SEA Varsity Red Basketball Outstanding Progress

By Austin Macha

SEA Varsity Red is considered the top 7th and 8th grade basketball team in all of Wilmington, and quite frankly they are. St. Ed’s always seems to find a way to win, and they showed that in the St. John the Beloved tournament. Down 9 with about 5 minutes to go in the 4th quarter, starting PG Michael Wallace hits a 3 pointer a few feet short from half court. The Lancers force a turnover on the other end and before they know it, SEA brought it back with in 2 points. 5 seconds to go Wallace penetrates the lane dishes it to starting G Austin Macha, F Will Lock makes a beautiful cut to the basket and scores. Lock sends the game into OT, 38-38. St. Edmonds Lancers went on the beat their long time rival St. John the Beloved in an OT thriller.

Varsity Red has won there past 2 tournaments and haven’t lost a game in more than a month. Counting all the tournaments, scrimmages, and league games Varsity Red is about 23-5. They have high expectations for the future. The CYO playoffs and the Salesianum invitational is coming up and Coach Bubba is eager for a 2 peat in both of those upcoming events.

I caught starting PF Dominic Marra in the halls he said “If our team plays up to potential and all 5 starters are on there game, we can blow out any team.”

We hope to see success in this team in the future. Good luck Varsity Red.

NHL Season Update

By Matt Yoslov

So far, the NHL season has been a wild ride. With the predicted good teams doing terrrible, and the predicted bad teams doing amazing, the season has had some surprises such as rookies rising up to the occasion. Also, one of the best players today is out for months: Steven Stamkos. Here are the top 10 league leaders in each category as of 12/18/13:

Points:
1. Sidney Crosby PIT: 47
2. Patrick Kane CHI: 46
3. Evgeni Malkin PIT: 41
4. Ryan Getzlaf ANA: 39
5. Alex Ovechkin WSH: 38
5. John Tavares NYI: 38
6. Correy Perry ANA: 37
6. Niklas Backstrom WSH: 37
7. Joe Thronton SJS: 36
7. Alexander Steen STL: 36

Goals:
1. Alexander Ovechkin WSH: 28
2. Correy Perry ANA: 22
2. Alexander Steen STL: 22
3. Patrick Kane CHI: 20
4. Sideny Crosby PIT: 19
5. Tyler Seguin DAL: 18
6. Chris Kunitz: 17
6. Phil Kessel TOR: 17
7. Ryan Getzlaf ANA: 16
7. Patrick Sharp CHI: 16

Assists:
1. Henrik Sedin VAN: 18
2. Sidney Crosby PIT: 15
2. Niklas Backstrom WSH:15
3. Joe Thornton SJS: 15
4. Kyle Okposo NYI: 14
4. Kyle Turris OTT: 14
4. P.K. Subban MTL: 14
5. John Tavares NYI: 13
5. Jiri Hudler CGY: 13
5. Anze Kopitar LA: 13

+/-
1. Dustin Penner ANA: +18
2. Francois Beauchmin ANA: +17
3. Jan Hejda COL: +16
4. Hampus Lindholm ANA: +15
5. Correy Perry ANA: +14
6. Clarke MacArthur OTT: +13
7. Henrik Zetterberg DET: +12
7. Ryan Getzlaf ANA: +12
7. Chris Kunitz PIT: +12
8. Dennis Seidenberg BOS: +11

Wins
1. Corey Crawford CHI: 11
1. Ben Bishop TB: 11
2. Mike Smith PHX: 10
2. Jonathan Quick LA: 10
2. Tuukka Rask BOS: 10
2. Marc-Andre Fluery PIT: 10
3. Antti Niemi SJS: 9
3. Roberto Luongo VAN: 9
3. Josh Harding MIN: 9
3. Jaroslov Halak STL: 9

GAA
1. Jean-Sebastian Guigire COL: 1.00
2. Josh Harding MIN: 1.22
3. Frederik Andersson ANA: 1.41
4. Tuukka Rask BOS: 1.52
5. Seymon Varlamov COL: 2.00
6. Marc-Andre Fluery PIT: 2.07
7. Corey Schnieder NJ: 2.09
7. Martin Broduer NJ: 2.09
8. Ben Bishop TB: 2.12
9. Robin Lehner OTT: 2.13

SV%
1. Jean-Sebastian Guigere COL: .970%
2. Frederik Andersson ANA: .952%
3. Tuukka Rask BOS: .948%
4. Josh Harding MIN: .947%
5. Robin Lehner OTT: .945%
6. James Reimer TOR: .942%
7. Seymon Varlamov COL: .936%
7. Jonathan Bernier TOR: .936%
8. Carey Price MTL: .929%
9. Kari Lethonen DAL: .928%

Shutouts
1. Antti Niemi SJS: 2
1. Roberto Loungo VAN: 2
1. Tuukka Rask BOS: 2
1. Josh Harding MIN: 2
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NHL Season Starting

