and children make up the people in the world.
Anyway, I'm here again with details on flag football. Unfortunately I could only plan it to be one day, November 13 after school from about 3 to 4. I've been trying to get it to be a best two out of three series but it's simply impossible to work around intramural and high school soccer practices to get three days free.
Each grade will (if not already) receive one sign up sheet. More details will be on that sheet. There are even more extensive details like location and rules on the GameDay website here.
So start forming up your teams now! Good luck to all!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Flag Football
Hey this is Stanley. I am the GameDay website administrator and first time poster on the very awesome Patriot Blitz!
Anyway I'm just here to let you guys know that a flag football game (or games? :O) is being planned right now and will be coming soon! Each grade will have one team and seniors will play against juniors and sophomores will play against freshmen. So start making your teams! More details will arrive soon!
Anyway I'm just here to let you guys know that a flag football game (or games? :O) is being planned right now and will be coming soon! Each grade will have one team and seniors will play against juniors and sophomores will play against freshmen. So start making your teams! More details will arrive soon!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Give me a break of that Kit-Kat bar!
After taking the SAT this last Saturday, I realized how BOMBDIGGITY breaks are. Even if its just five minutes, those few moments I get to relax and then realize all the mistakes I made in the previous section. NOOOOO!
But to the point, breaks are really really helpful. Just a few seconds you can re boost your mental and physical endurance. If Kobe Bryant and his Black Mambas take breaks, it probably is smart that you do too.
Even a bunch of college programs forces breaks and test their athletes' body temperature to make sure it isn't too high. They pay big bucks to keep the students safe because some kids just can't seem to tell when to stop. That's why once in awhile you hear about an athlete dying from a heat stroke in American Football or Soccer.
Now that doesn't mean taking a two hour break after a few rounds of hoop will be beneficial. Just don't push yourself too hard. You know your body better than anyone. Like I said before in previous posts, play hard but play smart. With this weather we're having, jeez anything can happen. ITS WINTER AND ITS SOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOT. Help me :(
But to the point, breaks are really really helpful. Just a few seconds you can re boost your mental and physical endurance. If Kobe Bryant and his Black Mambas take breaks, it probably is smart that you do too.
Even a bunch of college programs forces breaks and test their athletes' body temperature to make sure it isn't too high. They pay big bucks to keep the students safe because some kids just can't seem to tell when to stop. That's why once in awhile you hear about an athlete dying from a heat stroke in American Football or Soccer.
Now that doesn't mean taking a two hour break after a few rounds of hoop will be beneficial. Just don't push yourself too hard. You know your body better than anyone. Like I said before in previous posts, play hard but play smart. With this weather we're having, jeez anything can happen. ITS WINTER AND ITS SOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOT. Help me :(
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
No, not cool.
When you come across a story like of Richard Collier, it's terrible to hear. Even if he was hardly known throughout the professional league, too often are stories like those are popping up in the professional league.
There's Javon Walker.
Sean Taylor.
Darrent Williams.
Josh Hancock.
Eddie Griffin.
To name a few, just in 2007 and 2008.
Now, it isn't just players in football or is it always African-American. But to point out, it is foolish to take advantage of so much talent and drain it all away with bad decisions.
If you look or don't look at the articles, here is a good set of rules to follow.
1) Clubbing, especially past 1:00am. (Don't you think a bunch of crazy drunks will be out then?)
2) Booze, Pot, any other illegal drugs. (If you do drugs for stupid reasons, you don't deserve to be my friend)
3) Rich? Don't show off and mock others with that. (You put yourself vulnerable to mugging and attacks)
4) You don't need any of the first three points. (Yup yup)
It probably is very very obvious that you should follow those points. Your parents nag at you all the time and it is common sense. But if grown men who probably have aren't that stupid does it, you never know. So LISTEN TO YOUR PARENTS and DON'T DO DRUGS or else you aren't cool =(.
There's Javon Walker.
Sean Taylor.
Darrent Williams.
Josh Hancock.
Eddie Griffin.
To name a few, just in 2007 and 2008.
Now, it isn't just players in football or is it always African-American. But to point out, it is foolish to take advantage of so much talent and drain it all away with bad decisions.
