Stony Brook Research Paper

About three weeks ago, the Packer Varsity baseball team beat Berkeley Carroll school for the first time in twelve years and in glorious fashion. Tears streamed down my face as our winning run crossed the plate in extra innings, dust flying up as my teammates and I mobbed each other at the plate. Yet a few short days later, our team was blindsided by the news that St. Ann’s had pulled off back to back upsets to squeak their way into the playoffs ahead of us - just as our season seemed to be looking up, it was over.

With the Christmas tournament aside, we entered the post-season without a loss. We had a plan for each playoff game from districts to regional. We never deviated from the plan, keeping our eye on the target –

March is one of the craziest, fun-filled, exciting months of the year, especially for people who love basketball. St. Patrick’s Day arrives, the warmth is just starting to come back; but that is not the best part, it’s all the March Madness. The NCAA Basketball Tournament brings happiness, laughter and upsets to some people and teams. Every Division 1 Basketball team in the country plays to eventually make it to the Sweet Sixteen on the bracket, in hopes of being the new NCAA Basketball Champions. Some teams struggle, while others come out on top. “The Game That Saved March Madness” written by Sean Gregory, Time staff writer who has been

Last night in Zanesville at Sulsberger John D Stadium, Newark Catholic and Fort Frye battled in a third round playoff game. Fort Frye came in 12-0, while the Green Wave came in with a,8-4record. During the regular season the teams Fort Frye anihlated had a combined record of, 39-63 and the biggest schoo they faced was, division five Northridge, a team Newark Catholic hammered by,28. Fort Frye got them by 17.

“This team will probably go down in history maybe as one of the best ever for what we accomplished this year,” WVU head coach Randy Mazey said. “I think our guys showed a lot of heart, a lot of tenacity and there are Mountaineer fans everywhere super proud of our team. We made a lot of Mountaineer baseball fans that weren’t Mountaineer baseball fans prior to this year. This is a statement about our program, where it’s going and the direction it’s headed. We’ve got us a baseball program that we can be super proud of. We have a great facility, great administration and great fan support. This is not the end. This is the beginning of a great baseball program.”

Some highlights of the regular season: “Harvey Ellsworth won the league scoring title,” recalled Verbeski. “And you’ve got to give credit where credit is due, Blair Joseph was named MVP of the league. Xavier goaltender Greg MacSween from New Waterford was voted outstanding goaltender. He kept his team in many, many

WVU jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Kyle Gray doubled down the left field line and scored on Cole Austin's base hit. Marques Inman's double drove in two runs and then the sophomore crossed the plate on Jimmy Galusky's single to right center.

This game started off as tough as they come both teams getting good looks, and making their shots. We were all waiting to see who was going to go cold first. Highland Springs only had a one point lead at the end of the first quarter with a score of 21-20. Springers were killing Princess Anne from the three-point line shooting 50%. Lady Cavaliers were hot as well, they were

The next game was a little closer at a score of 12-6 win over the York B team

The Mountaineers jumped out to an early 12-4 lead but the Cyclones came roaring back. Iowa State's half-court

The first almost massive upset occurred between “the one-seed Georgetown Hoyas and the sixteen-seed Princeton Tigers” (Gregory and Wolff, “The Game That Saved March Madness”). Coming into the game, “Georgetown was a national championship favorite, who featured one of the best players in the country in Alonzo Mourning. Small schools such as Princeton had been clobbered for years by teams like Georgetown, which resulted in many fans and NCAA officials wondering if these small schools belonged in the tournament in the first place” (Gregory and Wolff, “The Game That Saved March Madness”). Princeton’s players gave the effort of their lives, as they battled and fought with heavyweight Georgetown up until the last shot. Despite the fact that “Bob Scrabis’ game winning shot was blocked by Mourning”, Princeton had proven to the critics that it was possible for an unthinkable upset of this magnitude to materialize. Fast forward twenty-four years, and a new small conference underdog, the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, became the talk of the entire country after “they became the lowest seeded team to win two NCAA Tournament games and make it all the way to the Sweet 16” (O’Halloran, “Cinderella Story Florida Gulf Coast Has Its Shining Stars”). No one could have predicted that this unknown school that “had never even made it to the NCAA

The Ladies trailed by as much as eight in the first quarter and by seven heading in to the second quarter, but seven unanswered tied the game. Morris hit a pair from the line, sophomore Essa Badon canned a triple, and Morris made a layup.

Last night at Swank Field in Heath, Ohio the Newark Catholic Green Wave limped into action against a undefeated and healthy Heath Bulldog team. I think many of the nice size crowd, who knew that the smaller school, minus five starters had no chance of winning and most likely knew that this one would be ugly and that is just what this game was.

With the season on the line, the seniors team had to win against St. Francis Xavier. Down by two baskets at the end of

We had battled with them with all our strength in two sets, for it wasn’t even close (compound). The winning point was a serve into the net by Washington. We had just won the game.