The Bell

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER

November 3, 2014 A Student Publication of the Belmont Hill Middle School Issue #1 Change is in the Air: Welcome from the Form I travels to Camp Burgess Editors By Chetan Shukla Form I By Bell Editors Forms II and III Camp Burgess is a very well thought out way to get first As Dr. Melvoin remarked formers to engage with each oth- during his opening speech on the er. Whether it’s in the Gaga pit to first day of school, this year is one the dinner table, we were always of “change,” both in-school, and together. The bus was in front of in the outside world. The 2014- the Jordan when I got there. There 2015 academic year is also a time was a mound of bags so I put mine of change for the Bell. With a com- right on top. Everyone was down pletely redesigned layout (now on the turf field playing football printed on newsprint!), the Bell until we were called to the bus. is all-new and better than ever! The bus ride to Cape Cod, which This year, in an effort to al- is where Camp Burgess is located, Form I boys getting ready for an exciting day at Burgess Mr. Ekwelum low the entire Middle School to par- was bucket loads of fun. We got off ticipate, we hope to conduct more the bus and in front of our eyes was to tag them on the back. tory after beating the team of coun- polls and surveys, and we would love a beautiful blue lake. There were so Then, we went back to selors. By then, we were all hungry to hear any suggestions on articles many things to keep us occupied, the base and split into each of our and we ate a lot at dinner. Dinner or topics you want to see printed! it was hard to see us ever leaving. groups. The groups were all the was tacos. After dinner, we went We encourage all of you to The first thing we did when we got advisory groups. Our group, Mr. to get ready for the night hike. The write, and we hope you will enjoy there was play. We had about fif- Carr’s, started on the zipline. The night hike was very cool and at the reading the work of your peers! teen minutes to spare until lunch. zipline was about 20 feet high end we went to a campfire. At the There was tether ball, gaga ball, and was extremely fun. After the campfire the teachers talked about and . After this we had zipline, we did some team building their heroes and some brave kids lunch in Yohe Hall. Lunch on the games. Finally, we went to the low did too. We also had s’mores after. first day was ham and turkey sand- ropes course. There was a steel rope After we all had some well wiches. After lunch, we had some connecting some trees together and deserved sleep, we woke up and games as an entire form. We started we all had to stay connected with went to breakfast. For breakfast, by walking over to a field where the person in front of us. It might there were pancakes, sausages, and we all spread out. Then we played sound easy, and it looked easy be- orange juice. After breakfast, our a form of Simon Says. We also fore, but it took a lot of hard work group went to rock climbing. There played a form of tag called Every- and a lot more teamwork. After this, were two walls and you could one Is It. In the game Everyone Is we had the Gaga-Ball tournament. choose which one you wanted to do. It, you can tag anyone and then they After a long tournament, Mr. Swee- There was hard and then extremely are out. The catch is that you have ney’s advisory group took the vic- hard. After the rock climbing, was Continued on Page 5 Camp Becket: New Faces and Old Friends tivities, but not before lunch. After This Issue: everyone refueled in the dining hall and settled in at their cabins, we strolled down to the baseball field, known as Moose Field, to play a Community few quick team-building games and to be introduced to the coun- Form I and III Annual selors. Once we got our groups we Trips Page 1 & 5 set off, finally, to start our activities. My group was one of the Popular Clubs: Model first groups to get to explore the high ropes courses. The high ropes UN Page 5 course was a challenging, but not impossible, obstacle course sus- 3rd Formers getting ready to Canoe Mr. George pended roughly twenty feet in the air. These obstacles were not only “character development.” As the Sports By Jeff Eaton physical tests of strength, but also last person stowed away their bag Form III mental tests as they pushed you to 3rd Football contin- and the buses pulled out the school go further even when you did not The birds were chirping, the parking lot, the excitement slowly ues 2-year undefeated think you could. They also stressed sun was shining, and we were as en- decreased as everyone settled in critical thinking, trust and risk-tak- streak Page 2 ergetic as ever. It was the morning for the nearly three-hour bus ride. ing as many students were required of September 11, a solemn day in Minutes turned into hours to push their boundaries to where many American hearts, but not for as the suburban scenery slowly, yet 2014 - 2015 NBA they have never been before. Some, the boys of the third form. Today gracefully, turned into rural farm like the tight rope or the Chopsticks, Season Preveiw was something special, something land that gently grazed the hilly land- focused on pure ability, due to the different, a