If you look or don't look at the articles, here is a good set of rules to follow.
1) Clubbing, especially past 1:00am. (Don't you think a bunch of crazy drunks will be out then?)
2) Booze, Pot, any other illegal drugs. (If you do drugs for stupid reasons, you don't deserve to be my friend)
3) Rich? Don't show off and mock others with that. (You put yourself vulnerable to mugging and attacks)
4) You don't need any of the first three points. (Yup yup)
It probably is very very obvious that you should follow those points. Your parents nag at you all the time and it is common sense. But if grown men who probably have aren't that stupid does it, you never know. So LISTEN TO YOUR PARENTS and DON'T DO DRUGS or else you aren't cool =(.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Do you know about the Floirda Marlins? Yes, they taste very good!
If you apparently haven't been watching the MLB, shame on you. The LA Angels and the LA Dodgers slapped their division opponents out and are heading to the playoffs.
There were a few big highlights during the season like the significance of Manny Ramirez and CC Sabathia with their respective teams, but there is one team that I would like to point out.
No, the team isn't in the playoff.
No, the team wouldn't be the Mets nor the Yankees.
Its the Flordia Marlins.
WHO!?
Yeah, beats me. The team is full of "Who's he?" players. They don't have any high-profile players. Except one of them is married to one, Misty May. Hardly any goes to their home games. It looks like 5,000 of the 45,000 seats are filled most of the time. And the days of them as MLB Champions seem to be thousands of years ago. Yeah, not too long ago they really they did win one, actually two!
But what is so special about them, even how HORRIBLE their fan base was, how UNTALENTED they seemed, and how LITTLE people knew about them... they almost made it into the playoffs. For majority of the season, they really had a chance and were a legitimate darkhorse in winning their division. Even though they didn't achieve the success most people consider, the championship, I'd say they were pretty successful and darn good. They made nothing into something.
It just comes to show that you don't need those amazing qualities that help you win the gold. Look at the Detroit Tigers. They had amazing amount of talent, a bunch of high-profiled name, a winning-determined management, and a strong fan base. And all of that led to them LAST PLACE of their division. You don't need the stuff to make an impact to your team. Just have a ton of fun, play hard, and be inspired. That's what the Marlins did.
There were a few big highlights during the season like the significance of Manny Ramirez and CC Sabathia with their respective teams, but there is one team that I would like to point out.
No, the team isn't in the playoff.
No, the team wouldn't be the Mets nor the Yankees.
Its the Flordia Marlins.
WHO!?
Yeah, beats me. The team is full of "Who's he?" players. They don't have any high-profile players. Except one of them is married to one, Misty May. Hardly any goes to their home games. It looks like 5,000 of the 45,000 seats are filled most of the time. And the days of them as MLB Champions seem to be thousands of years ago. Yeah, not too long ago they really they did win one, actually two!
But what is so special about them, even how HORRIBLE their fan base was, how UNTALENTED they seemed, and how LITTLE people knew about them... they almost made it into the playoffs. For majority of the season, they really had a chance and were a legitimate darkhorse in winning their division. Even though they didn't achieve the success most people consider, the championship, I'd say they were pretty successful and darn good. They made nothing into something.
It just comes to show that you don't need those amazing qualities that help you win the gold. Look at the Detroit Tigers. They had amazing amount of talent, a bunch of high-profiled name, a winning-determined management, and a strong fan base. And all of that led to them LAST PLACE of their division. You don't need the stuff to make an impact to your team. Just have a ton of fun, play hard, and be inspired. That's what the Marlins did.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Practice and Away game
Soccer practice started yesterday. Unfortunately, that means even fewer people will be coming out for volleyball conditioning. Only three people were there yesterday and its hard to have a real practice with so few people.
We did have a chance to practice with the girls for about half an hour, though. The guys did some limited blocking and also some hitting. We have to be careful because the net is much shorter than we are used to. Its not helpful to take full swings on a girls net because the girls are likely to see. It is their practice after all and they should be the priority.
I had the day off today from conditioning because the girls have an away game. I would always rather practice, but having a day to rest is nice. My legs have been stuff from all the jumping drills.
I am impatiently awaiting the next couple girl's games. I really do love to watch volleyball.
