It's showtime! Quirk Players production of "The Sound of Music" Thurs, Fri. & Sat. March 4-5-6 @ 7:30 p.m. additional Saturday 2 p.m. matinee RaiderNet Daily G. Ray Bodley High School, Fulton, NY Volume 1, Number 95 Thursday, March 4, 2010 Mock trial team prepared for new season By Kelly Ormsby Creek was well-prepared and meant business, will take the defensive side, defending Shawn being a team that practices on Sundays! But Miller. While many people like to spend their spare Fulton’s team made it through well. There was Defensive lawyers include Krysta Wood- time watching courtroom drama on television, no determined winner because it was only a cock, Ryann Crofoot, and Juana Gonzalez. for a select group of students courtroom drama scrimmage, neither of the attorney advisors’ Defensive witnesses are Christine Proud as . is an exciting extra-curricular activity. These were there, and throughout the trial there was Ryan Miller, Kelly Ormsby as Mickey Pen- students are members of the G. Ray Bodley a lot of input from the judges to help the stu- man, and Steven McDougall as Shawn Miller. High School Mock Trial team, which was dents out. Prosecution lawyers are Nate Hawthorne, started just last year by Ms. Hallatt, and Mr. At the last meeting, the students in the club Kayla Distin, and Zach Mizener, with wit- Cuny. Being so new, many people don’t ex- met attorney advisor, Amy Hallenbeck. As an nesses of Pat Sullivan as Pat Nolan, Lacey actly know what it is. attorney, she has over twenty-five years of ex- Buskey as Fran Ashcott, and Amanda Tetro as Mock Trial is a statewide tournament where perience. This was quite a change from just Sheridan Holmes. schools compete against each other using that having sophomore, Nate Hawthorne as the “go- Last year Fulton surprised the local contin- year’s specific court case. The case stays the to guy” with all of the member’s questions. gent by placing third in the competition. As a same all year long, at every competition. This Wednesday, March 3, the team faced-off result, hopes are high of continued success as year, the case is that of People v. Shawn Miller. against Red Creek in Granby at noon. Fulton this year’s courtroom battles begin. This case involves two friends turned business associates accused of securities fraud. Sidney Taylor and Shawn Miller are life-long friends who decided to start a business together, Sidney on the financial side, and Shawn doing more of the people-communications work. A mock trial competition is run essentially the same as any regular court case and serves two main purposes: to teach high school stu- dents the basic trial practice skills, and to teach students professionalism. Each school has pre- determined student roles as lawyers and wit- nesses on both the prosecution and defense sides. One school participates as the prosecu- tion, and the other participates as defense. This year marks the 27th year that New York State has had a Mock Trial Tournament. Thursday, February 12th, our own Mock Trial team held a scrimmage, in the library, against Sandy Creek. Because this was only a scrimmage, the opening statements were skipped and the questioning began. It was a Members of "The Situation" pose with their first place medals after winning the an- rough start, as the predetermined judge did not nual Volleyball Challenge on Wednesday. The team went a perfect 9-0 in the round- show up, and Ms. Ferlito and Mr. Patnode gra- robin tournament and even beat the Section 3 champion girls volleyball team. Pic- ciously stepped in as judges as they both have tured from left to right are Andrew Kush, Mr. Lyons, Mr. Fadden, Justin Baldwin and experience in law, and were overly generous Eric Belair. Also competing but not pictured was Max Ambuske. (Noah Carroll photo) with their time during the school day. Sandy Page 2 RaiderNet Daily Opinion Miraculous rise takes Orange to #1 in the land Syracuse’s back will be a target for everyone, but the Orange will want By Eric Belair this victory more than any other to avenge a loss from earlier in the season that came to the Cardinals at home. This match-up will be an And the votes are in...in case you have not exciting one as it is the regular season finale before Syracuse travels to heard, the Syracuse Orange are the num- Madison Square Garden for the Big East Tournament. ber one ranked team in the country in As of right now Syracuse is in the talks for a national championship men’s college basketball. After an outstand- run. It is still too early to talk about that because conference tourna- ing start to the season with a 28-2 record, ments have not been played yet to