chance to get away scape. As the buses weaved through Page 3 fact that they were a solo task and from school, yet still be with your the windy roads of the Berkshires, physically taxing, but others, like friends and fellow classmates. The everyone watched out the windows The Big and Bad are the Giant’s Ladder, in which two usual atmosphere of a school, the with close intensity as it was unlike students would have to climb up as back! Page 4 tired students and the dreading of any other usual sight one may see the rungs quickly grew in distance what was to come later in the school in a city. To one side, the trees tow- apart, stressed teamwork since the day, was not present, at least not ered over the buses with the over- two partners would have to use among the third form. Everyone, hang reducing the sunlight bleeding each other to boost one another up including myself, was eager to go, through, and to the other the rivers on the next rung. Most would try The Back Page to set off into the dark wilderness and streams carefully dissected the and, surprisingly, most would suc- and explore the unknown. Today hill side that ran along the highway. ceed, but others would fail miser- Fun & Games was the annual third form trip to When the buses rounded the ably, but not without great effort. Page 6 Camp Becket. Becket, an overnight final corner and steadily approached Next for my group would camp for boys run by the YMCA, the camp site, the enthusiasm im- come maybe the most relaxing and sits on nearly 1,400 acres of land mediately picked up and people Look Alikes most amusing activity, canoeing. in the beauty that is the Berkshires peered around the seats of others to Page 6 Canoeing was a rather simple activ- of Western Massachusetts. Known get a glimpse of what would be their ity in which all we had to do was by its reputation of beautiful views home for the next two days. Pains- paddle around the lake that sat in Student Spotlight and stunning land features, Becket takingly, the third form had finally front of us. To add to the fun, well, stays true to its century-long com- arrived at Camp Becket and were Page 6 what would be a well-executed ca- mitment to its “rich traditions” and eager to start their exploring and ac- Continued on Page 5 PORTS PG. 2 S The Bell 3rd Football Has Strong Start after Two Undefeated Seasons By Gavin Colbert with not a score, but experience pumped. Coming out strong with somewhat unorthodox daily warm- Form III and the hunger for the real test of a touchdown on the first play, we up, coaches who preach hard-work the first game versus St. George’s never looked back. Stellar playing and the importance of being a This year, the 3rd Football JV team. After the preparation all around with a great running at- good family man and a true multi- team is looking to build upon the of hard practices, and a Saturday tack from the speedsters, a great dimensional athlete, and having a successes of two previous undefeat- morning film and practice session passing display from the QBs, the bunch of brothers with a real sense ed seasons and have a great year of the team was ready for the chal- tight ends, and the backs, and a of team, the 3rd football team this football. With veteran coaches Mr. lenge of the first game. After the smothering defense that forced year will surely be one to remember. Sweeney, Mr. Wood, Dr. Davis, opening kickoff, we were forced countless turnovers, we trounced and Mr. Fleming not only coach- to punt after a three and out, but St. Seb’s with a 40-6 rout. The sea- ing the game of football, but the for the rest of the game led by a son is looking very promising now. hard work, strategy, discipline, and fast offense of speedy running From a combination of a preparation that goes into every backs with four rushing touch- game, every drive, and every snap, downs, and a powerful defense Batchelder, Jr., Charles O’Neil-Riley, Justin the team is destined for greatness. that pummeled the spread offense Bramley, Benjamin Paine, David Every player is an integral part of Campbell, Ray Eaton, Jeffrey of St. George’s, we showed the op- Carroll, Nicholas Gibson, Grant the team, whether it be at quarter- ponents what our team was made Charles, Macdony Gonzales, Gordon (Wil) back, running back, tight end, line- of. Only allowing a late touch- Colbert, Gavin Grady, Owen man, or at defense; football is the down in the fourth quarter, the fi- Collins, Isaiah Peterkin, Gabriel sport in which every player is es- nal score was 36-8 Belmont Hill. Conigliaro, Philip Richards, Myron sential to the success of every play. Connor, J. Patrick Roberts, Ethan After the dominating win, Haase, John Taitano, Eric After the hot days of condi- there were ten days to prepare Harris, Quentin Thompson, William tioning and getting back into shape for the real rivalry and highlight Jordan, Luke Wyett, Henry for football, our first test as a team of the schedule: St. Sebastian’s. Marinello, Anthony was a scrimmage against the fresh- It was a Friday game against the The 3rd Football Team Roster Gavin Colbert man team of Needham High. An true enemies, and the boys were evenly matched scrimmage ended

This fall season, several Form III Boys have gotten the chance to play for Belmont Hill’s Varsity Teams!

