February 2011 Layout: Isaac Frumkin SPORTS XTREME

Contents ...... p.1 Carmelo Trade...... p.2 Blake Griffin...... p.2 All-Star Weekend...... p.3 Fired Coaches...... p.4 Indoor Track...... p. 5 Flyers and Penguins...p.5 Redskins Wrap-Up.....p.6 Lafayette Bears...... p.6 Caps Win...... p. 7 Super Bowl XLV College Bowls...... p.8 by Isaac Frumkin 5-J Rothlisberger completed an 8 yard pass to Hines On February 6th, the and the Ward for the . GB 21-10. battled each other for the Super Bowl Title. You may have watched it at The only scoring in the third quarter was for the home or you might have watched it at a party, but Steelers. Rashard Mendenhall ran for 8 yards and no matter where you saw it, you saw one of the the touchdown. GB 21-17. Early in the fourth most exciting games ever. quarter, Clay Matthews forced a and Green Bay recovered. They went on to score on celebrates After Christina Aguilera messed up the National an 8-yard completion to Gregg Jennings. GB his pick and TD. Anthem, the game began. It took a little while for 28-17. the teams to start scoring, but with 3:44 left in the first quarter it started. threw a 29- When the Steelers got the ball, they didnʼt waste yard completion to for the first the opportunity to pull close. Ben Rothlisberger touchdown of the game. GB 7-0. Twenty-four threw a 25 yard pass to Mike Wallace for the seconds later the Packersʼ safety, Nick Collins, touchdown. Then Antwaan Randel-El ran it into intercepted a pass and returned it for 37 yards the end zone for the 2- conversion. GB and a touchdown. GB 14-0. 28-25. Soon after, Green Bayʼs secured the lead with a 23 yard field . GB Aaron Rodgers posing Early on in the second quarter, Pittsburghʼs Shaun 31-25. Pittsburgh had another chance but they with the MVP and the Lombardi Trophy. Suisham made a 33-yard field goal. GB 14-3. Ben failed to get the first down on 4th and 5. Rothlisburger threw another , but this time to safety . Then Gregg Jennings The Green Bay Packers are our 45th Super Bowl caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Champion!! Rodgers. GB 21-3. With only 39 seconds left in the half, the Steelers began their comeback. Ben second-round picks in 2012 and ’s 2013, and cash. Amare Stoudemire, BLAKE’S PICS Long Awaited Trade the Knicks other star, has led the Knicks to a 28-26 record this season. by Matthew Harris 5-B In Carmelo’s debut with New York he scored 27 points in the 114-108 win The completed a over the . three-team,13-player trade with the for Carmelo Anthony on Tuesday. The were also involved in the trade, which was agreed to on February 21st but couldn’t be finalized until Anthony signed his Griffin getting a lift three-year, $65 million contract from Knicks’ , extension with the Nuggets. The Timifey Mozgov Knicks got guards ‘Melo on his new team and , and forwards Renaldo Balkman and from Denver. The Nuggets got forwards and , guard Raymond Felton and center Timofey Mozgov. New York also shipped centers and to Minnesota for forward Cory Brewer. Denver acquired center from Minnesota plus New York’s first ‘Melo on his old team Blake rises above round pick in 2014, the Knicks’ and Lamar Odom by Caleb Murphy 5-B Coming out of Oklahoma University, Blake Griffin was the first pick of the 2009 NBA draft by the Los Angles Clippers. Blake Griffin averages nearly 23 points and 13 rebounds per game so he gets a double-double almost every game. In Griffin’s early years he was home schooled and his best friend was St. Louis Rams’ who also went to Oklahoma. Blake Griffin’s high school was Oklahoma Christian University where his varsity basketball team won the state championship, then the next year, went undefeated. In college Blake averaged 21 points, 12 Blake Griffin won the rebounds, and four assists per game. Blake Griffin’s nimble footwork 2011 Sprite and ability to finish hard around the basket, is leading him to be the Contest with this first rookie since to play more than 40 games in the a alley-oop dunk over a rookie season. Aside from him being the best rookie, he might be car. the NBA’s best dunker. He won the 2011 during All-Star weekend. 2 NBA All-Star Weekend by Isaac Frumkin 5-J In the real All-Star Game the teams consist of the 12 best players in the East and the West. Even though they were reserves, the Celtics’ four players (Rajon All-Star Game Starters Rondo, , , and ) set a record for most players in the All-Star game from the same team. At half-time the West was up 74-64. In the mid third-quarter, Dwayne Wade twisted his ankle on a behind-the-back-pass. The Blake Griffin, Winner East caught up a little bit but the West won The Sprite Slam Dunk Contest is in the end, 148-143. LeBron James had a where 4 players perform dunks for triple-double but Kobe’s 37 points and 14 judges and get a rating for their assists won him the MVP award. dunk. Whoever gets the most points at the end wins. The finals ended up being between the favorite, Blake Griffin, and the Wizards’ Javale McGee. Even though McGee had just done a 3- ball dunk, Blake’s dunk over a car made him the winner.

