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BGHS Launches Exciting New Girls’ Flag Football Team!
BGHS Launches Exciting New Girls’ Flag Football Team!
Hannah Weber, Reporter • January 16, 2025

Buffalo Grove High School has launched its inaugural Girls' Flag Football team this fall, following the IHSA's official declaration on February 5th, 2024, which made girls' flag football an official sport for Illinois high schools. The team has garnered significant interest from girls eager to try out...

One Grove Gallery
One Grove Gallery
Cooper Straus, Reporter • January 14, 2025
PHONE CADDIES TAKE UP RESIDENCE: A phone caddy
like the one depicted in this photo can now be found in
each classroom at BG.
District 214 implements new phone policy
Hannah Haas, Staff Writer • October 10, 2023
High Five Friday: How It All Began
High Five Friday: How It All Began
Tyler Verschelden, Reporter • January 14, 2025

High Five Friday is an iconic Friday tradition familiar to most students at Buffalo Grove High School. However, the origins of these weekly greetings – now a staple for the past two years – are not widely known. In interviews...

Ask the Herd: Spring Edition
Ask the Herd: Spring Edition
Sofia Horwitz, Staff Writer • February 23, 2023
Album cover for Olivia Rodrigo’s sophomore album, Guts.
Spilling her ‘guts’: Olivia Rodrigo album review
Carlos Delgado, Entertainment Writer • October 10, 2023

One of the best new faces in music of the last two years, Olivia Rodrigo has taken the world by storm with the release of her debut album, “SOUR” in May of 2021. For two...

Ask the Herd: Spring Edition
Ask the Herd: Spring Edition
Sofia Horwitz, Staff Writer • February 23, 2023
Not totally back to normal: a few sophomores pose for a picture in the hallway wearing masks per state mandate.
Impacts of Covid-19 still being felt
Shirin, Ganeshan • November 5, 2021
SUPER BOWL QB : Quarterback Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs wins against the Philadelphia Eagles during Super Bowl LVII
NFL 22-23 season comes to close, Draft up next
Matt Wieser, Sports Writer • February 23, 2023
COVID-19 Pandemic Limits Extracurricular Activities at BG
COVID-19 Pandemic Limits Extracurricular Activities at BG
Christine Yuan, Staff Writer • May 20, 2020

Since the COVID-19 pandemic caused statewide school shutdowns in Illinois, many clubs and extracurriculars in BG have been halted, leading to a lull in activity for students...