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VOLUME 1, NO. 2 OCTOBER 16, 2008 Lafayette Elementary School Sports X-treme

NY CONTENTS Stadiums....1 Coming Soon MLB Playoff Poll...... 2 By: Liam Walsh 6FM Cap City Interview.....2 Hockey Season...... 2 CCLL Fall Season...... 3 Juan Dixon...... 3 Redskins- Cowboys...4 Redskins Season...... 4 Steelers Season...... 4

The New Yankee is looking good.

The two New York baseball teams (Yankees and Mets) are getting new stadiums in 2009. On September 23, 2008 the thought they had their last game at . On September 28, 2008 the thought they had their last game at Shea Stadium. If you thought these teams had their last game you might be wrong. You might be wrong because New York is expecting very heavy snowstorms this winter so they are not tearing down Yankee Stadium until 2010. If either of the new stadiums get damaged they will play at Yankee stadium. They hope that none of the new stadiums get damaged.

SPORTS X-TREME PAGE1 VOLUME 1, NO. 2 OCTOBER 16, 2008 MLB Playoff Poll: Don’t Bet on it Cap City Interview By: Adam Kulawiec 5J By: Alex Conte and Ricky Washington 6S Adam Kulawiec: What league do you We went around Lafayette asking 5 kids from the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classes who they thought would win the . We participate in? gave 8 options: Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays, , Tomas Fischer: Capitol City Little Chicago White Sox, of Anaheim, Philadelphia League. Phillies, , and . Here are the results: Adam Kulawiec: What team are you Poll taken Thursday, October 2, 2008 on? Tomas Fischer: The Nationals. Adam Kulawiec: What is your Team Votes record? Tomas Fischer: 1 win and 2 losses. Chicago Cubs 15 Adam Kulawiec: What is your coaches name? Boston Red Sox 23 Tomas Fischer: Mark Dubester Tampa Bay Rays 4 Adam Kulawiec: How do you feel about your coach? Chicago White Sox 2 Tomas Fischer: He has a good concept of baseball. Los Angeles Angels 1 Adam Kulawiec: What positions do Los Angeles Dodgers 9 you usually play? Tomas Fischer: Pitcher, catcher and 2 third base. Adam Kulawiec: What is your Milwaukee Brewers 3 favorite position of those and why? Tomas Fischer: Pitcher, because I Update: Since this poll, the Los Angeles Dodgers and like striking people out and helping Philadelphia Phillies have advanced to the NLCS. In the ALCS the my team out. Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays will meet. Adam Kulawiec: Are you Hockey Season Is Here discouraged when you lose games? Tomas Fischer: No because there’s By: Joe Kaperst 5B Hockey preseason is over and the real season is starting. Look other games to play and I never let out for the Washington Capitals vs. the Chicago Blackhawks on October myself down. 11 at 7pm and the defending Stanley Cup Champions the Detroit Red Adam Kulawiec: Who do you think Wings vs. the Ottawa Senators on October 11 too. Also the Pittsburgh will win the World Series? Penguins just came back from Sweden which was a team building Tomas Fischer: The Red Sox. experience with their new team. It will be fun to watch so make sure to Adam Kulawiec: Do you see watch the NHL season. baseball in your future? Tomas Fischer: Yes. The first 5 teams for power rankings are #1 Detroit Red Wings, #2 San Adam Kulawiec: Thank you for letting Jose Sharks, #3 Montreal Canadiens, #4 Anaheim Mighty Ducks, and us interview you Tomas. #5 Pittsburgh Penguins. Tomas Fischer: You’re welcome.

SPORTS X-TREME PAGE2 VOLUME 1, NO. 2 OCTOBER 16, 2008 Capitol City Little League 2008 Fall Season Opening By: Thomas McCarren and Adam Schauer 5-G

Info: Cooper Jensen Minors The season started quickly. The teams in the minors are the Nationals, Red Sox, Giants, Mustangs, Cardinals, and Braves. The season started with the Nationals vs. the Cardinals. The score was 7-5 Cardinals. The next game was the Red Sox vs. the Giants the two best teams in the division. That score was 10-9 Giants. The final game was the Braves vs. Mustangs. Whose score was 4-0 Mustangs. The Giants ended up 1-0 tied with the Cardinals and Mustangs. Leaving the Red Sox, Nationals, and Braves at 0-1.

