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The Crimson

The student news site of Bernards High School

The Crimson

The student news site of Bernards High School

The Crimson

Ben Balian

Ben Balian, Staff Writer

Ben is a sophomore and a first year podcaster and writer for the Crimson. At home he has his own podcast called The Sports Pod where he discusses national sports. He is a Knicks, Mets and giants fan, and has dreams to pursue broadcast journalism in the future. Writing for the paper he is looking forward to writing in the sports section, and expanding his résumé. 

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Cyrus Mehrrostrami ‘25 takes the baton in the DMR

BHS Track completes another spectacular season

Ben Balian, Staff Writer
June 9, 2025

The Bernards Mountaineer track program has had a strong spring track season after a productive winter. Throughout the season, the team has broken longstanding records and won multiple championships. On...

Crimson Podcast Episode 12: FT Baseball

Jack Martin and Ben Balian
May 12, 2025

In this episode of the Crimson Podcast, Jack Martin and Ben Balian sit down with Matt Falzarano '25 and David DePierro '25 to discuss the ongoing Bernards Baseball season as they make a run towards the...

Crimson Podcast Episode 11: FT April Everyday Hero

Ben Balian and Jack Martin
May 1, 2025

In this episode of the Crimson Podcast, Ben Balian and Jack Martin sit down with April's Everyday Hero Kaley Welsh '25.

College athletes have been jumping from school to school during the off season of their sports

The transfer portal has changed college sports

Ben Balian, Staff Writer
April 30, 2025

The transfer portal has taken college athletics by storm over the last four years. The transfer portal is an online database that allows student-athletes to express their intent to change universities....

Crimson Podcast Episode 10: Should phones be banned in classrooms?

In this episode of the Crimson Podcast, Jack Martin, Ben Balian, and Gaia Albeniz discuss the ongoing debate of whether or not phones should be banned in schools.

The Mets home stadium, Citi Field before a game last season

MLB season begins, exciting baseball fans across the nation

Ben Balian, Staff Writer
April 1, 2025

The 2025 Major League Baseball season will kick off on March 18th, with the Chicago Cubs taking on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Tokyo series as part of the MLB World Tour presented by Guggenheim. The...

The 2025 bracket has provided some exciting games

First weekend of March Madness wraps up with exciting sweet sixteen to come

Ben Balian, Staff Writer
March 27, 2025

March Madness is underway in 2025. In the first weekend of the tournament, there were shocking upsets, close games, and players performing in the clutch. There were 48 games played at various locations...

Brody Watt '26, running at the armory

Winter Track team completes incredible season

Ben Balian, Staff Writer
March 6, 2025

Bernardsville, NJ - The Bernards Mountaineers boys and girls winter track team has finished their season after entering the year with much promise. The relay teams were all the talk on the boy's side,...

Crimson Podcast Episode 5: FT Girls Basketball

Ari Rosen and Ben Balian
January 9, 2025

In this episode of the Crimson Podcast, Ari Rosen and Ben Balian sit down with Alexa Paterno '25, Morgan Infusino '25, and Aletha Reynolds '26 to talk about the girl's basketball season.

Crimson Podcast Episode 2 Featuring: Ari Rosen- September Everyday Hero

In this episode the roles get reversed, Editor in Chief Ari Rosen gets interviewed by Andrew Tropp, Charlie Quinn, and Ben Ballin. They discuss Ari's Every Day hero award as well as other things he is...

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