The Tusker Tribune The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School

Issue Number 6 https://www.somersschools.org/Page/11489 Fall 2019 Deodhari Continues Excellence in Karate

By the Tusker Tribune Staff 2019 USA Nation- Last Saturday night, Somers al event and will Middle School 6th grader Sierra Deo- be featured this dhari was crowned the female advance week in two dif- under 12 year old karate champion for ferent local news the USA. accounts. She will be competing in the very prestig- Last Sun- ious Junior International Karate Open and USA day, she started Nationals in the 2020 season 2020. It will be off by winning the a five-day event first American featuring thou- Junior event. sands of com- Sierra, petitors from all who became a brown belt at age 7, is the holder of over the world. 2 international titles and, in 2016, was ranked #1 We con- in the New York Karate Tournament for her age gratulate Sierra group. on this amazing Sierra, who trains at Croton Karate under accomplish- Peter Doherty, has also won the USA Karate Fed- ment! eration Do Philadelphia Regional Open and took Sierra third place in the under 13 black/brown belt divi- also won the sion. SMS Should Be Friendlier The Tusker Tribune is For Wheelchairs the online Somers Middle School Stu- By Anna Hagen “ I have to go from the first dent Newspaper. It is Tusker Tribune Staff floor to the second floor, then up to the published weekly Starting 6th grade I third floor, then down to the floor be- (except during school fractured my ankle so I am low, stay for two periods, then go to vacations) on the now in a wheelchair, and I lunch, then go to the third floor for the Somers Middle School discovered that our remainder of the day” Website. It is entirely school does not take says Michael Abrams, a student-written by that much care for seventh grader in a 6th, 7th and 8th people in wheel- wheelchair. grade students from: chairs. Even if kids Somers Middle First, the ele- aren’t injured now, they School, 250 Route 202, Somers, NY, vator is in the copy could be injured at any USA. room. It depends time. So we should Any SMS student is how many people have our schedules to eligible to write are in there, or the only have to go down stories. size of the wheel- once or no times. If interested, please chair, but it isn’t We know that e-mail that easy to access it this may not be possi- Advisor Dean Pappas with a bunch of teachers scrambling ble, but we just want people to know at around. about this and to help us. Perhaps DPappas Also, the schedules make us go scheduling can be adjusted to help @somersschools.org up and down all day. kids in wheelchairs get around more easily. The Tusker Tribune Page 2 The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School Early NBA Awards Predictions By Benji Cutler Tusker Tribune Staff As you may or may not know, the NBA season starts in 5 days! Even though the NBA Awards will be announced in June 2020, I’m going to try my best as of now to predict the top 3 candidates, including the winner, of all the main awards! The list of awards is MVP, Rookie of the Year, 6th Man of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, and Coach of the Year. Enjoy!

MVP: Stephen Curry Kawhi Leonard

Rookie of the Year: Zion Williamson Ja Morant Tyler Herro

6th Man of the Year: Lou Williams Spencer Dinwiddie Derrick Rose

Most Improved Player: Terry Rozier Eric Bledsoe

Defensive Player of the Year: Giannis Antetokounmpo Rudy Gobert Kawhi Leonard

Coach of the Year: Brad Stevens Mike Malone

Those are my NBA Awards predictions, and by the way, if you don’t agree with these, keep in mind these are my predictions, and you can come up with your own if you want. See you at the NBA Regular Season!

NEXT The Tusker Tribune of Somers Middle School WEEK: Co-Editors: Noah Volkman, Joseph Melil- lo Another successful Editorial Staff: Samuel Sanz, Allison O’Connor 6th grade Field Trip! Reporters: Anna Hagen, Benji Cutler