Congratulations to all boys on their athletic achievements!

(Left) John Pappo, runs in a varsity cross country meet

(Right) Jack Bell celebrates with his teamates on varsity soccer

3B Soccer Excited for the Season Ahead 3rd Cross Counry is Ready to Run By Coleman Walsh fore the whistle blew. The final By Ishaan Prasad and ready to run a great rest of the Form III score played out to a 2-1 victory for Form III season. In a Cross Country meet, Belmont Hill! With these legendary the team’s score is calculated by What appeared to the vari- The 3rd Cross Country victories in mind, I believe I speak the positions of the first five - run ous critics of the Third Form the team has had a fantastic start to for the whole team when I say we ners on the team. First place is one makings of a subpar team has the 2014 fall season. With a cur- have a great season ahead of us point, second is two, and so on. In a pulled through and won its first two rent undefeated record of 2-0, the this year on the 3B Soccer squad. meet, the lowest score wins, with 15 games of the season! The 3B Soccer members of the team are poised points being the lowest score win- team played Lawrence Academy’s ning. In the team’s first meet, Bel- JV-B on Wednesday, September 24, mont Hill dominated their course in what seemed to be a match defi- by beating Fessenden 18-43. The nitely not made in heaven: the Law- team went on to beat St. Sebastian’s rence team had more experience, a 20-38. With the halfway point of the few more skills under its belt, and season approaching, the team ran a apparently a whole lot of confi- timed mile, with almost all runners dence, seeing as they spewed de- dropping significant amounts of rogatory comments in our direction time from their previous trials. With whilst we engaged in our stretches notable races against Roxbury Lat- before the game. However, their in, BC High, a rematch against St. chirps grazed off our shoulders and Sebastian’s, and the Middle School their “skills” proved useless as we Jamboree, the 3rd Cross Country vanquished them with our charis- looks ready to finish the season with ma, camaraderie, and all-around su- as much vigor as when they started. perior athleticism. By the end of the game, the other team was exhaust- 3B Soccer Warming Up on a Beautiful Fall Day 3B Soccer ed. Jovan Jones, Dunny Smith, and Alex Ackerman had scored some 3A Soccer Has Big Wins, Despite Slow Start 5th Football beautiful goals to provide a final low cards. However, on the back score of 3-1! That following Satur- By Oisin Treanor of Ben Pradko’s fight with the ref By Arhie Perry day, the team trekked down to St. Form III over prescription glasses, the team Form I George’s School to complete yet “Wow, this could be the best bounced back and beat St. Sebs 5th football had their open- another feat of outstanding athleti- 3A soccer team in the history of 2-0 and Roxbury Latin 4-0. Then ing scrimmage on September 19, cism and commitment upon an un- Belmont Hill,” Doc Fast most like- it was back to St. John’s to play with a tie against Milton Academy. fortunately slanted pitch. The first ly thought to himself as he watched the rival team. Through goals from The first touchdown of the season half of the game was not pretty the freshman team train on a Mon- Eric Whitehead, Ryan Goldstein, was thrown for 15 yards by Dan- as the other team admittedly had day afternoon. In five matches, 3A Nick Gallo, and Brian Antonelli the iel Madden and was snagged by slightly more developed skills; have outscored opponents 24-4 and team gave the crowd the show they Blake Brookes, then the two con- however, Max Fields arrived mid- are the most feared team in the ISL. deserved and won the game 4-1. nected on the two point conversion game after experiencing some bru- The team is led by the strongest man with Brookes getting hammered tal traffic to arouse the team from its over 60 years old in Doc Fast and mid air. At the end of the game, a slumber and even land a PK right the greatest left footed soccer play- big defensive attack was made by on net. As the match was winding er of his generation in Mr. Steffey. Madden on Milton’s sweep. De- down, still tied, mind you, and both Surprisingly, the