Manhatatnville Men's Soccer Awards Banquet

On Friday the Men's soccer team gathered one last time to recognize the achievements and events of the season of 2008. With players, parents, coaches, and friends there to support the team and its success the night turned out very well. It was a great evening, with dinner and a presentation from the coaches, seniors, and captains. One of the players fathers put a presentation together filled with pictures and memories from the year that had past. It was great to see the seniors, Jerry Tellier, Louis Vilano, and Victor Feliciano one last time together with the team before they graduate. Me, being a Junior, and only one class below them had a special place at this dinner. They had been here since I got to school as a freshman, and its tough to see them leave. It was also great to see some of the other players receive awards and recognition for their season. Freshman Emil Sjolberg received rookie of the year honors for the team, while Freshman Keston George, the reigning league Rookie of the Year received team MVP honors. Unfortunately for me it marked the last year before I am a senior. Sitting in the back I began to realize this will be me next year. It only makes next year that much more important and I really can't wait to start up in the fall again.  Hopefully next years banquet can be as nice as this years was. It was really great to send the seniors out in style, and I can only hope my senior year will turn out the same as it did for them....only better!

Basketball Playoffs heat up

Incase you haven't been watching the NBA playoffs, the Bulls and Celtics series feels more like the championship series, even though its only the first round. Through 6 games there have been 7 overtime periods, and 4 different games had at least one overtime. It's like these guys can never finish in regulation. It certainly makes for an exciting series, having every game come down to the wire. In the latest game in Chicago, the Bulls won in triple overtime, 128-127. It seems in this series more than any other series the big players are really coming up big. Paul Pierce and Ray Allen for the Celtics are running the show, while Derek Rose and Ben Gordon for the Bulls are keeping up stride for stride with them, making these games such a battle. Derek Rose was the Rookie of the Year, but certainly has not been playing like a rookie. Derek Rose has shown what kind of a player he is, which is tough to do on a team like the Bulls with such history like Michael Jordan. The Bulls biggest task comes on Saturday night when they have to travel back to Boston to either win, or go home. Boston is an intimidating place, and a very difficult place at that to win in. It's always said to be an advantage to play at home, especially in a game 7. The only trouble with this series is not within the series, but within the rest of them. This series has made the rest of the playoffs seem less exciting or less important. Granted the excitement has been through the roof, it’s as if it should be the championship series and anything after this is only to disappoint the fans.