see who is “hot.” Plus, you never Syracuse has risen from being unranked at know what could happen in March Madness. But whatever may hap- the start of the year all the way to number pen down the road, there is no denying that this has been a season to one. remember for the Syracuse Orange and their legion of local fans. For the first time in 20 years the Orange are on top, sitting at number one. Syracuse was not in the preseason top 25 and now they are at the "There is one game yet to be top of the list at number one. This is the third time that coach Jim Boeheim has had his team at number one, the preseason of 1987-88 played and that is against the in- and then a six-week period in the 1989-90 season. Syracuse is the sixth consistent Louisville Cardinals. Rick team in college basketball history to go from unranked in the opening Pitino’s squad will be well prepared poll to number one during the season. for the tough play that Syracuse Last weekend Syracuse was the number four team in the country and they played host to the number eight team, the Villanova Wildcats. Also will give. The orange colored bulls at the Carrier Dome was ESPN’s College GameDay, which was in front eye on Syracuse’s back will be a of 34,616 roaring fans. This attendance level set an on-campus record target for everyone, but the Or- for an NCAA college basketball game. The Orange dominated this ange will want this victory more game, as the Wildcats did not contest Syracuse as they walked to a 95- 77 victory with an exceptional performance in this highly anticipated than any other to avenge a loss match-up. Six players reached double figures for the Orange. Rick Jack- from earlier in the season that son led the way for Syracuse as he scored 19 points; fellow big man came to the Cardinals at home." Arinze Onuaku recorded 16 points. Wes Johnson had a big night as he scored 14 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. Andy Rautins chipped in with 12 points. The bench production was excellent for Syracuse as Scoop Jardine and Kris Joseph each scored in double figures with 16 points apiece. This victory was a great win for Syracuse. As the Orange entered the game they already knew that two of the three teams ahead of them had already lost earlier in the day; the num- ber one ranked Kansas Jayhawks and the number two Kentucky Wild- cats. Kansas fell to Big XII rival and unranked Oklahoma State, 85-77. This loss brought the Jayhawks to 27-2. Earlier in the day Kentucky fell 74-65 to number nineteen Tennes- see, also bringing the Wildcats to 27-2. Both of these teams’ losses came on the road. This makes Syracuse’s rÈsumÈ even better because both of their losses have come at home and it is tougher to win on the road, where the Orange is undefeated in road play this season. Also, number three Purdue played against the tough Michigan State Spar- tans. The Spartans are a good team and in the Boilermakers previous game, they lost star player Robbie Hummel to a torn ACL. This hurt Purdue and as a result they lost 53-44 to the number fourteen Spartans. Syracuse leaped past Purdue, Kentucky and Kansas into the number one spot in the country. On Tuesday night Syracuse played its final home game, which was senior night for Andy Rautins and Arinze Onuaku. The St. John’s Red Storm was in town and Syracuse was not ready to fall off their horse as they handed the Red Storm another tally in the loss column. The 85-66 victory brings the Orange to 28-2 thus far this season. This win gave Syracuse their first outright Big East Members of the Tech Crew inspect the set for this year's musi- Conference title for the first time since 1991 while establishing a new cal, The Sound of Music. Ecerything will be in place as Quirk's school record for wins in the regular season. Players will kick off their three-day, four performance run this There is one game yet to be played and that is against the inconsis- evening at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults, $6 for senior tent Louisville Cardinals. Rick Pitino’s squad will be well prepared for citizens and children 12 and under. (Alexis Semeraro photo) the tough play that Syracuse will give. The orange colored bulls eye on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Page 3 Olympic Spotlight Games are over, but the memories live on Now that the Olympics are over, it is time to reflect back on the long, time came for the most important part of maybe the whole games, the and emotional two weeks where inspiration was at full force, and pre- lighting of the torch, the floor opened and four prongs were supposed dictability was at its minimum.