-Seth
We did have a chance to practice with the girls for about half an hour, though. The guys did some limited blocking and also some hitting. We have to be careful because the net is much shorter than we are used to. Its not helpful to take full swings on a girls net because the girls are likely to see. It is their practice after all and they should be the priority.
I had the day off today from conditioning because the girls have an away game. I would always rather practice, but having a day to rest is nice. My legs have been stuff from all the jumping drills.
I am impatiently awaiting the next couple girl's games. I really do love to watch volleyball.
-Seth
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Back to business
The girls volleyball team has been a little rocky in their past couple games. I talked to Victoria Hoang earlier and she says they really need to win. I completely agree, they need to get a win or the losses will pile up and the team will get discouraged.
I am rather empathetic after the boy's volleyball team did horrible last season. We had some of the same problems too. The girls have talent but are not playing together very well. They have little spurts where they play really well and talk a lot but then they have the opposite too. Its a hard problem to deal with. No one ever tries to lose but they may at times start to accept that nothing better may come.
Once they put it together, I know they will be good. I'll keep going to the games to support them and everyone else should try and make an effort too as well. We'll see what happens, I'll get the news about their game vs. Buena Park later.
-Seth
I am rather empathetic after the boy's volleyball team did horrible last season. We had some of the same problems too. The girls have talent but are not playing together very well. They have little spurts where they play really well and talk a lot but then they have the opposite too. Its a hard problem to deal with. No one ever tries to lose but they may at times start to accept that nothing better may come.
Once they put it together, I know they will be good. I'll keep going to the games to support them and everyone else should try and make an effort too as well. We'll see what happens, I'll get the news about their game vs. Buena Park later.
-Seth
Dear disgruntled reader
I have a much needed day off today from volleyball practice. My legs are pretty much dead and probably everyone else is similarly tired.
Apparently a former graduate from OA is dissatisfied with my work and thinks all my volleyball articles are bad and I'm a terrible person and we need a new writer and all that good stuff. Everyone has a right to their opinion in a perfect world and I should be allowed one as well.
Criticism is good, actually, but only when it can have some sort of application for change. Oxford has no system of how to write sports articles except for the same old general articles the Gamut puts out. Those articles have to be general because they have can not instantly release something. GameDay articles can be put on as soon as they are done and should be more detail oriented. For better or worse, I like to write out all the details in my recaps because I want the reader to know everything. Even more so, it is the best way to write out a recap I have tried. Last year I had to experiment and this style came out on top. I have been doing extremely detailed recaps since last spring and up until this moment, the articles have been fine.
What I do not understand is being badgered at without an alternative. English class never prepared me to write sports, I have had to play things by ear. So by all means, please tell me what I can do better. What in your mind is necessary to include and what is not? Do you want objective or subjective? Would you like for me to describe to you the game in five sentences? Do you want my analysis on the game? Well, what is it? I was only told I sucked.
I follow athletes on every play and on every point. They have made the effort to come out and give it their all, I just try and give them credit for everything they do in the game.
Volleyball is my favorite sport and the only sport I have played throughout high school. So please, if I am doing a disservice to my fellow volleyball players, tell me how I may improve immediately!
Humbly,
-Seth
Apparently a former graduate from OA is dissatisfied with my work and thinks all my volleyball articles are bad and I'm a terrible person and we need a new writer and all that good stuff. Everyone has a right to their opinion in a perfect world and I should be allowed one as well.
Criticism is good, actually, but only when it can have some sort of application for change. Oxford has no system of how to write sports articles except for the same old general articles the Gamut puts out. Those articles have to be general because they have can not instantly release something. GameDay articles can be put on as soon as they are done and should be more detail oriented. For better or worse, I like to write out all the details in my recaps because I want the reader to know everything. Even more so, it is the best way to write out a recap I have tried. Last year I had to experiment and this style came out on top. I have been doing extremely detailed recaps since last spring and up until this moment, the articles have been fine.
What I do not understand is being badgered at without an alternative. English class never prepared me to write sports, I have had to play things by ear. So by all means, please tell me what I can do better. What in your mind is necessary to include and what is not? Do you want objective or subjective? Would you like for me to describe to you the game in five sentences? Do you want my analysis on the game? Well, what is it? I was only told I sucked.
