Winter Pep Rally

The Door Decorating Winners

Winter Sports

Cheerleaders performed their "Go Blue" cheer and was introduced for their Winter Sports season. Varsity cheer has been practicing hard to add more stunts and cheers for the winter season. They are looking forward to cheering the basketball and wrestling teams onto success.  Also, Jenna, Karly, Hannah, Rilynn, Mariah, and Mckenna recently joined together to form Burrell's competition team and brought home 2nd place from Belle Vernon. Jenna also took home first place in the tumble off

Captains:  Jenna Mitnick & Karly Wass

Girls Basketball:  The Lady Bucs started their season off strong with four wins, but faced two defeats. They look forward to the rest of the season and advancing their winning record. Come out and support tonight as they face Cambridge Springs at 7:30. 

Captains: Riley Sterlitz, Addy Landowski, & Emily Wojtczak

Boys Basketball Team:  As the Boys Basketball Team head into the 2022-2023 season, they anticipate big things. With a young, but talented team, last year’s success is in reach. The Bucs' main goal is a section championship for a good seed in the playoffs. With 1 returning starter, the team looks a lot different. The “Flamethrowers” Macky Bennis and Tucker Bitar lead the charge. Junior big-man, Esau King-Buchak is a strong presence in the paint. Junior sharpshooters Joe Discello and Dylan Mckallip run the wings to make plays. They head to Shadyside tonight for the start of section play. The team would appreciate it if you came to their first home game, December 20, versus Ligonier Valley.

Captains: Esau King-Buchak & Macky Bennis

Swim Team:  The team has high hopes this year as last year's WPIAL qualifiers: Chloe Walton, David Matovik, David Aliyetti, Anthony Roman, Braden Mechensy, Kaylee Armando, as well as the other swimmers take on the season. We hope to see their team excel to greatness as they take on their first meet on the 21st. they’ve been destroying the game at practice and plan to eliminate the competition this year!

Captains:  David Matovik, David Allyeti, Brayden Menchesney & Kaylee Armando 

Bowling Team:  The Burrell Bowling team is starting off their season with some amazing scores! The teams are led by captain Leah McCandless. Currently, the boys varsity team is 2-2 and the girls varsity is 3-1. The top scorer from the boys is Sophomore Tucker Bitar with a high score of 234 and an average of 194. Girls top scorer is Junior Leah McCandless with a high score of 221 and an average of 182. The season has just started but there is more to come from the bowling team. Go Bucs!

Captains: Leah McCandless & Victoria Schuller

Boys Hockey Team:  The dirty Bucs are off to a strong start at 5-3-1.  The Bucs started off the season with a shootout win over the Neshannock Lancers, with sophomore Luke Mink calling game and Connor Kariotis standing on his head.  Led by leading scorer Caden Canfield, the Bucs are looking to bring home the first PIHL championship in school history.  Show out for the boys Monday when they face 1st place Bishop Canevin and Thursday against Deer Lakes.  

Captains:  Ryan Scheftic & Caden Canfield

Girls Gymnastics Team:  Meet season hasn’t started yet, but good luck to Sophomores Sydney Lawson and Rylie Porter and also Freshman Hailey Brockett and Kendel Fenner at their first meet next week at home! They all look forward to the season and competing at WPIALs in February!

Wrestling:  After a sad loss last year in the WPIAL finals, the Burrell Bucs are out for revenge this year. They are aiming to take back the top spot, and top 4 in the state. The team consists of Seniors Cam Martin, Niko Ferra, and Ian Quinn, Juniors Cooper Hornack, Nico Zanella, and Anthony Barbieri,  Sophomores Isaac Lacinski, Luke Boylan, and Calio Zanella, and a strong group of Freshmen Shaun Oden, Julian Bertucci, Cam Baker, Luca Rosa, Brady Valovchik, Jake Stewart, and Caden Ansani.

Captains: Niko Ferra & Cam Martin. Niko is a valiant leader who does anything for the team. His menacing mustache makes his opponents run off the mat and this year he up the terror with a caveman beard. Cam- aka "Party Marty," aka "The Secret Weapon." Cam is a tough leader who pushes the rest of the team. Also, give him props for having to practice with Luke Boylan every day.

Bocce Team:  We are excited to announce our very own Unified Bocce team for this Winter! This will be a PIAA sanctioned sport ~ which means the students can letter for the year and be a Burrell Athlete! The team consists of a proportional number of students with and without disabilities. We are excited to bring even more INCLUSION to BHS.  We will have 2 home matches and 2 away matches. We are really hoping to pack the ship when we have our home games in February. 

Captains: Katie Armstrong, Hannah Nix, Adelynn Rusek, & Ian Gorham

Click through the arrows above to see all the sleigh ride shenanigan's! Upperclassmen on the left and underclassmen on the right.

Mrs. Sankovich - Retirement and Birthday

This day was also Mrs. Sankovich's last day at Burrell High School. She served most of her tenure at the high school as our Attendance Secretary, but she also was at Stewart in between for a little while during her 16 years with Burrell. Those of you who miss a lot of school (or are often tardy) are very familiar with Mrs. Sankovich's smiling face! Mrs. Sankovich had no idea she would be recognized at the assembly, so she was shocked when she was called to come to the mic. Mr. Rossi said a few very kind words, and she received much applause at the end of the pep rally. It just so happens it was also her birthday, so the pep rally wrapped up with a full gym rendition of "Happy Birthday." Although Mrs. Sankovich declined to speak, she did blow a kiss into the crowd and applauded the students of BHS. You will be missed by students, and especially the staff, at BHS. Happy Retirement!!!