Clockwise starting from top left: Amare Stoudemire, , LeBron James, , Dwayne Wade, , , , Carmelo Anthony, & , James Jones, Winner due to injury, was replaced by Kevin The Foot Locker 3-point Contest consists of 4 players who try to make the most 3-pointers in a certain amount of time. The Celtics’ Ray Allen and defending champion, Paul Pierce, were in the competition. The Heat’s James Jones ended up winning in the final round with 20 3s. , Winner

The Haier Shooting Stars is a team The Taco Bell Skills Challenge is an obstacle competition where a state or city course that includes passing into a bucket has a team of three people (WNBA and curving around cones. Team Atlanta, winners player, NBA player, Basketball There are six players who compete for the Legend). This year it was between Team Atlanta, Team , Team LA, best time. The Wizards’ was in the contest but got out in the first round. and Team . Team Chicago and Team LA were eliminated in the first The finals was between Stephen Curry of round, so the Finals was between Atlanta (Coco Miller, Al Horford and Steve the and Russell Smith) and defending champion Texas (Roneeka Hodges, Dirk Nowitzki, and Westbrook of the Thunder. ). Team Atlanta went first and finished with a horrible time of Stephen Curry ended up winning with an 1:10, but it didn’t matter because Team Texas didn’t even finish. amazing time of 28.2 seconds.

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Justin Haier Shooting Stars Bieber Rookie-Sophomore won the Game 60th Annual Celebrity Skills Challenge Game Celebrity Game All-Star Game MVP 3-point Contest

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3 not be returning to the team. The Goodbye NFL Fired Coaches Raiders had until Jan. 18 to decide if Guys! they would pick up the two-year option by Matthew Harris 5-B on Cableʼs contract. Five more NFL coaches were fired this year, and Iʼm going to start with the Moving on to the Denver Broncos. The San Francisco 49ers. Mike Singletary Broncos fired coach Josh McDaniels on was fired after the team made an Dec. 7.The announcement was made announcement late on January 7, by John Elway, the teamʼs vice several hours after the 49ers were president of football of operations, who eliminated from playoff contention with has been leading the search for the a 25-17 loss to St. Louis. Their new replacement for the fired Josh head coach is Jim Harbaugh. He was McDaniels. On Jan. 13, John Fox was the head coach of Stanford, but after named the new head coach. signing a 5-year contract worth $25 John Fox isn’t happy million heʼs now the 49ersʼ coach. The Panthers announced the dismissal with how his team of Coach John Fox, signaling the end of Now Iʼm moving on to the Browns. The nine-year run in which he led the played last season. Browns hired Pat Shurmur on January franchise to its only Super Bowl. Owner 13, ending a search that began when Jerry Richardson said the contracts of Eric Mangini was fired on January 3. Fox and the rest of his staff wouldnʼt be Pat Shurmur used to be the offensive renewed after the Dec. 12, game at coordinator of St.Louis. Atlanta. He ended the season with the worst record in the NFL 2-13. Letʼs move on to the Oakland Raiders. On Feb. 4, the Oakland Raiders Last but not least the Titans. On announced head coach Tom Cable had January 28, 2011 the big news hit the been fired. The move did not come as a airwaves when the total surprise since multiple reports announced that they were parting ways emerged that week that Cable would with Jeff Fisher. Jeff Fisher’s firing was Winter Classic Goes Prime Time somewhat of a surprise. by Zach Schauer 5-B and Jack Dolge 5-B The Winter Classic went prime time for the first time in Pittsburgh. The Winter Classic is always played outdoors. This time it was played in Pittsburghʼs Captains very own . The biggest rivalry came outdoors for the Classic. The Washington Capitals led by star player and captain Alex Ovechkin and the led by Sidney Crosby a.k.a Sid the Kid. It all started with a a fight between Pittsburghʼs Mike Rupp and Washingtonʼs own John Erskine. In the second period the scoring began with a Evgeni Malkin shot that went five hole on Caps goalie Semyon Varlamov. He was assisted by Kris Letang and goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. Next Mike Knuble (22) fails to get the the Caps struck back with a Power Play puck past Marc-Andre Fleury(29) goal by Mike Knuble. The Caps took the lead with a Eric Fehr break away goal. Alex Ovechkin Then Washington put the icing on the cake after another Eric Fehr goal after a (Capitals) and Sidney great pass from teammate . The final score was 3-1 Caps. Crosby (Penguins) are their teamsʼ captains

