{"id":99512,"date":"2026-01-29T06:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99512\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T06:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:35:21","slug":"bchs-esports-team-honored-by-board-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99512\/","title":{"rendered":"BCHS Esports team honored by Board of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_2317-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Image of the BCHS Eagles Esports team with Superintendent Jody Monroe and Board of Education President Holly Dellenbaugh\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\"\/>At its Jan 21 meeting, the BC Board of Education recognized two Eagles Esports teams for their accomplishments. Each student was presented with an Eagle pin in recognition of their achievements by Board of Education President Holly Dellenbaugh and Superintendent Jody Monroe.<\/p>\n<p>The BC Eagles Esports team competed in the Empire State Scholastic Esports Federation (ESSEF) State Championships at Syracuse University. Two BCHS teams, Eagles Esports Marvel Rivals and Eagles Esports Rocket League, advanced to the tournament\u2019s playoffs. The Marvel Rivals team earned a second-place finish statewide, while the Rocket League team placed third in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Eagles Esports Marvel Rivals \u2013 2nd Place NYS<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to team members:<\/p>\n<p>Peyton Gray (Gr. 11)<br \/>\nJohn Stapleton (Gr. 12)<br \/>\nWill Jensen (Gr. 11)<br \/>\nMax Yaeger (Gr. 11)<br \/>\nPhoenix Andrews (Gr. 12)<br \/>\nLuca Ruggiero (Gr. 11)<br \/>\nMatthew Foster (Gr. 11)<br \/>\nNiccolo Genovese (Gr. 11)<br \/>\nEric Zheng (Gr. 12)<\/p>\n<p>Eagles Esports Rocket League \u2013 3rd Place NYS<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to team members:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Max Yaeger (Gr. 11)<br \/>\nEric Zheng (Gr. 12)<br \/>\nKai White (Gr. 9)<br \/>\nJohn Stapleton (Gr. 12)<\/p>\n<p>Coaching staff: Navarr Johnson &amp; Justine Nigro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At its Jan 21 meeting, the BC Board of Education recognized two Eagles Esports teams for their accomplishments.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-99512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}