team got off to a clan McDonough had a big tackle teams were fighting ferociously to slow start in competitive matches, on the goalline. If he were to have come out on top, Liam Murphy won with St. John’s getting the better missed the tackle, then they would the game with an awe-inspiring tip of the home team 3-1 in a closely have made the touch down. With into the goal not five seconds - be contested battle that saw four yel- Continued on Page 3 PORTS PG. 3 S The Bell starting-running back Ben Morales 5th Soccer out with a concussion, Jake Pappo 2014-2015 NBA Season Preview came into the role with an incred- By Aidan Donnelly By John Markis and they just added veteran Paul ible performance. The kicker, Tim Form I Form III Pierce; their window is (sur- Brown, was not able to showcase prisingly) close until they get a It has been a bit of an up It’s that time of the year again; his ability because special teams third star to pair with Bradley and down season for Fifth soccer. the NBA season is starting in were nonexistent in the scrimmage Beal and John Wall (KD is from Our coaches, Mr. Murphy and Mrs. less than a week. With some big against Milton. With a few games Washington…#hescominghome) Bobo, have prepared us well, train- transactions this summer, the coming up, the team will play Fay, The Raptors don’t real- ing the team hard and encourag- 2014-2015 NBA season will be Roxbury Latin and St. Sebastian’s. ly have a star, and you can’t win ing us with their words of wisdom. featuring many interesting story- With quarterbacks Daniel Madden, in the playoffs without one; just Having a roster of twenty-seven lines, and will be an great season. Ryan McLaughlin and Tight End look at what happened last year players, we have had to break into Blake Brookes leading the team on with Kyle Lowry and Paul Pierce three teams with two of the three Eastern Conference Standings offense, and John McHugh, Archie The Hawks were stuck in teams playing in each game. This (projected record): Perry, Brookes, Madden, David a rut during the Josh Smith era, has made it more difficult to build (59-23) Bergantino, Joe Romney, Declan but now that they have started good team chemistry and team- (55-27) McDonough, Brady Chitkara, Ja- fresh, they have become one of work. Additionally, the experience (53-29) son Oliveri, Lucas Meade, Jason the most innovative, and excit- of the players varies greatly; some (49-33) Wolf, and Eddie Agamov leading ing, teams; they can give any con- players have played club soccer, (52-30) the defense, the team has been play- tender a scare with their spread- while others have never kicked a (47-35) ing well. On the offensive line, Will out, three-point barrage offense soccer ball before. Despite this ad- (47-35) Bramley, Jeffrey Segel and Richie Everybody is underesti- versity, the team has been able to (39-43) McNamara came up huge, setting mating the Pistons, but they will come together and have success. Nets (35-47) stellar blocks. The team put up a be much better this year with their After a tough start, losing a couple (33-49) fight that could have gone either new pieces: coach Stan Van Gun- of games to Milton Academy, we (31-51) way. The final score of the shortened dy, the improved Andre Drum- bounced back with victories against Knicks (28-54) scrimmage was 8-8, ending in a tie. mond (aka Baby Shaq), and new BC High (4-1) and BB&N (4-0). (27-55) Milton sacked Madden in their own do-it-all rookie Spencer Dinwiddie Both wins were great team perfor- (19-63) end zone to get a two-point safety The Hornets lost breakout mances and everyone on the team 76ers (15-68) to end the game. They are looking star Josh McBob to the allure of played well; however, there were forward to getting their season off Lebron (who didn’t even return to many standout individual perfor- Notes: to a good start on Friday the 26th! South Beach); however, they added mances. Charlie Richards was the The Cavaliers obviously volatile point-forward Lance Ste- sniper with five goals in the two want to get the top seed and do as phenson to give Big Al Jefferson games, while Artemy Ivanov and well as they can in the regular season some room to work with down low Cam Rubin also scored. The