4 while Sierra Lewter placed fifth in team (Tsega Abera, Anders Indoor Track that event. After her second place Viemose, Joe Inglima, Alexandre finish in the 200, Alahna won the Huc) took second place but lost to Championship 400 meter sprint. On the Boysʼ the first place team by only 3 by Isaac Frumkin 5-J side, Laurent Williams took seconds. seventh place in the 55 meter After two developmental meets, dash. In the 200 meter dash the track team traveled to the Jelani Machen came in second in Flyers, Pens Prince Georgeʼs County Sports a very close race and Jonathan and Learning Complex for the Barnes took eighth. Jelani came Battle for Top Spot Indoor Track Championship. Only back to win the 400 meter sprint by Josh Taubman 4-S 3 people from a school can while Billy Conte placed fifth. participate in an individual event. In the long runs Lucy Each participant earns points for Kellogg won the 1600 meter run The and Lafayette if they place high with a time of 6:01.66 and Mei Pittsburgh Penguins have been enough. Only the top 3 in each Copacino took second with a time battling for first place all year in event earn medals. Here are of 6:22.18. Jen Marwell placed not only their division but the some of people who earned fifth in the 1600. Lucy and Mei NHL. Currently the Flyers are the second best in the league and points for Lafayette. also took first and second in the The Girlsʼ Field Events Penguins are close behind in fifth 800 meter run while Lauryn place. The last time these teams came first. In the High Jump Jalen Donahue came in eighth place. In met the Flyers won 3-2. Ciagne came in first place while the boysʼ 1600, Aidan Trinity won Regan Staudenraus came in fifth. with a time of 6:28.09, Aaron The Flyers’ have been led by top scorers Danny Briere and Jeff Zola Bzdek won the Long Jump Rosenthal came in third with with a jump of 9ʼ11.5ʼʼ. Zola also Carter with 28 goals and Claude 6:54.49, and Josh Taubman took Giroux who leads the team with won the Triple Jump with 20ʻ10.5ʼʼ fourth with a time of 7:03.85. The 36 assists. The goalkeeper Brian and Billie Evans came in third with boys 800 came down to the end. Boucher has also been good with a jump of 19ʼ01ʼʼ. Anna Reilly Ben Wallach came in second, a save % of .922. The Flyers have came in fourth in the TJ with a Aidan Trinity came in fourth, and also been a stellar road team this year with a 20-7-3 road record. jump of 17ʼ08.5ʼʼ. Milan Alexandre Huc took sixth. Kinnemore won the Shot Put and Their overall record is 40-15-6 In the girlsʼ relays, the which is good for 86 points. Eliza Caldwell came in fifth. 4x200 team (Krishna Cousins, In the Boysʼ High Jump Sari Finn, Ellida Parker, Grace The Penguins have had a good Ryan Carnota took seventh place Neville) came in sixth place. The season led by “Sid the Kid” Sidney Crosby. Crosby is the team leader and was closely followed by 4x400 team (Billie Evans, Sierra Tomas Imperato in eighth. Isaac in goals (32) and second in assists Lewter, Audrey Dahlkemper, Zola (34). They have also gotten good Frumkin won the Boys Long Jump Canady) took second place and goaltending from Marc-Andre with a jump of 11ʼ08ʼʼ and Michael the Sprint Medley team (Clare Fleury. Currently Crosby is out Edgell came in second with Trinity, Zola Canady, Skylah with a concussion after he was hit 8ʼ11.75ʼʼ. The boys swept the Parker, Alessandra Guy) came in in the head during both the Winter Classic on January 1 Triple Jump with Billy Conte fifth place. (23ʼ08ʼʼ) in first, Laurent Williams against the Washington Capitals The boysʼ 4x200 team and on January 5 against the (22ʼ11.50ʼʼ) in second, and Ben (Isaac Frumkin, Ben Korn, Conor Tampa Bay Lightning. The Wallach (22ʼ05.25ʼʼ) in third. Elijah McMurtrie, Dajuan Green) came Penguins have not been doing as Singletary took second in the in third place and beat out the well without him. Boys Shot Put while Robert Kovar fourth place team by one came in fifth. The Flyers and the Penguins don’t hundredth of a second. The 4x400 play each other again until March In the girlsʼ sprints, Danielle team (Jonathan Barnes, Timothy 29th in Pittsburgh. With the Breslow took sixth in the 55 meter Costello, Caleb Weaver, Jacob season only midway through, dash. Alahna Sabbakhan came in Weitzner) took fifth place. In a these teams will continue to second in the 200 meter dash very close race, the Sprint Medley battle for a while. Who will pull it out in the end? 5 More Than Just a Sport: Historical Black American Athletes by Jonathan Barnes, 4K February is Black History Month. Started by Carter G. Woodson, we recognize the many contributions of Black Americans to humanity and the progress of mankind during Black History Month. There are several historical Black American athletes who deserve recognition for more than just their athletic abilities. They not only made the way for more Black Americans to play professional sports, but more importantly, they brought attention to racial and social injustices. Read about some of them below. Do you know of other historical Black Americans? Take the time to learn about Black History, everyone’s history, not just in February, but all year long.

