EA MS FANTASY GAGA DRAFT

The Sports Journalism elective recently held a mock draft for a EA MS GaGa team. The class was split into 4 groups and played the part of general manager for a GaGa team. they drafted students from the MS to fill out a 7 person roster. The results of the draft and a brief description of the player is below.

 Team #1:The Dream Squad 

Owners/Coaches: Eric Kim, Declan McCarthy and Tyler Manion 
  Quinn Dudek: athletic, fast, hops
  Andrew Schellenger: fun guy, all around star
  Brandon Sheppard: nimble on his feet, 7th grade latin stud, soccer star
  Jake Jorganson: crazy fast, pie race victor, knows how to win, pulls it out in the clutch
  Claire Beatty: agile, good coordination with body limbs
  Hannah Moriarty: powerful, friendly, a good sport
  Elodie Furey: long arms to hit ball, tall, A team in all sports

 Team #2:The Hard Hitting Machine 

Owners/Coaches:Bobby Frasier, AJ Marcucci, James Silvi 
 Dex Frederick: We choose Dex second overall because he is quick and he slaps the ball with force. He is also really competitive.
 Reilly Wright: We choose Reilly as our second pick because she dominates in the women’s division. She is also can crush the ball with her hard hands.
 Jeff Coote: We choose Jeffrey as our third pick because he is a southpaw. He dominates 2nd graders in Gaga. He’s a stud.
 Chris Rushton: We choose Chris because he is a funny guy and he can jump 1 inch in the air to get over the ball. He has great enthusiasm and he will bring it to the Hard-Hitting Machines.
 Lexi Fisher: We choose Lexi because she got a 8th grade letter in winter track (she is a boss). She brings her hand-eye coordination to our team.
 Julia Depillis; She got no time for losing. When she steps on the Gaga wood she brings the great and beautiful athleticism.
 Max Guo: He has several nicknames but the one that comes to mind first is Jeremy Lin. He leaves it all on the octagon.

 Team #3:Team Thug Life 

Owners/Coaches: Griffin Ernst, Jack Brown, Jake Martelucci 
 Ryan Foster- Is a very athletic, and talented athlete
 Ramon Gallegos- A very agile, and has very quick feet
 Corinne Zannoli- very agressive and fierce also is always wanting to win
 Maddie Oreilly- eager and wanting to win also a great leader
 Carson Fisher- fast, small and athletic and wanting to get to the top, also has young fresh legs
 Philip Tobar- very quick and a stellar tenis player
 Nina Stravropolulos- he is very agile and speedy she also power

 Team #4:GaGa Squad 

Owners/Coaches: Spencer Higgins, Connor Gunsalas, Franny Radano 
Matt Freese- His reflexes from being a goalie and his persistence for going at the ball
 Alex Mclaughlin- His height and strength gives him an advantage and his knowledge of the game Kelsey Slack- We picked Kelsey because of her speed and agility and we think it will create chemistry with our two big guys Alex and matt
 Harrison Malone- His quickness lets him move around the court extremely well and his height helps him stay low to the ground and get other people out
 Lily Zelov- Lily is a good pick because she is a good squash player andf her reflexes are fantastic Giovanni Materazza- Gio was our sleeper many people didn’t know about Gio’s dominance in gaga he moves around the court like a lion searching for prey.
 Sasha Tancemore- Sasha is an enthusiastic person who could bring a intimidation factor to our game she is also the best gaga player on the east coast

MiMi’s outlook: an insider’s perspective on A Team Girls Squash

By Jack, AJ, and Franny Do you want to watch a squash player, Mimi Delisser, talk about how she thinks her season will go and how she thinks her team will do? You will see how one of the A teams best girls squash player outlook her teams season and learn from one of the teams best.

Chill Skills: EA MS Hockey

By Spencer Higgins, Declin McCarty, Eric Kim We took some time to sit down with EA middle school hockey coach Mr. Levine. We asked him about how their hockey team looks this year. Also we asked about his expectations for the team and for the year. Watch the following video to find out the facts about EA hockey.

The Future is.... bright?: Eagles season goes down the tubes

by James, Bobby, and Tyler We interviewed a few football "experts" on the Eagles. Some of the questions were, do you follow the NFL and the Eagles? How would you fix the problems with the Eagles? And, do you like the rebuilding process that they are going through?

1v1 Basketball: the legend vs. that small kid

The tallest kid in the grade (Nick Alikakos) vs. the smallest(Jack Brown) Throughout the video Nick just blocks Jack back to back to back. He also dunks on Jack multiple times. Will there be a great ending, click the video below to see what happened next

RGIII vs. Nick Maras

Unless you've been living under a rock forn the past year then you will have heard of the Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III. We compared him to our very own middle school starting QB, Nick Maras. We interviewed Nick on the coming football season and what he thought of RG3. Then, we re-created a Redskins play with Nick. Click the video below for our comparisons and interview with Nick. Go EA! CLICK HERE FOR SOME RGIII HIGHLIGHTS

Maddie “The Mad Dog” O’Reilly

A very respected college coach, Chris Rushton, has been keeping a close eye on Episcopal Academy upcoming water polo star, eighth grade varsity starter, Maddie O’Reilly. He wants to be the first to add this water polo legend to his squad. Enjoy.

GO TIME!!!!

FLYERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had a chance to sit down with these hockey maniacs and see their opinion on how the flyers and the NHL playoffs with fan out. Enjoy!

Aki's Gold

Getting pumped for March Madness 2012

March Madness is the most exciting sports event of the year and everybody anticipates it. Between the cinderella stories, the great coaching, and the huge upsets there is always excitement. This is where history is made, great players are formed, and coaching legacies begin. This is the time to watch your brackets, and to root for your team. This is "Where amazing happens".

Rizing Starz

We interviewed young atheletes on the top teams at our school. we did this to get their input on how to make the best teams, and what they did to prepare for it.
Aj Marcuchi- A team baseball
Matt Marino- A team Lacrosse
Ric Archembalt- track star
Kathryn Wilson- varsity track

Undefeated?

We had a chance to catch up with first form A team baseball players Quinn Dudek, Dex Frederick, and Shane Conlin. We also interviewed second former baseball star Trevor Roberson. We talked to them about star players, wins, losses, tough opponents and everything in between! If you want to see what these star players have to say about the upcoming season, click on the link below!

Sports Journalism meme

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Boys A Team Hoops: Where Amazing Happens

Where Amazing Happens at EA features a number of the basketball players portraying their quest to excellence. We give great thanks to Mr. John Spofford for the photos that we wouldn’t have done without. This video was an opportunity to shine some light on the hard work of the Episcopal Academy’s Basketball program.

TWINBALL

The Conlins and the Fosters are two pairs of boy girl twins at EA. The girls play basketball for the B team and so do the boys. While sitting in class, we were wondering who would win in a two on two game. So we interviewed the Fosters and the Conlins, and we asked the fans who would win, and we are about to answer all of your questions.

Tracking Down some Winter Trackers

the Sports Journalism Team tracked down some of the winter track members and asked them about their endeavors on the track, and some other thought provoking questions.

EA Athletes of the Week

These elite athletes shined in their games of the week... Check em out answering questions about their athletic conquests.

SMACKDOWN

Sprain, Sprain go away! an interview with Nina Pagano

We got the chance to sit down with Nina Pagano, who recently returned to her A team basketball team. She was out for two months with an ankle injury. In this video we discovered what happened to her, how she is recovering and what he outlook is for the rest of the season.