team (think Miami 2012-2013), but will The Heat effectively traded received stellar defensive perfor- not risk the health of Lebron and K- Lebron for Luol Deng; who do you mances from Brett Bliss and Jack Love to get there (Spurs 1999-now) think won that deal? We will re- Henehan, as well as great play be- The fate of the Bulls rests ally see this season how many of tween the pipes from James Cahill, on the shoulders of Derrick Rose; the Heat’s problems Lebron cov- Jack O’Donnell and Holden Pres- with him, they could win the Finals; ered up during his time in Miami ent. As we continue to train and without, they are doomed to a sec- The Nets may seem decent play together as a team, I know ond-round matchup with the Cavs now, but after this season, the next 4th Soccer we can build on these recent vic- The Wiz Kids may seem three years (at a minimum) will be tories and finish the season strong. young, but Marcin Gortat is 30 By Richie Kendall Continued on Page 4 Form II The 4th soccer team is off to a strong with a promising season ahead of them. Goalies Rob Rado- chia and Matt Goguen mind the net, while key defensive players such as Teddy Danziger, Colin Vallas, and Tommy Smith lead a commanding back field. Midfielders Mikey Mon- tanaro, Cal Cross, and Alex Mani- oudakis swiftly control the overall flow of the game and feed the ball into the box with sharp precision. Strikers Will Neissa and Patrick Walsh are always looking to put the ball in the back of the net with head, foot, or chest. Despite gain- ing many new and inexperienced players this year, the fourth soccer team is displaying signs of an aus- picious season. I look forward to watching them progress and cohere as a team as the season continues.

Four of the top contenders in the NBA Eastern and Western Conference John Markis

As the winter soon approaches, so does Basketball! PORTS PG. 4 S The Bell downright awful: they have no cap The Blazers got off to a To be honest, the Suns moved from the floor of concourse space, they have no young play- hot start last season, but tapered got really lucky last season; levels 4 and 7, exposing the concrete ers, and their management is out- out midway through; with some they will not be able to re- underneath it. For those of you who right dysfunctional (just look at playoff experience now, Damian peat that success this season don’t know the stadium as well as and Lawrence Frank) Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge The Wolves have some I, the tiles were being lifted from The Pacers definitely can lead Rip City back to the top interesting young pieces in the hallways outside of the “Low- wanted to contend this season The Mavs nearly knocked Zach Levine and Andrew Wig- er Bowl” and “The 300’s”. This with their current core; how- off the Spurs last season in the gins; they will compete soon long-term Reno is scheduled to be ever, their hopes were derailed first round; with Chandler Parsons, The Kings have been stuck completed in the Summer of 2015. when broke his leg they can fulfill their potential to in a rut since Tim Donaghy fixed As they do every year, ticket The Bucks have two become an all-offense, no-defense the 2002 Western Conference Fi- prices have, once again, gone up. young studs in Jabari Parker team known as the Allas Mav- nals; hopefully, Nik Stauskas (a St. The “Discounted” price for sea- and Giannis “The Greek Freak” ericks (because they play no D) Mark’s graduate) and Boogie Cous- son ticket holders has been raised Antetokounmpo; just wait un- The Grizzlies play a style of ins can lead the team out of the from $105.00 per seat per game til 2016-2017 to Fear the Deer basketball similar to the 1990 Pis- basement and closer to the throne to $130.00 per seat per game (in The Knicks are moving in tons; unfortunately for Memphis, The Jazz decided to retain Loge seats). The general admis- the right direction with Phil Jack- that style hasn’t won a champion- Gordon Hayward this summer to sion price (in the Loge section) has son, and retaining Carmelo An- ship since 2004 (also the Pistons) keep their young core together; shifted from $70-$132 to $88-145, thony was a big step in bringing The Pellies will soar above unfortunately, they