Majors So far the Majors started off with a bang. The Giants played the Cubs for the first game. The score was 12-0 Giants. In the game Adam Kulawiec almost hit a homer. He said “The hit sounded like wood.” The Giants went on to beat the Yankees 7-2. Finally, the two best teams played. The 2-0 Giants faced the 2-0 Tigers. The Tigers had beaten the Cubs 14-2 and the Yankees 9-1. Cooper Roark came into the game with 2 home runs and Daniel Boasberg had 1. The 2 teams looked like a good match up but a first inning 2 run homer hit by Cooper Roark let the Tigers blow the Giants out 16-2. So, the Tigers are 3-0, the Giants 2-1, the Yankees 1-2, and the Cubs 0-3. So Cap City looks good 3 games into the season. The Department of Parks and Recreation and Cap City are working to install lights, a , and a at Chevy Chase Playground. The neighbors next to the park are opposing the idea, but we just might get the lights. If we don’t some kids may not be able to play baseball. Juan Dixon Returns By: Kordell Brown 5-G

Juan Dixon has signed a contract for the Washington Wizards basketball team. He started his career with the wizards,but got traded to two teams Detroit Pistons and Toronto Raptors.The picture below was in the 2003-2004 season. He played very good in every season. His average in three in three point percentage for toronto was 0.436 for Detroit it is 0.394. His free throw percentage for Toronto is 0.947 for Detroit it is 0.429. His points per game with Toronto is 4.3 and for Detroit his is 6.5. Don’t forget to check out Juan Dixon and the Washington Wizards this season.

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Redskins Hunt Down Eagles, 23-17 By: Colin Trinity 5J On October 5 the Washington Redskins played the and came from behind to win an important game. The first quarter was all Eagles with touchdowns from Brian Westbrook and Desean Jackson. In the second quarter the Redskins had three field goals and at halftime the score was 14-9 Eagles. In the second half the Redskins made a great recovery starting with an unbelievable touchdown not from Jason Campbell but from Antwaan Randle El to Chris Cooley. This touchdown put the Redskins in the lead 16-14. To capture the victory, Clinton Portis ran in for a touchdown and the Redskins held on to win 23-17. What's Up in Pittsburgh?

By: Tony Fratto 5J

Steelers fans,let's talk about what's been happening in Pittsburgh. Contributors The Steelers have lost only one game this season, to Philadelphia 15-6. In their first game they crushed the Houston Texans 38-17. They had a narrow Kordell Brown 5G four point win over their arch rivals, the Cleveland Browns. (Their rivalry with Alex Conte 6S Cleveland has been going on for over forty years). Last week they beat the Chris Engvall 5J Baltimore Ravens, 23-20 in overtime. Tony Fratto 5J Their next game was against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Jacksonville Kevin Holston 5J had a record of 2-2 going into this game. The game was extremely exciting, considering that the Steelers lost to the Jaguars twice last year. Both games Joe Kaperst 5B were played at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. The STeelers had fought hard, Adam Kulawiec 5J considering all the injuries done to the team in their previous game. Fill in Running back, Mewelde Moore, played a fantastic game. Quarterback, Ben Aaron Lewter 6FM Roethlisberger, had only one interception, (in the First Quarter). In the end, Thomas McCarren 5G The Steelers had won 26-21. Sam Merony 5J

Overall, they've had a very exciting season with a few very close Adam Schauer 5G wins. I, like many others, are very excited about their season so far. So Collin Trinity 5J football fans, be sure to keep an eye on Pittsburgh! Jerry Walker 5J Ricky Washington 6S THE REDSKINS ON A ROLL Robert Wright 6S By Aaron Lewter 6FM and Robert Wright 6S Editors-in-Chief The Washington Redskins are on a four game winning streak. They lost Benjamin Hartheimer 6FM their first game to the 16-9. Then went on to beat the 29-24. After that they beat the Arizona Cardinals 24-17.Their 3rd Liam Walsh 6FM winning game was on September 28th against the Dallas Cowboys 26-24.Their last winning game was against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, October 5. They won Advisors 23-17. Their rookies have been doing great to. They are now in second place in the NFC east division tied with the Cowboys and behind the New York Giants. The Mr. Afsheen Benab Redskins are having a good season so far. Their record is 4-1. Ms. Kathy Echave

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