I follow athletes on every play and on every point. They have made the effort to come out and give it their all, I just try and give them credit for everything they do in the game.
Volleyball is my favorite sport and the only sport I have played throughout high school. So please, if I am doing a disservice to my fellow volleyball players, tell me how I may improve immediately!
Humbly,
-Seth
Friday, September 12, 2008
Keeps going and going and going...
You know what grinds my gears? The new facebook layout.
You know what else grinds my gears? Running!
Cross-country team, no offense, but I simply hate running. I'm fine running when in some kind of activity like running down the court playing basketball or sprinting pass a defensive back in football, but just simply running? Not my thing. See, I find the act of running as a physical, back-breaking exercise but after a few minutes I find it boring and a cause of my constant wheezing. I wheeze pretty easy because I wasn't evacuated during Hurricane Andrew (I was a baby in Florida), so I'm a sick little boy. :( Maybe thats why I'm not a fan of running. But still, I watched the running events in Olympics and it was pretty cool to watch the sprints, if I didn't blink my eyes. I don't want to sound harsh about running, I try to run/job/walk/crawl everyday so I don't get diabetes and high blood pressure like my entire family but, I can't seem to find any other motivation in doing so. Maybe you can change my pessimistic attitude. :)
You know what else grinds my gears? Running!
Cross-country team, no offense, but I simply hate running. I'm fine running when in some kind of activity like running down the court playing basketball or sprinting pass a defensive back in football, but just simply running? Not my thing. See, I find the act of running as a physical, back-breaking exercise but after a few minutes I find it boring and a cause of my constant wheezing. I wheeze pretty easy because I wasn't evacuated during Hurricane Andrew (I was a baby in Florida), so I'm a sick little boy. :( Maybe thats why I'm not a fan of running. But still, I watched the running events in Olympics and it was pretty cool to watch the sprints, if I didn't blink my eyes. I don't want to sound harsh about running, I try to run/job/walk/crawl everyday so I don't get diabetes and high blood pressure like my entire family but, I can't seem to find any other motivation in doing so. Maybe you can change my pessimistic attitude. :)
Monday, September 8, 2008
Start of volleyball practice
Hey everyone.
I have returned to begin regularly posting on the blog. Hopefully I can keep everyone in touch with what is going on for all our sports.
Well, though it may not be boy's volleyball season, the varsity team just started conditioning and practicing today. Being the first real practice since a rather easy going summer volleyball camp, it was extremely tiring. We did jumping drills for about half an hour (my legs are dead now) and then some work against the girl's varsity squad. I was glad to be back on a volleyball court. I missed it a lot after camp was over. We scrimmaged the girls too but it was not really fair. We played on the girls net, over a half foot lower than the guys are used to, so we can get way over the net.
But its alright. The girls still pass WAY better than the guys do.
The girls have their first preseason game tomorrow against Santiago. They should not be an extremely strong team. This game will be a good chance to get used to running the offense and working out some of the kinks the team has. Also, I will be able to take a look at how they play and make some predictions for the regular season when it comes around.
Try and come out if you can. Volleyball games are very fun to watch.
-Seth
I have returned to begin regularly posting on the blog. Hopefully I can keep everyone in touch with what is going on for all our sports.
Well, though it may not be boy's volleyball season, the varsity team just started conditioning and practicing today. Being the first real practice since a rather easy going summer volleyball camp, it was extremely tiring. We did jumping drills for about half an hour (my legs are dead now) and then some work against the girl's varsity squad. I was glad to be back on a volleyball court. I missed it a lot after camp was over. We scrimmaged the girls too but it was not really fair. We played on the girls net, over a half foot lower than the guys are used to, so we can get way over the net.
But its alright. The girls still pass WAY better than the guys do.
The girls have their first preseason game tomorrow against Santiago. They should not be an extremely strong team. This game will be a good chance to get used to running the offense and working out some of the kinks the team has. Also, I will be able to take a look at how they play and make some predictions for the regular season when it comes around.
Try and come out if you can. Volleyball games are very fun to watch.
-Seth
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