The Boiling Point

Firehawks headed back to Sarachek for a fourth straight year

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor
September 27, 2017

Shalhevet’s boys varsity basketball team is headed back to Sarachek for a fourth straight year, receiving a rare honor in having been invited to the tournament now five years in a row.

New girls basketball coach plans to focus on fundamentals

By Nicholas Fields, Staff Writer
September 4, 2017

Mr. Jeff Remer, head of the Showtime Basketball Skills Academy and parent of Shalhevet basketball players Eitan and Ze’ev Remer,...

Coach Flava not returning next year

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
April 26, 2017

Coach Ronnie “Flava” Winbush, who led the Firehawk girls basketball team to win the first-ever Steve Glouberman Tournament in 2015 and to the CIF Southern Section 6 Division Championship in 2014, will not return next year, he announced yesterday in a text to a team-wide group chat for the girls’ basketball team.

Bowing to a bylaw, Firehawks choose Sarachek over state finals

By Tobey Lee, Staff Writer
March 22, 2017

Losing to Milken in the Division 4A championship game should have sent the Firehawks to the first round of the CIF State Division...

Close the whole game, Firehawks fall to Milken by two as historic victory slips just beyond their grasp

By Tobey Lee, Staff Writer
March 3, 2017

Two points. That close to becoming first-time CIF division champions, at the first-ever championship game between two Jewish high...

Firehawks face Milken tonight in historic CIF championship game

By Clara Sandler, Torah Editor
March 1, 2017

For the first time in history, it is a certainty that a Jewish school will win the CIF Southern Section 4A basketball division....

Boys Basketball CIF Division 4A Semi-final Highlights

By Alec Fields, Co-Editor-in-Chief
February 24, 2017

The Firehawks are moving on to the CIF Division 4A championship afte beating Mary Star 58-43 in tbe division semifinals. Leading...

Live blog of Super Bowl commercials

By Eva Suissa, Opinion Editor
February 5, 2017

7:25pm - The New England Patriots win the Super Bowl -- making an incredible comeback. 6:20pm - A commercial for Scientology?...

Disputed call gives rivalry soccer game to the Panthers

By Nicholas Fields, Staff Writer
February 2, 2017

A controversial call and an offensive struggle caused the Firehawk boys soccer team to lose 1-0 to the rival YULA Panthers on...

Kent’s Calls: Bandwagoners miss the point of fandom

January 23, 2017

What do you do when your team starts losing? Do you remain loyal or do you abandon ship? Fans across the country have been...

Boys finish fifth at Glouberman but regroup to win Milken

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Staff Writer
January 21, 2017

Improvement was a main topic for the Firehawks after the Steve Glouberman Tournament last month. Dealt a crushing and unexpected...

Not exactly a warm welcome for newest member of LA sports family

By Clara Sandler, Sports Editor
January 18, 2017

After 21 years with none in Los Angeles, two NFL teams seem to be too many for Shalhevet students. After learning Jan. 12 that...