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6 Skins Future

Redskins Wrap-Up by Cole Maner 5-N After a disappointing season full of releases, cuts and a terrible record, the redskins staff have to be thinking about making some big changes to their lineup. Another possibility is a couple changes to the coaching staff. Mike Shanahan spoke about how Will Donovan McNabb stay numerous injuries limited some of his best players in Washington? playing time. One player that the redskins spent way to much time with was Albert Haynesworth. He faked injuries and was still payed over 100 million dollars. After missing almost all of mini-camp and spring training, and lots of practices, he was suspended. Late in the season Donavan Mcnabb was benched by Mike Shanahan because he was playing terrible. I agree with him very much. His replacement was Rex Grossman. He was a long time veteran who wanted to rebuild the redskins offense and hopefully their enthusiasm which they didn't have a lot of after their losses. Another problem redskins fans, and coaches were conferring about was the situation was for the quarterback next season. Their final record was 6-10 and they hope to do better next season.

Can the Skins get Cam Newton in the Draft?

The Redskins need another pass-rushing to help out .

7 Neuvirth, Caps Blank Penguins Again !!!!By: Zach Schauer & Jack Dolge 5-B ! The Caps coming off a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres continued on their winning ways. The last time the Caps met the Penguins, the Caps goalie, Michael Neuvirth shutout the arch rival Pens 3-0 on Super Bowl Sunday. This time it was even closer with an Ovechkin nuclear tip missile that no one, not even the best goalie in the league, could stop. That would be Boston Bruinʼs goalie, . It was a pretty even game until Marcus Johansson fed a perfect pass right into the wheelhouse of Ovechkin as he sent a missile past Penguins goalie Marc Andre Fleury. Before we tell you about all of this you need to know about the beginning of the game. In the first period Alex Ovechkin had a breakaway and went to the backhand but Fleury made an incredible blocker save. In the second period it got a little more exciting. It started with a fight between the Caps Matt Bradley and Ryan Craig. Bradley mauled Craig. On the 4- on-4 Ovechkin had another great opportunity when he had Penguins goalie Marc Andre another one timer that Fleury gloved down. On the power Fleury makes an incredible save play Ovechkin scored. The rest of the game went scoreless on an Alex Ovechkin shot. with Neuvirth making some key saves in the end. Maryland Coach Passes John Wooden Duke Vs. Maryland: On All-Time Wins List with 665th Win Once Again Terps Come In mid-February, Terps basketball Up Short against Duke head coach Gary Williams surpassed by George Allen, 5B legendary coach John Wooden on Hey kids! Did you see Duke the all-time wins list play the University of Maryland? Once with 665. again, Maryland put up a fight in a big Williams, who game, but once again, the Terps could played college ball not close the deal. In Maryland’s 80-62 for Maryland is in loss to the Duke Blue