Everyone knows the inside story about Tiger Woods, and his “issues” at home. He admitted to being unfaithful to his wife after having multiple affairs. This has put a lot of pressure on him to turn his life around and put his mistakes behind him and move on. The question everyone in the golf world is now asking is “Can Tiger come back?” The Masters was last week and Tigers performance could’ve been better.
This was his first tournament in almost 4 months, and all eyes were on him. Tiger has been known to bounce back after events in his life that people thought he wouldn’t recover from. The big one that stands out was the death of his father, Earl Woods. Not a lot of people thought Tiger could handle that and still maintain his status as the best golfer in the world. He came back by winning the British Open just two months later.
Tiger came to Augusta wanting to win. He ended up tied for forth at 11 under par, only five shots behind the winner, Phil Mickelson who shot 16 under. If you looked at the standings on Sunday you would see Tiger in forth, very close to the lead. If you watched how he played, you wouldn’t expect that outcome. Tiger didn’t look like himself, his swing was rough and off tempo. His consistency wasn’t there and his frustration made things worse. He couldn’t put his tee shots in the fairway, and his putting lacked. Tiger put up scores of 68, 70, 70 and 69. Tiger put up great scores that kept him in the hunt, but the way he got them wasn’t tiger-like. A lot of people expected to see the typical amazing tiger that everybody loves to watch, but that wasn’t what we got.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Mt. Abe Baseball Preview - Craig Camara
Led by returning seniors Shawn Marcelle, Ryan Siegle, Steven Patterson, Adam Pouliot, Andrew Doucette, Shawn Thurber, Sam Lieberman, and Mickey O’Connor, the Mount Abraham High School Eagles are hoping that they can continue the success the team has had in recent years. Last year the Eagles had a very successful campaign, posting a 16-4 record and making the Division II championship game, where they lost to Lyndon. However, this year’s team will be very different, as the team is losing six of the seniors that started last year.
According to a high ranking source, Shawn Marcelle and Mickey O’Connor are expected to be the starting pitchers, with Adam Pouliot, Mark Dickerson, and Ethan Heffernan ready to come in for relief. Both Marcelle and O’Connor had varsity experience last year, so the team will be expecting a lot out of their two star pitchers. “We need our young pitchers to step up this year to fill in the spots left by last years seniors,” says Marcelle. With the two dominant starters from last year gone, this is very true. The younger pitchers are going to have to step up in relief of Marcelle and O’Connor to keep the strong bats of their Metro division opponents at bay. The Metro division is traditionally the strongest division in the state and the teams the Eagles will face are very strong.
O’Connor is also expected to play first base when he is not pitching. Both Adam Pouliot and Andrew Doucette had experience playing second base last year, so one of the two will start there. We will most likely see the two switching off at second. At short stop, speedy Ryan Siegle is expected to be the starter. Returning starter Sam Lieberman is expected to take back his position at third base. The position of catcher is up for grabs between senior Shawn Thurber and sophomore Nick Ouellette. The experience of the players in the infield is definitely going to be the strong suit. With strong fielding, the eagles hope to get easy outs and keep the other teams off the board.
In the outfield, Steven Patterson will play left field, while Marcelle will play center when he is not pitching. Right field is uncertain at the moment, but we will find out after the preseason and there may be a rotation of younger players there.
The Eagles are hoping to build off of their pitching and strong defensive play to produce a strong season. Once again the team will be playing in the Metro division, which they won in the regular season last year. However, last season is behind them and the team is hoping to look forward to a great 2010 season this year.
Math League - Bailey Cote
Mount Abraham has numerous extra actives that people are aware of, like sports and the fall musical. Not many people know about the Math League team. Math League is an extra academic activity that counts as a challenge credit. The Math League is a small group of students in grades 9-12. Mrs. Fitz-Gerald would love for more people, especially girls, to come out for the team since there are not tryouts. “If you like cookies and if you like math, then Math League is for you.” The practices for the Math League are very flexible for students who do other extra activities. Ms. Fitz-Gerald said, “Math League is a good place to meet other students and extend your math knowledge.”
There are currently eight students in the Mt. Abe Math League: Greg Scott, James Buchwald, Adam Rainville, Andrew Rainville, Spencer Griswold, Kenny Micklas, Amanda Wetter, and Mishelle Nomchin. “This year was a lot of fun. Even though we may not have been the most competitive team, we were able to have some great meets! As a senior looking back, I am glad I participated in Math League with some great people.”- Greg Scott. To be in Math League, the students need to be in Intergraded 2 math or higher. Ms. Fitz-Gerald likes to have about 8-12 people on the team, so everyone gets a chance to try different types of math. Vermont has eleven Math League teams from Division one and two schools: Mt. Abe, CVU, South Burlington, Burlington, Essex, Rice, Mount Mansfield, Colchester, St. Albans, Missisquoi, and Mount Abe’s rival team, Vergennes. The Mount Abe team placed about 8th overall for the season. This year, the team reached two of their important goals. One goal was to hit 6th place, and the second goal was that they would score over one hundred points at a meet.
