Beachwood Swimmers Make Strides, Fall in Opener

BeachwoodBison.org rounds up Tuesday's meet against Walsh Jesuit

Editor's Note: This post was submitted to Beachwood Patch by BeachwoodBison.org. Visit their website for more on the Bison. Walsh Jesuit earned road victories over Beachwood on Tuesday in both boys and girls swimming. The Warriors’ boys, who finished among the top 25 teams in the state last season, defeated the Bison, 139-36, and the Walsh Jesuit girls, 27th in the state last season, won 132-46. “It is always hard swimming your first meet outnumbered 2-to-1, but I am proud of the racing of my swimmers,” Beachwood coach Brad Burget said. “They continue to become more competitive and their training started to show in the first meet.” Burget was especially pleased with Beachwood’s freestyle events and relays. Those squads continue to develop …

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Bison Swimmers Ready to Dive Into Pool

Swimmers will open season at home Tuesday afternoon

Editor's Note: This post was submitted to Beachwood Patch by BeachwoodBison.org. Visit their website for more on the Bison. When Beachwood athletic director Ryan Peters recruited Brad Burget from New Albany to coach the Bison swim team, the expectation was that Burget would build a program from the bottom of the pool and up. Burget has delivered. “That’s why we came up here,” said Burget, who enters his third year at the helm of the Bison swimming program. “I had the opportunity to start the club team, and we have that going with about 120 kids; most of them are in fifth grade or down. The lessons program is starting to feed the club team, which is feeding the middle school and high school team. We have to have that foundation. That’s the …

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PHOTOS: Holiday at the Family Aquatic Center

Holiday plus heat makes the pool a great place to cool off

Scores of residents beat the heat and humidity by spending Memorial Day at the Beachwood Municipal Pool. Kids cavorted in the sprinklers, while adults lounged under umbrellas or took a dip in one of the pools.  The shelters offered a place to rest, dry off and grab a bite. Although the pool opened on May 28, the first full day will be on June 10. For information on fees and restrictions, visit the Family Aquatic Center website.

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Beachwood Patch Whiz Kid of the Week Laura Tramer

Beachwood High senior has made state in swimming all four years of high school

Age: 18 School: Beachwood High School Accomplishment: Qualified to compete in the state tournament for swimming all four years of high school and has been the sole representative from the Beachwood High School swim team her junior and senior years. Key to Awesomeness: Qualifying for states as a swimmer is no easy task. Laura Tramer did it four times. “I’ve always liked swimming,” said Tramer, who has been swimming for nine years. “I love competing. I like being on a team. It’s a lot of fun.” Not only did she qualify all four years of high school, she was the only one from Beachwood High School to go to state her junior year, where she competed in the 200- and 500-meter freestyles, and her senior year, where she competed in the 200-meter …

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Week in Sports

Beachwood Wrestlers Flourish at Recent Matches

Basketball, swimming teams show promise

The strongest high school winter sports teams have begun to distinguish themselves from the pack, and Beachwood’s teams show promise to end the season well. There are great things in store for the Beachwood wrestling program as the Bison have the potential to become one of the top teams in the Chagrin Valley Conference. That promise is beginning to show in the team’s recent tournament and dual match performances. Coach Dugan Bentley’s team has just one senior and several talented underclassmen, including junior 171-pounder David Shapiro. Shapiro has already won the Olentangy Liberty Classic and the Beachwood Bison Kickoff Classic in impressive fashion in addition to placing third in both the Hudson Holiday Classic and the Kenston …

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