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Riverside Maryland Minnesota Texas Model January 11-14, 2017 Texas School for the Deaf • Austin, Texas www.tsdrangers.com CLERCClerc CLASSIC Classic XVII XVII Schedule SCHEDULE LETTER FROM CLAIRE BUGEN, SUPERINTENDENT Wednesday, January 11 Time Activity Site 11:00am - 5:00pm Team Arrivals/Check-in Dorms 1:30 - 5:00pm Team Practices Seeger Gym 4:00 - 7:00pm Dinner Cafeteria 6:00 - 7:30pm Girls Game #1 - Maryland vs. Model Seeger Gym 7:30 - 9:00pm Girls Game #2 - Texas vs. Riverside Seeger Gym 9:00 - 10:30 pm Ice-Breaker Games Seeger Gym 9:30 - 10:30pm Basketball/Cheer Coaches Meeting Multi-Purpose Room Thursday, January 12 Time Activity Site 7:00 - 9:00am Breakfast Cafeteria 8:00 - 11:00am Team Practice (Maryland Boys & Girls, Texas Girls) Seeger Gym 12:00 - 1:30pm Girls Game #3 - Model vs. Fremont Seeger Gym 11:00am - 2:00pm Lunch Cafeteria 1:30 - 3:00pm Boys Game #2: Indiana vs. Minnesota Seeger Gym 3:00 - 4:30pm Girls Game #4 - Riverside vs. Indiana Seeger Gym 4:00 - 7:00pm Dinner Cafeteria 5:30 - 7:00pm Boys Game #3: Fremont vs. Model Seeger Gym 7:00 - 8:30pm Boys Game #4: Texas vs. Riverside Seeger Gym 8:00 - 11:00pm Social Night Deaf Smith Center Friday, January 13 Time Activity Site 7:00 - 9:00am Breakfast Cafeteria 10:00 - 11:30am Boys Game #5: Game 2 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser Seeger Gym 11:30am - 1:00pm Boys Game #6: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 3 Loser Seeger Gym 11:00am - 2:00pm Lunch Cafeteria 1:00 - 2:30pm Girls Game #5 - Fremont vs. Maryland Seeger Gym 2:30 - 4:00pm Boys Game #7 - Semi-finals (Game 1 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner) Seeger Gym 4:00 - 7:00pm Dinner Cafeteria 4:00 - 5:30pm Girls Game #6 - Indiana vs. Texas Seeger Gym 5:30 - 7:00pm Boys Game #8 - Semi-finals (Game 2 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner) Seeger Gym 6:30 - 10:00pm Social Night Deaf Smith Center Saturday, January 14 Time Activity Site 7:00 - 9:00am Breakfast Cafeteria 8:00 - 9:30am Boys Game #9 - 7th/8th Place (Game 5 Loser vs. Game 6 Loser) TSD Gym 8:00 - 9:30am Boys Game #10 - Consolation Championship (Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner) Seeger Gym 9:30 - 11:00am Girls Match-Up Game - Pool A 3rd Seed vs. Pool B 3rd Seed (5th/6th) TSD Gym 9:30 - 11:00am Girls Match-Up Game - Pool A 2nd Seed vs. Pool B 2nd Seed (3rd/4th) Seeger Gym 11:00am - 12:30pm Boys Game #11 - 3rd/4th Place (Game 7 Loser vs. Game 8 Loser) Seeger Gym 11:00am - 2:00pm Lunch Cafeteria 1:30 - 3:30pm Cheer Competition Seeger Gym 4:00 - 7:00pm Dinner Cafeteria 6:00 - 7:30pm Girls Match-Up Game - Pool A 1st Seed vs. Pool B 1st Seed (Championship) Seeger Gym 7:30 - 9:00pm Boys Game #12 - Championship (Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner) Seeger Gym Awards Presentation immediately following after the game 10:00pm - 1:00am Social Party Deaf Smith Center Sunday, January 15. Breakfast (6:30 - 8:30am) - Dorms Sunday, January 15 2 Clerc Classic XVII Tournament Time Activity Site 6:30 - 8:30am Breakfast Dorms LETTER FROM CLAIRE BUGEN, SUPERINTENDENT Welcome! January 2017 Dear Students, Staff, Parents and Community, Welcome to the Clerc Classic XVII, National Deaf Prep Basketball Tournament and Cheerleading Competition and welcome to our weird and wonderful city of Austin! I am quite certain the Laurent Clerc and Gallaudet would have continued heading west if they had known about the land where tacos are an art form and regularly eaten for breakfast, where barbecue is serious business, where live music and festivals are more common than gas stations, where 1.5 million bats fly through the night sky at once and both hipsters and cowboys will discourage you from moving here (except if you are Deaf---did you know we are the fasting growing deaf community in the nation?). Though Texans would never include basketball in their top ten best of “everything is bigger and better here” — for you, our friends, we make an exception for this Clerc Classic event. So we extend a big Texas welcome to our colleagues and friends from Fremont, Indiana, Maryland, Model, Riverside and Minnesota. On behalf of our Ranger Nation we are excited to be your hosts and we look forward to some great basketball and cheering. Best Regards, Claire Bugen - Superintendent Texas School for the Deaf 3 PARTICIPATING TEAMS CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF -RIVERSIDE INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF MASTERCity: EAGLE Fremont LOGO - PLEASE• Founded: DO NOT ADJUST 1860 IT! Founded: 1953 City: Indianapolis • Founded: 1843 Vice President: Scott Kerby (acting) Superintendent: Nancy Hlibok Superintendent: Dr. David Geeslin Athletic Director: Warren Keller Athletic Director: Anthony Barksdale Athletic Director: Paul Wood Colors: Orange and Black Colors: Scarlet and Gray Colors: Black, Orange & White Website: www.csdeagles.com Website: www.csdr-cde.ca.gov Website: www.deafhoosiers.com MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMY FOR THE DEAF MODEL SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF City: Frederick • Founded: 1868 