will never be and this is before you include park- title hopes back to the Big Apple the rest of the flock this season to good enough to win a champi- ing, food, and maybe you want to The Celtics have a lot of finally reach the warm beach that is onship without a bona fide star buy a T-shirt or a jersey or a puck complementary pieces to go along the playoffs; they will not lay any Although Kobe may not in the ProShop. At the end of the with Rajon Rondo; however, the eggs in regard to playoffs aspirations like it, Showtime is waiting for his night, that’s $250-$400 out of your team cannot win a title with just The Dubs lost their coach, contract to come off the books be- pocket (assuming you buy just one one star, so should lost out on Kevin Love, and almost fore they try to win another cham- ticket) that could’ve been spent on be on the lookout for a second lost a Splash Brother this sum- pionship; for the first time since doing something more productive. banana (such as Greg Monroe, mer; with so many distractions, it the death of Dr. Buss, Laker man- Although some faces have Marc Gasol or ) will be hard for Steph Curry and agement actually has a smart strat- changed many have stayed the The Magic have been Co. to concentrate on the games egy (alert the media, everybody!) same such as: Claude Julien, start- rebuilding for three seasons ing his sixth year as the Bruins now; if they don’t take a big head coach, Zdeno Chara, acting as step forward this season, Rob team captain for his eighth consecu- Hennigan could be in trouble tive year, assistant captains Patrice The Sixers are one of the Bergeron, David Krejci and Chris smartest teams in the league; Kelly, and other familiar faces they are using the system to put like Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic, themselves in a position to win Tuukka Rask, Johnny Boychuck, in a few years, instead of be- Gregory Campbell, Dennis Se- ing a middling team indefinitely idenberg, Daniel Paille, Adam Mc- quaid, Torey Krug, Loui Eriksson, Western Conference Standings Reilly Smith and Dougie Hamilton. (projected record): So that begs the question, (61-21) will our beloved hockey club make

San Antonio Spurs (60-22) The Eastern and Western Conference John Markis the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs? Per- (60-22) sonally, I don’t think the question is (57-25) will the Bruins make the playoffs, (53-29) The Big and Bad Are Back but how far will they go? With the (51-31) A Pre-Season Analysation of the 2014-15 Boston Bruins outstanding offensive Marchand- (50-32) Bergeron combo, Zdeno Chara on (49-33) By Payton “the Boston Sports defending Stanley Cup Champion defense and Tuukka guarding the (47-35) Expert” Privitera L.A. Kings. Both of these games blue ocean, the 2014-15 Boston (47-35) Form III will start at 10:00 EST, should any Bruins are bound for greatness. of us east-coasters still be awake. (39-43) After a Game Seven elimi- I’m Payton Privitera tell- The black-clad Bosto- (33-49) nation to the in ing you to Stay Connected. nians have also made some roster (30-52) mid-May, we have not seen much of changes. Jarome Iginla and Shawn (27-55) our beloved and Presidents’ Trophy Bruins Schedule: Thornton are no longer on the Bru- (24-58) winning Boston Bruins. Beginning PreSeason: ins roster. Through the 2014 draft, their 91st year as an established team Sept. 23 @ Montreal the Boston Bruins have picked up Notes: of the National Hockey League, 3-2L David Pastrnak, a right winger from It is the Thunder’s time to the Bruins plan to start out with a Sept. 24 VS Washington the Czech Republic, and Ryan Do- shine, as their Big Three is reach- bang. The team has a planned sev- 2-0W nato, a hometown hero playing as ing their collective peak; how- en game preseason, starting with a Sept. 26 @ Washington a centerman. Another big offsea- ever, the West is as strong as ever game against Montreal in Montreal. 