In the 2012-13 football season the San Francisco 49ers came out on top for the NFC. As for the AFC the Baltimore Ravens have come out on top because of their unbeatable defense and their accurate quarterback Joe Flacco. With the 49ers is the same story with their remarkable comebacks, catches, and touchdowns throughout the season. the 49ers rookie quarterback Colin Kaepernick led the 49ers to the superbowl with his amazing passer rating of 97.9%. As for Joe Flacco(the quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens since 2008)he has a passer rating of 86.3%. which is really good for a quarterback that’s been playing for 4 seasons.
“I was extremely happy when the Ravens won the Superbowl” said Ryan Van Pelt a student at New Dorp High School. “When the 49ers started to come back in the 4th quarter it made the game ten times more exciting”.

“I dont really watch football but, the Superbowl even had me excited” said Conor Fox a student at New Dorp High School. “I only watch the superbowl throughout the football season”.

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Many thought that this football game between Alabama’s Crimson Tide and Indiana’s Notre Dame would be one for the century. Alabama could not be stopped in the first quarter jumping out to a 14-0 lead. The Crimson Tide continued to score against the Fighting Irish, by halftime the score was 28-0. Alabama kept running the ball against Notre Dame whose defense is known for stopping the run. Eddie Lacy was named offensive MVP with a total of 157 rushing yards and two touchdowns. A.J McCarron, the quarterback for Alabama, threw for 264 yards and airing out four touchdown passes. Nick Saban, Crimson Tides head coach, has led them to win three out of the last four BCS National Championships.

After returning from halftime Alabama was sure that they had a large enough lead to capture the championship. Alabama scored once again making them lead the Irish, thirty-five to zero. They improved their lead from a 34 yards pass to Amari Cooper. Finally, Notre Dame was finally able to put points on the board with a two yard rushing touchdown by Everett Golson. There were no more points scored by either side for the remaining time in the third quarter. The fourth quarter began just like all the others, with a touchdown by Alabama which made the Crimson Tide lead the Fighting Irish 42-7. Soon after Notre Dame countered with a six yard touchdown pass to Theo Riddick which brought the final score to 42-14. Alabama has proven this year that it has the nation’s best college football team.

By: Ryan Van Pelt & Conor Fox

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Top Five Moments of Sports in 2012

1. London Olympics – The London Olympics had many inspiring stories, none of which as inspiring as Michael Phelps becoming the most decorated Olympian of all-time with a total of 22 medals. Including 18 Gold Medals which is the most ever, 2 Silver Medals, and 2 Bronze Medals.

2. Penn State Football Scandal – Jerry Sandusky, Former University Football assistant coach sexually assaulted at least 8 underage boys. Convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse, and now serves a sentence between 30-60 years in prison.

Peyton Manning, coming off one of the craziest comeback stories ever after overcoming 3 neck surgeries and missing a whole season is now a leading candidate for the MVP award for the NFL. Tim Tebow is now a New York Jet after sweeping the NFL fans off their feet and making the sports world succomb to Tebow Mania with leading the Denver Broncos into the playoffs with miracle win after miracle win.

4. Lance Armstrong stripped of titles – Lance Armstrong stripped of all his 7 consecutive Tour De France wins after allegations of Lance using PED’s (Performance Enhancing Drugs) were seen as true. Lance Armstrong was also barred for life from the sport of cycling.

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5. LeBron’s Magical Season – Lebron James after being Titled “King James” finally wins a NBA championship after years of criticism put upon him for leaving his hometown team in Cleveland and joining his friends in South Beach and playing for the Miami Heat. Lebron defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Finals. He was matched up against Western Allstar and 3x NBA scoring champion Kevin Durant. Lebron won Finals MVP as well as League MVP last year.

By: Anthony Taliercio, Amir Mustafic, Austin Lally, and Claude Chiasson

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Gary, who lives in the New Dorp area, got seven feet of ocean water on his entire first floor. Sandy ruined Gary’s room and most of his personal belongings

“I cannot believe all of this happened,” said the 16 year old New Dorp Junior. “while everything was going on all I was thinking was I need to get out of this place (his home) alive.” Gary then took all of the items he had that he considered were important and swam down his block that was flowing viciously like a river. He then reached a neighbors house and stayed there until everything calmed down the next day.