City: Faribault • Founded: 1863 City: Washington DC • Founded: 1969 Superintendent: James E. Tucker Superintendent: Terry Wilding Vice President: Ron Stern Athletic Director: Andy Bonheyo Athletic Director: Lee Jones Athletic Director: John Castrese Colors: Orange and Black Colors: Maroon and Gold Colors: Red, White and Blue Website: www.msd.edu Website: www.msad.state.mn.us Website: www.gallaudet.edu/mssd.html TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF City: Austin • Founded: 1856 Superintendent: Claire Bugen Athletic Director: Chris Hamilton Colors: Blue and White Website: www.tsd.state.tx.us 4 Clerc Classic XVII Tournament LETTER FROM CHRIS HAMILTON, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Dear Friends of Laurent Clerc, Texas School for the Deaf is very excited to have you all here for 17th annual Clerc Classic. Clerc Classic started at MSSD in Washington D.C. in 2001 and has thrived ever since becoming a national tournament annually. This tournament brings out the best from our basketball and cheerleading teams from all over the country and should be an opportunity to remember what Laurent Clerc and his friends have done for Deaf education. We want to welcome everyone from California School for the Deaf, California School for the Deaf- Riverside, Indiana School for the Deaf, Maryland School for the Deaf, Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf and Model Secondary School for the Deaf. The Clerc Classic tournament is fun-filled competition between the seven of the most highly competitive teams from all across our nation over a four day period. We want to thank all of our committee members who have worked hard to make Clerc Classic a reality and to make this a memorable one for you. If you have a chance, please thank them. I would like to thank our sponsors - Gallaudet University, Purple, RIT-NTID, and Sorenson for their generous sponsorship. I look forward to watching you play with dedication and commitment. Good luck to everyone! May the best team win! Chris Hamilton - Athletic Director Texas School for the Deaf 5 LAURENT CLERC Laurent Clerc (born Louis Laurent Marie Clerc) was born on December 26, 1785 in La Balme les Grottes, France, a village on the northeastern edge of Lyon. Clerc has been called “The Apostle of the Deaf in America” and “The Father of the Deaf” by generations of American deaf people. With Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, he co-founded the first school for the deaf in North America, the Hartford Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb on April 15, 1817 in the old Bennet’s City Hotel, Hartford, Connecticut. The school was subsequently re-named The American School for the Deaf and in 1821 moved to its present site. The school remains the oldest existing school for the deaf in the United States. Clerc was the first great proponent of sign language instruction over oral instruction in this country, an advocate for fundamental rights for the deaf people, such as the right to marry, and the inspiration for the spread of deaf education throughout the United States. Clerc’s knowledge of deaf people’s natural inclination to use sign language formed the basis of his view of deafness as a minority culture and not unlike language-minority groups that exist in the midst of majority cultures throughout the world. He held this minority culture view of deaf people, deafness and sign language more than a hundred years before the first comprehensive studies of the sign language of the deaf revealed it to be a natural language equivalent to English and all other spoken languages. After moving to the Unites States, Clerc returned to visit France three more times. He assisted in 1864 with the opening of what would later be named Gallaudet University. Clerc died in 1869 and is buried in Hartford. 6 Clerc Classic XVII Tournament CLERC CLASSIC XVII COMMITTEE Jesse J. Bailey, Co-Chairperson David Sicoli, Media Chris Hamilton, Co-Chairperson Patrick Kinast, Stats Terri Levine, Admissions Christina Sicoli, Booster Club John Moore, Jr., Awards Not Pictured: Billie Muñoz, Registration/Cheer Liaison Fernando Muñoz, Program Book John Taylor, Blue Crew Emilia Doudt - Cheerleading Lori Taylor & Susie Giuntoli, Hospitality Rhoda Sween, Cafeteria Steve Barbin & Michael Winchester, Social Nights Russell Sanders, Transportation Sheri Mize, Scorekeeping/Timekeeping Myra Buttacavoli, Health Services Peggy Ann Wenger & Dirk Albrecht, Lodging Mark Johnston, Ranger Press Texas School for the Deaf 7 BOYS BRACKET Clerc Classic XVII January 12 - 14, 2017 Boys Bracket Maryland TSD JV Game 1 Maryland Game 6 TSD JV Game 7 Friday 11:30am Friday 2:30pm Fremont Game 3 Thursday 5:30pm Game 10 Model Game 12 Consolation Champions Saturday 8:00am - Seeger Saturday 7:30pm Champions Texas Game 4 Thursday 7:00pm 6th place 2nd place Game 5 Riverside Game 8 Friday 10:00am Friday 5:30pm Indiana Game 2 Thursday 1:30pm Minnesota Game 9 Game 11 7th place Saturday 8:00am - TSD Saturday 11:00am 3rd place 8th place 4th place 8 Clerc Classic XVII Tournament GIRLS SCHEDULE Clerc Classic XVII Schedule Girls POOL PLAY GAMES Day Time Home Score Away Score Wed.