5-4OTL son moment concerning the Bru- The Spurs returned every The official season opener Sept. 27 @ Detroit ins bench was the six year contract crucial piece of their champion- will be a home game against “The 3-1W extension of David Krejci. The ship team; the difference is, they Broad Street Bullies of Philadel- Sept. 30 VS NY Island- twenty-eight-year-old assistant will now have a target on their back phia,” at 7:30 EST on Wednes- ers 3-1L captain will be playing for The Clippers will now be day, October 8. The Bruins will Oct. 3 @ NY Island- Boston until the 2020-21 season. able to rise to greater heights with be the second NHL team to drop ers* 6-1W The Boston Bruins are ten- the removal of stingy owner Donald the puck at home. the first being Oct. 4 VS Detroit ants of the TD Garden, formerly Sterling; look for to an Atlantic Division rival, the To- 4-3L (SO) know as the TD Banknorth Garden be unabashed to spend big money ronto Maple Leafs, who are host- and the Fleet Center. The stadium The Rockets lost a key cog ing the Montreal Canadiens, thirty Regular Season (thru Oct. 30): is currently under a two year, 70 in Chandler Parsons; if James Hard- minutes earlier. Later that night, Oct. 8 VS Philadelphia million dollar, interior renovation. en does not play adequately at the Vancouver will be visiting Calgary, 7:30 PM In fact, during late April and early defensive end, the team will never and San Jose will be visiting the Oct. 9 @ Detroit be a contender, but a pretender May, the floor tiles were being re- 7:30 PM

The TD Garden is packed with Bruins Fans as Hockey begins again COMMUNITY AND SPORTS PG. 5 The Bell Oct. 11 VS Washington 7:00 PM Oct. 13 VS Colorado NFL Season Preview: The AFC East 1:00 PM By Leighton Dolan Miami Dolphins - The Dolphins Buffalo Bills - The Bills were 6-10 Oct. 15 @ Detroit Form II finished last year with an -8-8 re last year which is an improvement 8:00 PM cord. They had a good offseason for the Bills. They did not have any New England Patriots - The Pa- while signing Knowshon Moreno, Oct. 16 @ Montreal great free agent signings, but they triots are coming off a somewhat Cortland Finnegan, and Louis Del- 7:30 PM drafted potential star wide receiver, great year, but they did not get to Oct. 18 @ Buffalo mas this offseason. I like the poten- Sammy Watkins. I think they have where they wanted to be, the Su- 7:00 PM tial of Ryan Tannehill and I think he more potential than the Jets, but can per Bowl. They are looking to turn Oct. 21 VS San José is underrated. Besides the quarter- never show that during the season. that around this year with some big back position, the Dolphins have a 7:00 PM Projected Finish - 7-9 free agent signings. Some stand- great defense with a solid offense. Oct. 23 VS NY Island- out free agents that the Patriots ers 7:00 PM Projected Finish - 8-8 signed this offseason are Darrelle Oct. 25 @ Toronto Revis and Brandon Browner. The 7:00 PM New York Jets - The Jets finished Patriots had issues in the second- with an 8-8 record as well. They had Oct. 28 VS Minnesota ary and with the departure of Aqib a quiet offseason and only signed 7:00 PM Talib, they needed to fill that role. Oct. 30 @ Buffalo Erik Decker as their standout player. Projected Finish - 9-7 - I think 7:00 PM Their defense is average and their of- they have a very tough schedule fense is below average. I do not see and too many weaknesses on the the Jets making any noise this year *The game on October 3 VS the offensive line and at the wide re- with Geno Smith as quarterback was played in ceiver position. Bridgeport, CT. Projected Finish - 7-9

Camp Burgess (Continued) the final and most competitive ac- a whopping 7 minutes and 32 sec- tivity of the entire trip. This activ- onds, Mrs. Hamilton’s advisory ity was known as the war canoe group wearing the red bandanas. race. Each advisory group got into After the canoe race, Charlie Rich- a long canoe and had an oar each. ards, a member of Mr. Holland’s We had to row all the way around a advisory said, “It was fun to push small island and back while some- yourself and your team mates.” Af- one on the mainland was timing us. ter all this excitement and compe- This was the one activity we got to tition, lunch was scheduled. For a do in the magnificent lake and felt our final meal we had homemade so refreshing under the hot sun. In pizza. At dessert, we had popsicles third place came Mr. Carr’s advisor which felt energizing after the ca- group with a solid time of 8 minutes noe race. We had