The Math League season normally runs from about October to March. During this time, the team will travel five times for competitions. During a competition there are four different individual events: Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, and Advanced Math. A team event consists of five students working together on a longer set of problems. There is also a relay style event. This is where one student solves a problem and their answer is part of the second students’ problem. That answer is then given to the last player to work with. Each problem has a certain amount of points and if a team gets the problem correct, that team will get the points. All of the students get to try all of these different types of problems.
All of the students on the team have worked hard and had fun this year. The Math League season has recently come to a close and with that, there are a few seniors that will be leaving the team. Mrs. Fitz-Gerald hopes that more people will come out for the team and show their love for math.
There are currently eight students in the Mt. Abe Math League: Greg Scott, James Buchwald, Adam Rainville, Andrew Rainville, Spencer Griswold, Kenny Micklas, Amanda Wetter, and Mishelle Nomchin. “This year was a lot of fun. Even though we may not have been the most competitive team, we were able to have some great meets! As a senior looking back, I am glad I participated in Math League with some great people.”- Greg Scott. To be in Math League, the students need to be in Intergraded 2 math or higher. Ms. Fitz-Gerald likes to have about 8-12 people on the team, so everyone gets a chance to try different types of math. Vermont has eleven Math League teams from Division one and two schools: Mt. Abe, CVU, South Burlington, Burlington, Essex, Rice, Mount Mansfield, Colchester, St. Albans, Missisquoi, and Mount Abe’s rival team, Vergennes. The Mount Abe team placed about 8th overall for the season. This year, the team reached two of their important goals. One goal was to hit 6th place, and the second goal was that they would score over one hundred points at a meet.
The Math League season normally runs from about October to March. During this time, the team will travel five times for competitions. During a competition there are four different individual events: Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, and Advanced Math. A team event consists of five students working together on a longer set of problems. There is also a relay style event. This is where one student solves a problem and their answer is part of the second students’ problem. That answer is then given to the last player to work with. Each problem has a certain amount of points and if a team gets the problem correct, that team will get the points. All of the students get to try all of these different types of problems.
All of the students on the team have worked hard and had fun this year. The Math League season has recently come to a close and with that, there are a few seniors that will be leaving the team. Mrs. Fitz-Gerald hopes that more people will come out for the team and show their love for math.
Iceland Volcano Erupts - Myles McGowan
On April 14th the Eyjafjallajokull Glacier’s volcano erupted with smoke and ashes pouring out. The ashes consisted of small rocks and volcanic glass the size of a grain of sand. These particles were actually bits of frozen lava, making silica. The ash cloud reached the troposphere, which is 35,000 ft from sea level. Because of the air currents, the massive ash cloud moved toward Europe shutting down almost all airports by the 16th. Airports ranging from Greenland to Italy were closed, creating havoc for flyers and any industries that required these flights.
The volcano was still spewing smoke by Thursday the 22nd, but the smoke has decreased since the initial eruption. Airlines in Europe are beginning to open and are trying to fly out their passengers as quickly as possible. The closing of the airports for this week has caused the airlines to lose millions of dollars because of the stalling of flying. According to TIME Magazine, 100,000 flights were cancelled, and British Airways lost almost $30 million a day during the week of closings. The amount lost in total in airlines and other industries affected is about $15 billion.
By April 21, most of the airspace in Europe was reopened, but because of the closing of all those flights the wait for a return flight or a flight into Europe may take a while for some customers. The airlines are doing their best to fix this problem, and hopefully flights will begin to resume on time. Luckily because of the railroad system in place in Europe, travelers could find open airports and fly out sooner. Southern Europe was not as affected as long as northern Europe, so travelers could fly out sooner if they traveled south.
The volcano was still spewing smoke by Thursday the 22nd, but the smoke has decreased since the initial eruption. Airlines in Europe are beginning to open and are trying to fly out their passengers as quickly as possible. The closing of the airports for this week has caused the airlines to lose millions of dollars because of the stalling of flying. According to TIME Magazine, 100,000 flights were cancelled, and British Airways lost almost $30 million a day during the week of closings. The amount lost in total in airlines and other industries affected is about $15 billion.
By April 21, most of the airspace in Europe was reopened, but because of the closing of all those flights the wait for a return flight or a flight into Europe may take a while for some customers. The airlines are doing their best to fix this problem, and hopefully flights will begin to resume on time. Luckily because of the railroad system in place in Europe, travelers could find open airports and fly out sooner. Southern Europe was not as affected as long as northern Europe, so travelers could fly out sooner if they traveled south.
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