The whole baseball team went to his home and helped out as much as they could, and they went around the area to help out anyone in need. The team also held a tailgate on his block  serving hot dogs, hamburgers, snacks and drinks which they gave to many people throughout the New Dorp area.

“I’m so thankful for my great teammates and my coaches , and what they did for me,” proclaimed Knapp. “I don’t know what I would do without these guys.”

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“The game against Tottenville was a good game, and I’m so happy that we got the win today,” says New Dorp High School boys’ bowling player, Ryan Van Pelt, “I’m excited for our next game against McKee/Staten Island Tech, and I’m hoping for a win to advance to the Championship for the 3^rd straight year.”

The Cougar’s boys’ next game takes place on Wednesday, November 28^th, at Maple Lanes in Brooklyn, New York. Their opponent in the Semifinal game is McKee/Staten Island Tech, which is the No.2 seed, opposed to New Dorp placed at No.3. Be there at 4:00pm, the game is expected to be a very interesting and close game. Whoever wins this game advances to the championship to play against the winner of the Brooklyn Tech vs. Wagner game, which also takes place today at Maple Lanes at 4:00pm.

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“Bad defense could have been better second half.” says New Dorp’s football kicker Amir Mustafic.

What Amir said was true, being that in the beginning half the game was close and tied at 7-7, until the second half, where the Warriors scored four times and held the Cougars only at two. Not only were the players upset, but the fans were too.

“In the beginning I honestly thought New Dorp had the win”, says New Dorp High School student Ryan Van Pelt, “but then in the second half Curtis just dominated New Dorp”.

Curtis rushed for 254 yards overall, and 195 of them were in the second half, which was the main aspect to the 31-19 loss to Curtis.

Mike Mezzacappa, Devante Belton, Andrew Dewbitsky contributed to this article

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Last year the New Dorp Varsity Baseball team finished with an above .500 record of 10-8 to tie for second place. As of May 4th 2012, it looks as if their on track to surpass that record.

With four games left on the season, New Dorp is currently in first place with a 9-5 record, with Tottenville trailing with an 8-3 record.

New Dorp looks to continue to play good fundamental baseball. With Senior ace Michael Campanella leading the team to victory with his astounding 1.64 ERA,  and great offensive talent in Sophomore Tyler Warshefskie who is currently leading Staten Island in hits. Along with senior leadership from Thomas Sheridan, Gary Anderson and Charles Cabranes.

Starting Second Baseman Jonathon Connors was questioned about his thoughts on the remainder of the season.

“I think that we’ll win our last four games, be second on the island, make a rather high seed in the playoffs and then make some noise and go from there”, said Connors.

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Shumpert is one of the best young defenders in the NBA and it will be a tough loss to overcome for the Knicks. He led the league in steal among all rookies and was also in the top 10 in that category among the entire NBA.

“It hurts your spirits when you see your best defensive player go down like that,” J.R. Smith said. “We have a lot of people and hopefully someone can step up for him.”

This now forces Knicks coach Mike Woodson to either start sophomore guard Landry Fields or the streaky shotting guard J.R Smith. There will be huge shoes to fill no matter who he decides to start.

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“To be considered the best defensive player in the league this year was just the ultimate for me,” Chandler said. “As much as I thought about it while I was in the gym every single day training, it’s kind of one of those things where that always goes to the glamorous guy. It’s been that way my entire career. So to finally get this, it means the world.”

Chandler has been a key acquistion for the Knicks this year and is the main reason for the Knicks turn around on the defensive end. Last year the Knikcs were at the bottom of the league in defense as a team and they are now in the top 5 in defensive efficiency.

Chandler is the first Knick ever to win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.

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Amar’e himself didnt even realize that he was even injured, stating ”It wasn’t like I had a closed fist and just punched through the glass, It was nothing like that. I just walked by, wanted to make some noise, swung my arm, hit the fire extinguisher door and didn’t even realize I was cut at all until Josh Harrellson told me I was cut…Then I saw the cut. Unfortunately after games, when it’s very passionate, things happen. You don’t expect … to injure yourself, but you’ve just got to deal with it.”

The injury of Stoudemire was a huge blow for the Knicks who just recently lost guard Iman Shumpert due to a torn ACL and laterla meniscus. They are also playing without their breakout point guard Jeremy Lin who started the “Linsanity” stir in February.

Stoudemire is ruled out for Game 3 and is listed as doubtful for Game 4.

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