to get on the bus and 10 seconds. In second place,was after lunch which was a very sad Mr. Holland’s advisory group with task. We said our final goodbyes a strong time of 8 minutes and 2 to Camp Burgess and hit the road. Form I Boys at Yohe Hall in Camp Burgess Mr. Ekwelum seconds. Finally, in first place with Camp Becket Trip (Continued) Model UN noeing trip if there was not a little occurrence. Soon after it was off to team activities, which were signifi- By Arnav Prasad swimming involved? Against the our cabins and off to sleep. Tomor- cantly less amusing, but still were Form III instructions and wishes of the in- row would bring another day of ad- important as they focused on team structors, some people did manage ventures and new experiences and building. One such thing we did This year, Model UN has to tip their canoes (whether it was many could not wait for it to come. was called whale watch in which emerged as one of the Middle on purpose can be debated) over I woke up the next morning we had to balance everyone on a School’s largest extracurriculars and go for a refreshing swim in the to a large screaming crowd of third platform that was on a fulcrum, with thirty students actively par- surprisingly warm lake water. For formers playing Gaga ball, a varia- but what made it even harder was ticipating. MS Model UN has been many it was the highlight of their tion of dodgeball, but the ball cannot that the fulcrum was off center recently preparing for a conference trips; for others not so much. And be picked up and must hit the person making the platform always tilted at St. John’s (Shrewsbury) where for some, despite wanting to tip at the knee or below for them to be to one side. To put it into simple 11 Belmont Hill students will en- their canoe over, they could not due out. For those who did not think that terms, we were not very successful. gage in riveting debate to resolve to some preceding circumstances. going for a dip in the lake was mem- The low ropes and team building a range of crises. The Belmont Hill After our little swim, it was orable, the remaining majority filled wrapped up our trip very successfully. students who are attending: Ar- off to dinner, then to the campfire, that spot with Gaga ball. After our final lunch, we nav Prasad, Gavin Colbert, Ishaan where we sat around the bloom- At times, the Gaga pit boarded the bus for one more long Prasad, Jake Carter, Louis Goun- ing inferno and happily enjoyed was filled to the brim with- par ride home. Some were eager to be den, Matt Smith, Owen Grady, s’mores and riveting (not really) ticipants and that was when home, to see their families, to re- Owen Pickette, Patrick Connor, and ghost stories. Being so far outside the game was most fun. lax after being outdoors for two Will McCormack will be represent- the city, it was not hard to spot the After a few high-intensity games of days, others were rather reluctant ing countries/organizations like the billions and billions of stars that Gaga, we scoffed down cinnamon on leaving, wishing they had just General Cimeon of Athens in the spread out above us. Many of us rolls for breakfast, then headed one more day. As the buses once Delian league, Beligium in NATO, had never seen so many stars in our back out with our groups to com- again weaved through the hills, the and Iran in the Security Council. entire lifetime, including myself, plete our final day of activities. To beautiful scenery still stunning, but At this conference, our Belmont but for some, mostly the counselors, finish the trip, my group would be all too familiar, I, along with many Hill delegates will be trying to pass who lived far away from the city participating in the low ropes and other of my classmates realized that the resolution in their best interest out in the woods, it was a regular this was a trip we may never forget. while persuading other teams to join their movement. With differ- ent crises, committees, and teams, each individual will be faced with his unique challenge to ensure the prosperity of his own country/orga- nization. The MS Model UN team looks forward to competing at this conference with our strong teams.

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