soccer, Sports on May 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ceviche (the DC soccer league team manned and womanned by various so-called adult Burke-ified players) had a rocky start to its Spring season – opening 0 and 2. Things were headed in the wrong direction as the team went into yesterday’s game. The team needed a major shake up. We needed to call in the [...]
Burke Volleyball “Beets” Opposition
Posted in Sports, tagged Sports on May 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Burke’s regular season came to a resounding close with a 3-0 win. It was a great match and a great way to celebrate Senior Night 2010… and a great way to send the team off for next week’s playoffs, peaking right on time. The night was capped by Pam, team Coach and James Dean of [...]
My Favorite Things
Posted in Sports, Uncategorized, tagged Sports on April 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It was the perfect day for a ball game. Clear sky. A breeze. Fierce pitching. Reliable fielding. Clutch hitting. Balloons, an ice cream truck for the fans. And a well-played win. To top it off – it was Senior Night. Can I help it if I feel a song coming on. Maestro, if you please [...]
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