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The Tusker Tribune The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School Issue Number 2 http://somersschools.org/domain/995 Fall 2018 Somers 12U Football Wins! By Ryan Cole This win has seemed to put them Tusker Tribune Staff back in the fighting spirit. This week, the Coming hot off a champion- Somers 12 U Tuskers ship win last season, they are a big faced off against the target in the league. In this past Southern Duchess Patri- weekend's game, multiple kids ots. It was a hard-played game stepped up and rose to the challenge. but in the end, our Somers Tusk- It was a true team effort. ers emerged victorious. This coming weekend will be Led by quarterback Mac another tough game against Pough- Sullivan, they went on to la shut- keepsie at home. out. Their record is an odd 1-1-1. The Tusker Tribune Staff Ryan Cole Seth Cheung 7th Grade’s a Whole Lot Ian Cohen Jesse Manginelli Joseph Melillo Different From 6th Grade Isabella Milojevic Mario Mancini Ian Cohen By Luke Cukaj CJ Griggs Tusker Tribune Staff Noah Volkman I was surprised at how Neha Madhwesh different 7th grade is from 6th Luke Cukaj grade. Allison O’Connor For starters in 7th grade, the Shira Sofko distance from each class is insane. For Michael Abrams example, I have gym first period. And Will Underkoffler then, from gym, I have to go all the Sam Sanz way to Mr. Pappas which is room 305. But luckily for me, it’s only A and C days. It’s not like 6th grade when all your classes are in the six-grade wing. I also feel like the stuff that you learn in 7th grade is much more interest- ing than last year's curricu- lum. Firstly, in math class, The Tusker Tribune is the online Somers every time you answer a question, it Middle School Student Newspaper. It is doesn’t take you like 15 minutes on published showing your work. weekly (except during school vacations) on Also, in social studies, I feel the Somers Middle School Website. It is that learning about America and the entirely student-written by 6th, 7th and native American tribes are much 8th grade students from: Somers Middle School more interesting then Egypt and In- 250 Route 202 dia. Somers, NY, USA. So over all I think 7th grade is Any SMS student is eligible to write sto- awesome, and I feel like I have much ries. If interested, please e-mail Advisor more freedom then last year because Dean every day you learn about something Pappas at different. [email protected] The Tusker Tribune Page 2 The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School Gaelic Football Popularity Grows By Joseph Melillo inated in Ireland. It is easily Tusker Tribune Staff the most popular sport in Ire- What is Gaelic land and the All-Ireland Senior football? Gaelic foot- Championship final, held at ball is a sport that com- Croke Park, Dublin, drew an bines the suspense of soccer, the attendance of 82,300 people! scoring and skill of basketball, Gaelic football began un- and the speed of some of the der the Gaelic Athletic Associa- fastest sports in the world. tion, but it really started much So, what is the objective before that, like around the 17th of Gaelic football? Basically it is and 18th centuries. It was an like football, rugby, and basket- Irish sport that has grown into ball combined. There are two an International sport with teams of 15 and 2 goals similar clubs from the United States, to goals in rugby, except they have a net attached Europe, and Australia. The game can help en- to them. hance the fun, team building, and competition. The objective is to get the ball into the goal So, you want to play Gaelic football? Well, by either kicking it or punching it into the net for you’re in luck! There is actually a Gaelic football three points, or putting it over the crossbar for one league near us! It is the WestPut Setanta football point. The ball cannot be bounced more than twice Club. They are continuing the Gaelic football pro- in a row and the goal is a lower version than a rug- gram here in the Somers Schools. The link to the by goal. You are also not allowed to tackle in Gael- flyer can be found here along with the cost and fur- ic football. If you do, it will result in an automatic ther information about the sport. suspension. If you do decide to play Gaelic football, have Where did Gaelic football originate? It orig- fun! ‘Captain of America’ to Hang Up Cleats By Ian Cohen when he got brought up to the major Tusker Tribune Staff leagues in 2001. About one week ago Stats David Wright and the Mets Wright’s overall average is .296, decided that Wright would he has 1,777 hits, 970 RBI, 242 end his career at the end of homeruns. the season but not play his last game The Mets are going to put Wright until September 29, the last Satur- into their own hall of fame, but David day home game of the Mets season. will probably not be in the Major League He stopped playing due to, neck Hall of Fame. He is probably not going to problems, lower back problems. He was also get- get put into the major league hall of fame because ting old to play baseball. he was only good when he was young, he missed a Wright earned his nick name, ‘’Captain lot of years due to injuries, and he was not proven America’’ because he was an amazing ball player to be one of the best players in the world. ‘The Captain’: A Brief Bio By CJ Griggs classic that he was nicknamed “The Cap- Tusker Tribune Staff tain”. `David Wright is a profes- In 2015, David found out terrible sional baseball player for the New news, that he was diagnosed with terrible York Mets. He was born in 1982, back injuries that would most likely cut his which makes him 35 years young. career short. David could not play baseball At the start of David’s career, he for 8 weeks. After those 8 weeks, David started off well and he was one of the best participated in a practice and he messed up young players in all of baseball. David con- his shoulders, things were not going well tinued to shine throughout his MLB career for David, but as a captain he kept fighting becoming an all-star multiple times. and maintained a good attitude. It was in 2013 in the world baseball Continued on Page 6 The Tusker Tribune Page 3 The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School Video Game Review: RAINBOWSIX Siege By Mario Mancini nades, barbed wire or a bullet proof camera. Tusker Tribune Staff Now let’s get into reviewing gameplay. I The game Rainbow Six Siege is a am currently a level 73 and I have every operator. game where you can play as real people I commonly use trap operators on defense like from anti-terrorism units like the GIGN, Frost, Lesion and Echo. Sometimes, I'll use Doc or FBI and the S.A.S and many more. Vigil or Mute. I use submachine guns or an SMG Each person is called an operator. Each on defense because I like a fast fire rate that gets operator has a different ability, Ash has a breach- me the kill. On attack I use powerful assault ri- ing round that can breach fles. Operators with power- walls from a distance. I ful assault rifles are Lion, find her very useful in Zofia and Twitch. clutch situations (Also her I'm a very good play- hitbox is really small). er. I've had at least 10 1v5 I can go on all day aces and I drop very high about operators and their kill games. cool gadgets but let’s not. Now let’s talk about Each operator is an attack- game modes. “Casual” is a er or a defender. The at- game mode where every lev- tackers first in the prepa- el player can play. It’s 1 vs 3 ration phase uses drones to and in every round, you locate defenders and the switch from attack to de- objective. The objective is fense. It’s either defuse the either defuse a bomb, secure the area, or extract bomb, secure the area or extract the hostage. the hostage. “Ranked” is where you are ranked if you The defenders are supposed to protect the win or lose the match. If you win, you rank up. If objective from the attackers. It is a 5v5 3-minute you lose, you rank down. The highest rank is Dia- match to win. You either kill all of the enemy mond. Ranked is 1 vs 4 and you must be level 20 team or disarm the bomb, secure the room or ex- or higher to play. tract the hostage. Finally, “Custom” is where you customize For defenders, you either kill the whole the game according to what you want.. You can team or time expires and you win. Also, attackers play with your friends or play online custom with can have frag grenades, claymores, stung gre- random people. nades and breach charges. On the other hand de- Overall, I give Rainbow Six Siege a 10/10. fenders can have deployable shields, impact gre- It’s my favorite game. You should really buy it.