Projected Title Winners and Polls

By: Matthew Yoslov, Michael Wallace, and David Bondi

The projected title winner for the NHL are either the Pittsburgh Penguins or the Chicago Blackhawks. The Pittsburgh Penguins finished the season with 36 wins, 12 losses, and 0 overtime losses. The only team to have 0 overtime losses out of all 30 teams in 48 games. The Penguins are tied 2-2 in a series with the New York Islanders. The Chicago Blackhawks finished with 36 wins, 7 losses, and 5 overtime losses. They had a 26 game point streak. The Blackhawks are winning the series 3-1 against the Minnesota Wild. All games are in the first round except the San Jose Sharks and the Vancouver Canucks. The Sharks swept the Canucks 4-0. The first series to be over in 2013. All series in the first round have been completed. Sharks beat Canucks 4-0, Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Islanders 4-2, Rangers beat the Caps 4-3, Red Wings beat Ducks 4-3, Bruins beat Leafs 4-3, Kings beat Blues 4-2, Senators beat Habs (Canadiens) 4-3, Blackhawks beat Wild 4-1.
Matt- Los Angeles Kings
Mike- Chicago Blackhawks
David- Pittsburgh Penguins

The projected title winner for the NBA are either the Miami Heat or the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Miami Heat won their first series by beating The Milwaukee Bucks in 4 games too none. The star player on the Heat, LeBron James won the MVP award during that season. They moved on to the Chicago Bulls in the second Round and lost the first game but, tied up the second game. They finished the Bulls off in 5 games and now moved on to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Houston Rockets in the first round in 4 games too 2. They moved on to the Memphis Grizzles and the series is now over and the Memphis Grizzles beat the Thunder in 5 games. The Indiana Pacers are beating the New York Knicks 3 games to 1. The Golden State Warriors are in a tight series with San Antonio Spurs and they are loosing too them 3 to 2.
Matt- Miami Heat
Mike- Indiana Pacers
David- Miami Heat
Jared- Miami Heat

The projected title winner for the MLB are either the San Francisco Giants or the Texas Rangers.
The Giants have won the World Series last year giving them an advantage for popularity, and are racking up wins at Home. Their record for Away has not been doing that good this season with more losses than wins. The Texas Rangers (so far) are the best in the west. With more wins at Home and Away the Rangers have the second highest percentage in the league.

Matt- Cincinnati Reds
Mike- Detroit Tigers
David- Arizona Diamond Backs
Jared- New York Yankees

POLLS:
NHL

NBA

MLB

The 87ers

As some of you may know or not know but Delaware has added a NBA-D league team called the 87ers. The NBA-D league stands for: National Basketball Association Development League. They will start next season in the fall and will play at the “Bob Carpenter Center”. They don’t have any players yet because the draft hasn’t started but, they will probably be a decent team to watch.

Spring Break Recap

Over spring break the 7th grade went too Florida on a bus with Brother Thomas, Mr. Cincotta, and Mr. Habbersett. It also was the first year that Brother Joe couldn’t go because he had heart surgery. But, that didn’t stop us from having a great time. The first day we left Monday 4/1/13 at 11:45 and drove about 16 hours until we reached Perkins Diner Tuesday 4/2/13. We had breakfast with everyone and headed straight to Wet N’ Wild water park. Later that night we went to “Arabian Knights” to watch a horse show with dinner. The second day, Tuesday, we went to universal and island of adventure. We went on all the great rides, like the “hulk”, a spider man simulator, the “dragon”, “log floom”, and more. Later in the day we went to island of adventure and it started to rain but, we still went on rides. We went on the “mummy”, the “twister”, storm simulators, and the “Simpsons”. We also saw a live show called “fear factor” which was so crazy. That’s was probably the best day. The third day we went to magic kingdom. We took a fairy boat over to the park which was cool to look at the water on the move. When we got to the actual park every group went too different section. Everyone loved space mountain because it was the fastest, had sharpe turns, and had a drops. We had lunch, dinner, and stayed there until 10:00 PM. The last day we went to Epcot. They had mostly tours, simulators, and the best ride Test Track. For lunch people went to Japan and had hibachi. Some went to Mexico or Italy and had pizza or tacos. The food was great and we had a great time until we had to pack up and head home. We drove through the night and had were all tired but we couldn’t sleep because it was hard to get comfortable. That morning we stopped at McDonald’s and got breakfast. Half of us were still asleep, the food was good and most of us just wanted to get home. We drove two more hours until we reached St. Edmonds. Are parents we all happy to see us after that long week in Florida.

Hickory Wins The Championship

Some of you may know that the 7th and 8th grade basketball team, also known as “Hickory”, won the CYM championship last Sunday 2/24/13 at Sallies. We beat St. Mary The Assumption. After losing to them in the St. John’s tournament we wanted to beat them in the championship. We beat them in the regular season and from that we knew their strengths and weaknesses.