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Shalhevet news online: When we know it, you'll know it

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Tobey Lee

Tobey Lee, Features Editor

Tobey Lee joined Boiling Point his freshman year, writing award-winning stories about the boys basketball team and delving into the intricacies of the California Interscholastic Federation.  From there, he became Sports Editor as a sophomore and he is now the editor of the Features section. Aside from BP, Tobey enjoys singing bass in the choir, hanging out with friends and spending time with his family.

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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...

BP Drawing by Caroline Edry

The magical madness that is math

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
March 15, 2019

Although she sleeps just five hours the night before a math test -- less than her normal of seven hours -- studying late into...

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...

BP Photo Illustration by Gilad Spitzer

The Eight: Short reviews of the 2019 Best Picture nominees

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Nicholas Fields, Molly Litvak, and Tobey Lee
February 24, 2019

Below are short reviews of all eight movies nominated in the Best Picture category of this year’s Academy Awards. They were...

HISTORY: Benjamin Ackerman's name appears on the 2004 alumni plaque in the school driveway area. He was arrested on Jan. 2 for stealing millions worth of goods posed as a realtor.

Alumnus arrested in theft of high-end items from celebrities

By Clara Sandler, Nicholas Fields, Tobey Lee, and Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks
January 3, 2019

A Shalhevet alumnus from the class of 2004 has been arrested in a string of burglaries of celebrities, according to the Los Angeles...

SERVE: Freshman Jessica Melamed starts a play as her teammates get into position during the Firehawks’ victory over Wish Charter in the gym Oct. 18.

Same number of wins, newfound ‘sisterhood’ for Volleyball team

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
November 19, 2018

Growth, improvement and “sisterhood” were three big wins of this year’s girls volleyball season, players say.    They...

ROLE: Ms. Atara Segal plans to be a role model for both boys and girls.

Her training completed, Yoetzet Segal finds new ways to teach and relate to students, female and male

By Tobey Lee and Lucy Fried
October 3, 2018

This story won a Best of SNO award. Last month in Israel, Ms. Atara Segal, who has been teaching Tanakh, Talmud, and Statistics...

EXPERIENCE: Coach Remer comes to Shalhevet with over 10 years of work in athletics. BP Photo by Neima Fax.

Remer replaces Ryan, but both coaches remain

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
September 14, 2018

Coach Ryan Coleman and Coach Jeff Remer have partly switched jobs this year. Coach Remer, the girls basketball coach, has taken...

BLASTS: Rabbi David Block blew the shofar after Shacharit in the main minyan Aug. 31. Rosh Hashanah starts Sunday evening, Sept. 9. Shana tova! BP Photo by Alyssa Wallack.

In varying sounds of the shofar, new opportunities and a fresh start

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
September 9, 2018

Rosh Hashanah is one of my favorite holidays, as it reminds me that I have a new year ahead of me full of new experiences, challenges...

RELAX: Mrs. Fasules enjoys spending time with her dog at her family ranch in Montana. BP photo by Zoey Botnick

New English teacher happy to be back working with students

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
September 8, 2018

  She hasn’t taught for five years, but Mrs. Nancy Fasules -- who will teach freshman and sophomore English this year...

shalhevet tennis team

Tennis team ends season with no coach, no matches

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor
May 24, 2018

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor For the third time in the past four years, Shalhevet’s tennis team does not have a coach. And...

RACE: Firehawk feet breaking the water at UCLA's North Pool during last month's tournament.

Swim team competes at local YULA tournament

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor
May 15, 2018

[su_dropcap style="flat" size="3"]W[/su_dropcap] hile there are multiple Jewish basketball tournaments that day schools...

CATCH: Junior Talia Gill gets a pass from sophomore Maital Hiller at the Hyman P. Galbut Tournament.

In a harder bracket and without their coach present, Firehawks finish fifth at Galbut

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor
May 10, 2018

The Lady Firehawks finished fifth at the Hyman P. Galbut Tournament, which was held at Hebrew Academy of Miami March 7...