By: Matthew Yoslov

As the NHL season is aproaching, the Philadelphia Flyers have new additions along with all of the 29 other teams. The Flyers have added #40 Vincent Lecavalier from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Vincent has played his whole career and thought he was going to retire. He was signed by the Flyers on July 2, 2013. The Flyers have also signed #29 Ray Emery. Emery has played on the Flyers before and then left to Chicago. He was 19-1 last year and will be the Flyers starter. The Flyers have signed #2 Mark Streit. Streit was signed by the Flyers on June 12, 2013. He will most likely play on D-Line #1 along with Brayden Coburn or on D-line #2 with Oliver Lauridsen. The last Flyers transaction was adding #37 Kris Newbury who will be on line 3 or 4 with Zac Rinaldo who is a fighter. The players that have retired at the end of last season were: Jody Shelley PHILADELPHIA, Mikka Kiprusoff CALGARY, Ilya Kovalchuck NEW JERSEY, Eric Belanger EDMONTON, Blake Geoffrion MONTREAL, Jarod Palmer MINNISOTA, and Toni Lydman ANAHEIM. Free Agency: July 5,2013: Vincent Lecavalier PHILADELPHIA from TAMPA BAY, Danny Briere MONTREAL from PHILADELPHIA, Andrew Ference EDMONTON from BOSTON, Daniel Alfredsson DETROIT from OTTAWA, Ray Emery PHILADELPHIA from CHICAGO, Nathan Horton COLUMBUS from BOSTON, Rob Scuderi PITTSBURGH from LOS ANGELOS, Ryan Clowe NEW JERSEY from NEW YORK R, Jarome Iginla BOSTON from PITTSBURGH, Matt Cooke MINNESOTA from PITTSBURGH. July 22,2013: Jaromir Jagr NEW JERSEY from BOSTON. September 23, 2013: Brandon Morrow ST LOUIS from PITTSBURGH, Mason Raymond TORONTO from VANCOUVER. Trades: June 12: Mark Striet to PHILADELPHIA from NEW YORK I for Shane Harper. June 30: Cory Schneider to NEW JERSEY from VANCOUVER for 1st round draft pick. July 4: Loui Ericksson, Joe Morrow, Reilly Smith, Matt Fraser to BOSTON from DALLAS for Tyler Seguin, Rich Peverley, Ryan Button. July 5: Bobby Ryan to OTTAWA from ANAHEIM for Jakob Silfverberg and Stefan Noesen. That was the most important changes to the teams during the offseason.

Friday Night Lights

By Dominic Cipriano: This Friday, St.Edmond’s is renting lights for the sports field. All of the lacrosse teams are playing. The 3rd and 4th grade team will play at 6:30, 5th and 6th grade team will play at 7:30, and closing the night down the 7th and 8th grade team will play at 8:30. All of the teams are going against the Brandywine Youth Club(BYC) The varsity team has played them twice already with a win by at least 10 each game. That is all of the games for Friday night lights at SEA, so come support your classmates.

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:
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Baseball Vs. Lacrosse

By Dominic Cipriano and Kevin O’Neill: With the spring sports season coming to an end, it is time to ask the annual question… Which is better lacrosse or baseball? This year it is pretty clear, with the varsity lacrosse team being 16-3 as of 5/2/13 and the baseball team being 1-7 lacrosse wins by a landslide. But you decide which is better Lacrosse or Baseball.

Penn Relays

Penn Relays
By: Chris Avila

WILMINGTON, DE – Penn Relays is a meet full of tradition. In its 119th installment, the Penn Relays draws crowds of 100,000+ each year and is a premier event for Track and Field worldwide. Athletes as famous as Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay and Mary Decker have competed at this meet.

The CYM is lucky enough to have a spot in this meet each year for 8th grade boys and girls 4x100m. As each year in the past, St. Edmond’s will have a team contending for the medal stand. This year the squad for Penn Relays is (in order) Dino Matulas, Chris Avila, James Wolf and Peter Regas; with Mali Mase and Cody Tampanella as alternates.

Before this weekend we thought that St. Elizabeth’s, a team of truly superb sprinters, was the easy favorite to win Penn Relays. But, All Saints, a team St. Edmond’s has only lost to by 1 second, beat them this weekend in an amazing finish by Billy Sullivan. This just shows that anything can happen and that St. Edmond’s could definitely come out with a top three finish.

NBA MVP

Here you vote for the NBA MVP in your opinion which means Most Valuable Player. The definition of MVP is the best player on a team or in a league. So now you vote. (LeBron)

NBA Playoffs

Vote for what team you want to win from the west
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Vote for who will face them for the championship.
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SEA Lacrosse

By Dominic Cipriano and Kevin O’Neill JR.: The lacrosse team is now 11-1 with a win yesterday against H.B. DuPont. The SEA Varsity lacrosse team won 11-2 in the A-Team game and in the B-Team game we won 7-0 with bringing up Colin Kennedy, Sean Colman, J.C. Pauley, Will deBruin, and Walter deBruin from the J.V. Team. This Friday there will be a game at 9:15 under the lights at Baynard Stadium against Cecil. Hopefully there will be a great support of SEA fans watching.