Devils, the Terps his 22nd season as fell down early, fought back before coach there. He is halftime and cut the lead down even one of only 12 further in the second half. Maryland coaches to reach came close to topping Duke, but in the the 600-win mark. He stands fifth among active coaches end Duke came out on the top behind Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, Syracuse's Jim because they had many skilled Boeheim, Connecticut's Jim Calhoun and West Virginia's shooters like Nolan Smith. Yet, it didn't Bob Huggins. He is Maryland's winningest coach and matter as Maryland fell to 14-8 and has led them to one NCAA championship in 2002. 4-4 in the ACC. With no big games Wooden, who died last year at age 100, won ten coming up, are the Terps' chances in championships while head coach at UCLA. the NCAA over till next year? 7 Bowls by Joe Inglima 5-B and Isaac Frumkin 5-J With all the NFL action you may #5 Wisconsin played the have forgotten about college undefeated #3 TCU Horned football. Hereʼs some info about Frogs. In a 21-19 win for TCU, the big bowl games. Andy Dalton passed for 219 yards After Boise Stateʼs loss, and a touchdown. Wisconsinʼs they moved down to 10th place in Montee Ball rushed for 132 yards the rankings to qualify and a TD. TCU and Auburn were them for the Maaco Bowl Andrew Luck celebrates his in Las Vegas. So #10 Orange Bowl victory Boise State played against #19 Utah and creamed them 26-3. Kellen Moore passed for 339 yards, 2 TD, and only 1 pick while Doug Martin had an 84 The Sports X-Treme yard run for a touchdown. In the Capital One Bowl #16 Alabama took on Vol. 3, No.4 February 2011 #9 Michigan State. published by the students of: Alabama not only upset them, but crushed them Lafayette Elementary School 49-7. Mark Ingram rushed Cam Newton kissing the BCS Trophy Washington, DC 20015 for 59 yards and had 2 of the only teams that had an the 6 rushing TDs. undefeated season. #11 LSU and #17 Texas Speaking of Auburn, Editors-In-Chief A&M battled it out in the AT&T the #2 Oregon Ducks played Isaac Frumkin, Caleb Murphy Cotton Bowl. After a 10-0 deficit, the #1 Auburn Tigers in the LSU came back and won 41-24. BCS National Championship Jordan Jefferson passed for 3 Game. This game came down TDs while Stevan Ridley and to the end but Auburn pulled it Reporters Spencer Ware combined for 207 off in the last second of the George Allen, Jonathan Barnes, rushing yards. game, beating Oregon 22-19. In the Allstate Sugar Bowl Cam Newton passed for 265 Sam Coan, Jackson Dolge, Matt #6 Ohio State beat #8 yards and 2 TDs while Fenty, Matthew Harris, Joe 31-26. Even though they lost, Oregonʼs LaMichael James Inglima, Arkansas led in all categories. only rushed for 49 yards. Cole Maner, Zach Schauer, Josh Ryan Mallett completed for 227 ! yards and 2 TDs and Joe Adams Taubman got 120 receiving yards. The Discover Orange Bowl wasnʼt all that it was Advisors cracked up to be. #4 Stanford Afsheen Benab blew out #13 Virginia Tech 40-12. Kathy Echave Andrew Luck passed for 287 yards and 4 TD. Coby Fleener received 3 of them and also got Administrators 173 yards. Lynn Main, principal Peter Young, vice principal