SWING: Aaron Wiesel practices at Rancho Park Golf Course Driving Range before Shalhevet's match on April 11.

Golf team struggles but Wiesel makes CIF contest

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor
May 9, 2018

The golf team recently finished its season, losing its last match to Vistamar of El Segundo. If it had won the game,...

Senior Ben Mashiach prepares to smash a hard-boiled egg against his forehead in Egg Roulette.

Senior Ben Mashiach prepares to smash a hard-boiled egg against his forehead in Egg Roulette.

For Coach Coleman and the Firehawks, third time’s the charm -- or was it the three Z’s: Zack, Ze’ev and Zaghi?

CHAMPIONS!!!! Firehawks win Sarachek

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor
March 20, 2018

It seemed improbable, nearly impossible. The Firehawks had been down 20-6 and were still losing 29-14 at the half. Victory was...

Live Blog of Sarachek Championship Game

Live Blog of Sarachek Championship Game

By Nicholas Fields and Tobey Lee
March 19, 2018

The Tier 1 Final of the Red Sarachek Basketball Tournament took place Monday, March 19, at Yeshiva University in New York City. ...

HISTORY: Firehawk quarterback Nicole Feder raised the ball over the players from LA Adventist High School in Sept. 2013. LA Adventist closed its athletic program this year, possibly ending Shalhevet's season.

Girls football team wavers on Loma Linda, may end season with no games after LA Adventist closes athletic program

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor
November 20, 2017

For the second year in a row, the girls flag football team did not join in the Loma Linda tournament last month. Last...

NEW: The Storm, of Katz Yeshiva High School in Boca Raton, Fla., is one of four new boys teams playing in the Glouberman tournament this year. Shalhevet's teams say they are in a rebuilding season after high-scoring players graduated last year, but Coach Ryan Coleman thinks they have a chance to do well, especially with the new girls Coach Jeff Remer. The tournament runs Wednesday, Nov. 8 through Sunday, Nov. 14.

PREVIEW: Glouberman tournament adding three more teams and one more day

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor
October 30, 2017

The third annual Steve Glouberman Tournament is coming up and now has a third day of basketball, which could affect all of Shalhevet....

LIGHT: College counselor Lisa Gruenbaum offers advice in her airy new office on the third floor, behind the stairwell where the Student Activities office used to be.

On the move: New titles, offices for administrators

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor
October 10, 2017
Over the summer, there were 10 office changes, two title changes and a whole lot of switching suites and floors among the people who run Shalhevet’s various departments.  So here is a rundown, organized by floor, of who’s where and who’s what.
GUIDANCE: Los Angeles native Esther Rbibo is one of two new guidance counselors this year.

Two guidance counselors, one mission: look at the “whole person”

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor
September 29, 2017

If you’re feeling stressed or blue or nervous, Shalhevet has two new guidance counselors for you to talk to -- and they’re...

PRACTICE: Shalhevet’s Zach Muller passed to a teammate as the Firehawks practiced throughout the summer.

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.
Trump remarks after anti-semitic rally in Charlottesville rally change few views among his supporters at school

Trump remarks after anti-semitic rally in Charlottesville rally change few views among his supporters at school

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor
September 11, 2017
When President Donald Trump blamed recent events in Charlottesville on both neo-Nazi demonstrators and the counter-protesters who organized against them, 62 percent of Republicans thought he was right, according to a Washington Post poll.
CONFER: FIrehawk players met with Coach Ryan Coleman during the championship game at the Red Sarachek Tournament March 6 at Yeshiva University.

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...

AIRBORNE: No. 3 Eitan Halpert overcomes a Wildcat block to score two points late in the third quarter in the gym of Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino March 1.

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

By Tobey Lee, Staff Writer
March 2, 2017

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

READY: Sophomore Bailey Mendelson and senior Michelle Greenberg prepare to face the Harkham Gaon flag football in one of the two games against them this year.

Girls flag football season shrinks to just four games

By Tobey Lee, Staff Writer
January 14, 2017

The girls flag football team has played a mere four games in their three-month season this fall. The team usually plays...

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