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November X-TREME Vol.3, No. 1 Lafayette Elementary School, Washington DC, 20015
BIG Changes for Miami Heat by Caleb Murphy, 5B and Quinn Wright, 5J
The Miami Heat changed a lot over the summer with the addition of LeBron ‘King James’ James, Chris Bosh, and Mike Miller. These are the Heats’ new key players. They also picked up Zydrunas Ilgauskus who used to play on the Cavs with James. LeBron James, Bosh, and Dwyane Wade are supposedly the great amigos, but some disagree. They say that it’s D-Wade’s town so James and Bosh should leave. Though in all of NBA, they’re not the only Big 3. Boston has Pierce, Allen, and K-G, and now New teammates Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, they have Shaq. Also Kobe Bryant in L.A is and LeBron James (from left to right) saying that he’s going to win it all this year. The Heats first game this year was a very disappointing loss to the Boston Celtics.
INSIDE Write Lafayette B-Ball Is Underway...... 2 Giants Win World Series...... 3 Like Sports? for the NY Giants: Injuries and Victories.....4 Gilbert Arenas: Right or Wrong?.....4 Sports X-
Sports Extreme Lafayette Elementary School November, 2010 Bears Basketball Season Is Underway
by George Allen, 5B
The 4th and 5th grade boys and girls were able to tryout for Lafayette’s Basketball team recently. Tryouts were held in the gym. Coaches Robert Johnson and Lauren Shapiro watched the players do drills and run laps before announcing the boys and girls teams. The names of players are on blue and gold banners in the Great Hall. I interviewed Coach Shapiro about Lafayette’s basketball program. I asked her what qualities they were looking for in a player. She said that she and Coach Johnson want a player who listens, takes direction, hustles, shows good sportsmanship and leadership. Ms. Shapiro and Mr. Johnson have been coaching basketball here for seven years which is as long as Coach Shapiro Lafayette has had a team, so they know what they’re looking. Basketball practices are Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Girls’ games are on Tuesdays and boys’ games are on Thursdays. I hope you can see our games. Coach Johnson Go Bears! Boys Team
Martin Haggray Girls Team Andrew Fenty Kayla Miller Matthew Harris Justice Page Matthew Fenty Alexandra Hannah Noah Gross Sofia Ohanian Caleb Murphy Quinn Wright Aaron King Rebecca Frye Carl Morison Natalie Seablom Geogre Allen Reilly McClure Alex Fitzgerald Sierra Lewter Jay Young Nikki Chatman Jon Barnes Ana Fischer Andres Frye Giants Win World Series
Then the Phillies finished them off, winning Editor’s Note: the next two games and moved on to the National League Championship Series. The Braves were a The San Francisco Giants’ road to sentimental favorite to win the series with the victory was very surprising. For being the Giants due to the fact that it was their manager underdogs, this team of future all-stars Bobby Cox’s last season. But no, the Giants took was superb. Right fielder Cody Ross hit the series three games to one with their rookie the homers and Pitcher Tim Lincecum catcher, Buster Posey, playing exceptionally well. threw lots of strikes! For the American League the match-ups Isaac Frumkin followed the MLB were the Rays vs. Rangers and the Yankees vs. playoffs. Read his story as it developed! It the Twins. Almost everyone picked the Rays to appears below! beat the Rangers since Tampa Bay had the best record of any team in the MLB. The series stretched to an exciting seventh game, but in the end, the underdog Rangers won it with their MLB Playoffs: superstar pitcher, Cliff Lee. Tampa Bay’s super The Road to the Top hitters were no match for him. by Isaac Frumkin, 5J
Finally, it’s off season again, and you know what that means--the Major League Baseball Playoffs! The teams that made it from the National League were the Philadelphia Phillies, the San Francisco Giants, the Cincinnati Reds and the Atlanta Braves. From the American League the final teams were the New York Yankees, the Tampa Bay Rays, the Texas Rangers and the Minnesota Twins. In the NL First Round, the match-ups were the Phillies vs. Reds and the Giants vs. Braves. Edgar Renteria hitting his World Series The Reds came into Philly with high hopes clinching three-run homer. because of their MVP (Most Valuable Player) contender, Joey Votto. Too bad for them though because in the first game the Phillies ace, Roy The Yankees-Twins series wasn’t nearly as “Doc” Halladay pitched a no-hitter against them. exciting. The Yankees swept the Twins by dominating them. In the Second Round, the Giants beat the Phillies 4 games to 2. Their first game was an exciting duel with Tim Lincecum (Giants) and Roy Halladay (Phillies) as the starting pitchers. The Rangers beat the Yankees 4 games to 2 also. Even with the Yankees come-from-behind victory in the first game, Texas’ pitchers were outstanding. In the World Series, the Giants beat the Rangers 4 games to 1. Edgar Renteria was named World Series MVP. Roy Halladay celebrates his no-hitter. Gilbert Arenas--Right or Wrong? by Skylah Parker, 5G Wizards’ star Gilbert Arenas pretended that he was injured on opening night of the new NBA season. He claimed that his problematic knee was acting up, but it wasn’t. Why would he do this? According to Arenas, he wanted to get scratched from the lineup, so he faked it. He said that he did this so that his friend and teammate, Nick Young, who was returning from an injury, Gilbert Arenas: Is could play in the game against the Hawks. what he did, right? Editor’s Note: Do you think what Gilbert Arenas did was right or wrong? Write to the Sports X-Treme and let us know what you think and why. We will print your answer in the next edition.
Bears B-Ball Schedule Eli Manning’s Giants Coming have 5 straight wins! Zola Canady, 5B Soon!
Contributors NY Giants: Injuries and Victories George Allen, 5B Editor’s Note: Zola Canady, 5B When Kaylas wrote her story, the Giants were 3-2. Now their Kayla Miller, 5G record is 6-2 and they have five straight wins, making them one of the Skylah Parker, 5G NFL’s top teams halfway through the season. Quinn Wright, 5J by Kayla Miller, 5G The NY Giants are playing in a brand new stadium that they share Editors-in-Chief with the NY Jets. At a cost of approximately $78 million, it is the most expensive football stadium ever built. Whether or not, the new stadium Isaac Frumkin, 5J will bring good luck to the Giants remains to be seen. There are 42 players on the NY Giants roster and a lot of them Caleb Murphy, 5G have been plagued with injuries. Kenny Phillips, 21, missed most of last season with a knee injury. His knee is bothering him again although the severity is not yet known. RB Ahmad Bradshaw suffered an ankle Advisors injury during the win against the Chicago Bears. Other major injuries this year have included Will Beatty (foot), Keith Bullock, (toe), FB Ms. Kathy Echave Madison Hedgecock (hamstring), C Adam Koets (knee), S Shaun Mr. Afsheen Benab O’Hara (ankle/achilles), and DE Osi Umenyiora (knee). It remains to be seen if head coach Tom Coughlin, new offensive co-ordinator, Perry Fewell, and QB Eli Manning can get the job done in spite of the Administrators injuries. What’s your prediction about the NY Giants this year? Ms. Lynn Main Mr. Peter Young