The Bears Beat!

   There is always a lot going on at Bear Lake High School, So we decided to put it all in a blog post to ma ke it simpler for everyone. From sports, to the classroom, we are going to give weekly updates on what is happening in our school. If there is anything that you would like to be mentioned or featured in the blog talk to Mr. Hiller or send an email to jhillier@blsd.net Boy's Basketball: The bears return to state after a one-year absence where they won the consolation championship in their last appearance in 2019. The Bears beat number 1 seed West Side twice in two days to avenge an earlier district tournament loss to the pirates and take the District 5 championship. The Bears will play Ambrose in the first round of the state tournament Thursday March 4th. Cheer: To wrap up the last couple of weeks of the cheer season the girls will be heading to Boise for State March 19th. They will be taking an individual Pom and Sideline routine as well as taking an individual stunt gr...

  AMAZON SMILE- a simple way to help out our school district The easiest way to contribute to the Bear Lake School District No 33 Education Foundation (BLEF)  is to choose AmazonSmile   when you do your shopping online at Amazon.   AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support Bear Lake Schools every time you shop, at no cost to you.  You shop. Amazon gives. Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service. Support your charitable organization by starting your shopping at smile.amazon.com Selecting Bear Lake School District No 33 Education Foundation as your AmazonSmile charity is easy! Here's how to do it. If you're already an AmazonSmile member, click here to select BLEF as your charity of choice.   If you're new to AmazonSmile, here's how it works: Visit smile.amazon.com  Sign...

  Senior projects are a great way to give back to the community and wrap up your senior. But picking the “perfect” project can be daunting. The project you pick should benefit the community and allow you to explore your interests. If you don’t know where to start, here are 10 senior project ideas that will hopefully inspire you when the time comes to make a decision: Implementing a recycling system in the school Creating a mural that documents something important that happened to the school or the community Teaching a free class to little kids (an instrument, an art class, a language class, etc.) and then have a performance/art show to wrap up the class.  Something related to senior citizens (make something/raise money to buy something for them to make them feel less alone)  Collaborate with the News Examiner and write about things going on in the school, or have a section where people can ask you questions and you give honest advice Raise money for a certain charity Rais...

 Bears! We don't have a lot going on this week Last week on Friday, the football team went to Firth to play in the state quarter finals. Unfortunately, we lost 30-20. The Bears football season is over for the year, but they played really hard and made the community proud. Congratulations boys on an amazing season! There wasn't anything else last week since the other two fall sports are over, so on to this week! The girls basketball team will be participating in a jamboree Tuesday night. These games don't count so they are just for practice and fun, but the first game of the girls season will be on Saturday. Both the jamboree and the game on Friday will be broadcast on KVSI, and the game on Friday will also be broadcast on the NFHS Sports Network. Good luck ladies and Bear Lake Strong! Wrestling is is starting  so if you are interested, practice starts on Friday.  Due to COVID-19 concerns, the band and choir concert that was going to be tonight is postponed for now. Check ...

 Bear Lake Bears! We had some really exciting wins this week!  Cross country last week ran in Pocatello at the state meet. For the past 14 years Soda Springs has taken 1st in state, but this year, after training for a long and hard season, our Bear Lake girls cross country team won state by 26 points! That's the first cross country state championship the Bears have won since the year 2008, clear back when we competed in 3A sports! Congratulations girls and Tyler Saunders on the great races! The Volleyball team last week went to Buhl for the State Tournament, after winning the District Tournament last week. They played Firth, Napa Christian, and West Side. Against Firth they won three sets to zero, Napa Christian they won three sets to zero which was the semi final game, and then unfortunately lost to West Side in five sets in the Championship game. They also won the Sportsmanship award`. Great job lady bears and congratulations on the great season! Football beat West Jeff...

Last week we had a lot of district games, and if you haven't heard already, the lady bears did really well! Volleyball last week played the district games at West Side. We did really well! We lost the first set, won the second and third, lost the fourth, and won for the third, and final time, in the fifth! They are headed to the state tournament in Buhl this Thursday. Good luck ladies! The district race for cross country was last week on Wednesday here at home. Thank you to everyone came out to support them! Elise Kelsey won the girls race and the title of district champion. The girls team will be taking 5 individuals to state This weekend in Pocatello. The boys did good as well! Tyler Saunders took 6th in the race and will be going to state as an individual! Football beat Aberdeen on Friday 20-14. Matthew Hammond scored three touchdowns as the Bears gained the number eight seed in the state tournament. We will face the number nine seed West Jefferson Panthers in the opening round ...