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SWING: Above, Josh Harrison hits a game-ending single to left centerfield at the bottom of the seventh inning at East Valley Baseball Fields last Sunday

Walk-off single by Josh Harrison lifts Firehawks over Panthers 6-5

By Benjamin Gamson, News Editor
May 21, 2021

It was around 2 p.m. at the bottom of the seventh, and the Shalhevet Firehawk baseball team was down 5-4 against the YULA Panthers...

CHAMPIONS: The Dodgers celebrated winning the World Series Oct. 27 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Tex.

CHAMPIONS! GAME 6: Dodger bats and relievers bring the series home

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
November 1, 2020

It took 32 long years. It took eight straight NL West division titles. It took three trips to the World Series in the past four...

Game 5: Clayton Kershaw continues his playoff dominance as the Dodgers win the game

Game 5: Clayton Kershaw continues his playoff dominance as the Dodgers win the game

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
October 31, 2020

The Los Angeles Dodgers started off strong with a run in the first and were able to keep doing so against Tyler Glasnow, the Tampa...

SWING: Joc Pederson drills an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to give Los Angeles the lead in the Dodgers-Rays back-and-forth Game 4 on Saturday.

Game 4: A game that can barely be described in words

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
October 31, 2020

Shock, agony and an actual racing heartbeat combined in a crazy ending to Game 4 that allowed the Tampa Bay Rays to tie up the...

BASE HIT: Max Muncy celebrates after hitting a 2-RBI single in the top of the third inning in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday.

WORLD SERIES GAME 3: Walker Buehler continues his postseason dominance with an excellent outing

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
October 27, 2020

Again, just as in Game 2, the winner of Game 3 was the first team to score. This time, the Dodgers started the scoring early and...

WORLD SERIES GAME 2: The Tampa Bay Rays even up the series, winning 6-4

WORLD SERIES GAME 2: The Tampa Bay Rays even up the series, winning 6-4

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
October 22, 2020

The Tampa Bay Rays got out to an early lead and just like in the regular season, when they scored first they won 81.5% of the...

STEAL: Mookie Betts, who homered and went 2-4, slides into third base for his second stolen bag in the 5th inning of Game 1.

WORLD SERIES GAME 1: Clayton Kershaw and Mookie Betts carry the Dodgers to an 8-3 win

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
October 21, 2020

  The Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t lose any momentum from the ending of the last series into the World Series, dominating...

HOMER: Dodgers slugger Max Muncy capped off a record-breaking first inning with a grand slam home run in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series.  The best-of-seven series is being played in front of about 10,000 in-person fans at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Tex.

DODGETOBER

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
October 15, 2020

The road to the National League Championship Series was not the hardest road for either the Atlanta Braves or the Los Angeles...

FOCUS: Senior Zach Helfand winds up to pitch during the Firehawks win over the East Valley Eagles Sept. 22. The Firehawks are participating in a fall ball program until Dec. 1 in preparation for the competitive season next spring..

Firehawk baseball program is no longer seasonal

By Adam Tizabi, Staff Writer
October 23, 2019

Welcome to fall ball. For all of Shalhevet’s history, baseball has been played as a spring sport. But this...

POWER: Senior Yakir Kanefsky loads up to swing in the Firehawks’ 8-7 victory over the YULA Panthers April 14. The baseball team made the playoffs but lost 13-9 against the Hillcrest Christian Saints in the first round on May 2.

Playoff appearance caps strong season for baseball team

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
June 5, 2019

After having a season last year that was described as a “debacle” by parents, the boys baseball team finished this season...

WIN:   Coach Gunches smiles for the camera following Shalhe- vet’s 10-0 win over Environmental Charter Feb. 28. It was the Firehawk's first victory this season after starting off 0-2.
 Photo by Alex Rubel

New baseball coach brings 40 years of experience

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
March 8, 2019

Shalhevet’s new baseball coach’s philosophy is quite simple: do your best, have a good time, and win. “I’ve only had...

AFTERMATH:    Red Sox players meet the news media in Dodger Stadium after winning the World Series four games to one  Oct. 29.  The stands above them, which had been a sea of blue and white, had mostly emptied out -- except for Boston fans, dressed in red.

World Series loss saddens most – but not all – Shalhevet baseball fans

By Alex Rubel, Sports Editor
October 31, 2018

UPDATED Nov. 11, 2018 The drought continues. With the Dodgers coming fresh out of a critical,...

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