Norton Basketball

Norton Highschool Basketball was a toss up for me.  Realizing that the Varsity team last year was unstoppable but also lost a lot of Seniors but lost a lot of players hat wouldn't be back this season.  A lot of young new players had to step up and fill the gaps that were left behind to join the team to get to the tournament for the longest streak ever at Norton High. So my expectations for this season wasn't as high as I anticipated last year.

During the basketball season the team was preforming ok but not compared to how they played last year. Also a lot of other teams from different towns improved from last year like Ashland. They ended their season 19-1 which was the best in the Tri-Valley league. And their one defeat was against us.  Many Juniors on the basketball team proved that they were ready or the big test on the Varsity basketball team including Jason Oneil and Brett Murphy who were a great  impact on the season. Jason's incredible ball handling skills and dishing off passes down low was quite beneficial filling in for Levi Kahn who was out injured. Brett Murphy also showed up as an outstanding shooting guard who would drill 3s all day to give Norton a solid offense.

But as the season progressed the Norton Lancers were proving that they are a strong team that will put up a fight to qualify for states.  They had to win there last 3 out of 4 games to qualify for states. These four teams were their tuffest match ups of the season. Including Ashland Bellingham Medway and Holliston. This was unexpected for our small town defeat these huge towns but we succeeded. Norton upsetted all of these hard match ups showing superior teamwork that everyone helped contribute on the floor. Levi Kahn was one of the man leaders to get them their with great defense and his exceptional shoots behind the ark as well as distributing the ball.  Paul Sheliker also should up doing all the dirty work posting up on kids twice his sides. He would also get the majority of Nortons offensive and defensive rebounds as well as the put backs.

I think the reason for Norton turning their season around the positve way was for all of their hard work and determination. Norton basketball was determined not to get pushed around and lose because they all had the will power to keep winning to get them to the playoffs which would keep the long streak going. All of the players were in great shape and just to fast and strong for all of their
competetors . Nortkn kids always would be at the y working on their shot putting on extra work on their game. That is also why Norton improved there shoots  but mainly on the free throw line and would always sink on of two of their shots.

Norton basketball defiantly surprised me on the outcome of  this season defiantly doing better then I anticipated . Finishing  8-10 overall with such young. New team. It was such a remarkable season because of how many seniors we lost last years and thought we would do terrible this  year  to all the new players Mr.lib would have to use. Norton would end up playing Westwood end up unfortunately in a loss for norton but one a moral victory only losing by 6 but everyone was proud that they even made it that far. Where Brett Murphy finished the season right with 6 threes and will be back for norton next year.

White with the downhill upset

During the Olympics Shaun White was the front runner on winning the Men's half pipe in the Olympics.  He has had such good luck in the past with his stunning performances in the Olympics winning multiple awards.  Everyone had no doubts that Shaun White would win three straight medals yet again.  Unfortunately for Shaun he had such a good run at the beginning and got so much elevation compared to everyone else that he couldn't land the trick properly due to the airtime which really put him down in the standings. One competitor named IPOD was killing it out on the slopes.  IPOD preformed the Yolo trick that set the two apart big time. Shaun White ended up not even taking home a bronze medal which was a major upset to him and to the United States.

The majority of the players in the NFL will accept Sam and his sexuality.  The reason being is because the players would respect a teammate and his sexuality.  I also believe that they will support him because he has incredible athleticism that people will forget his sexuality in no time.

In the  article "The Gangster in the Huddle" the article talks about Aaron Hernandez and his life on and off the field.  Aaron grew up in Bristol and made some very poor choices.  He was never timid about getting in a fight or doing illegal drugs such as weed, crack, or trying angel dust.  Hernandez and his poor choice of friends would do crazy things in high school and college getting into outrageous street fights especially when it matter most to Aaron's reputation in football and going to college. Hernandez was so big and so strong that coaches would do anything to keep Hernandez in trouble due to his incredible athleticism.  All his coaches would keep him under their belt to ensure he would get suspended for his illegal actions by keeping low profile.  For example in Hernandez's sophomore year in Florida he missed the season opener.  Why? Probably for doing illegal drugs that college regulations don't allow.  But the college coach kept quite so he could keep playing.  That season Hernandez kept breaking records and became all american in 2008 when he should have been on the bench half the season.  Hernandez should throughout college that he is an incredible athlete and would now be a first round draft pick in the NFL draft.  Unfortunately for Aaron he ended up getting in a shooting out side a bar where multiple people were murdered that Hernandez was apart of. This forced a lot of the NFL coaches to lose interest in the big tight end. Hernandez was then dropped to the 6th round and was the picked up by multiple super bowl head coach Bill Belichick.  Belichick is know for drafting poor attitude players because of New England's incredible coaching staff. That year that the patriots signed Hernandez him and gronk combined for unreal numbers that no tight ends will probably ever break.  His first year he got invited to the pro bowl proving he was meant to be there.  Before is one year minimum contract was over Belichick signed him to a 5yr 40million dollar deal.  Unfortunately Hernandez got injured the next year which kind of put the patriots in a  hole.  And now currently in June he got in shooting who supposedly murdered Oden Lloyd with plenty of proof segregating him and the patriots and ending his short NFL career.  

Shaun White:

• He is a pro Snowboarder who does impressive tricks.
• Shaun is considered the best snowboarder in the America.
• Shaun is 27 years old and has been in the Olympics before
• He has had a good past and has won many gold medals.

Super Bowl After Math

Seahawks are your Superbowl Champions. My prediction was correct that Seattle would win.  They are a fast young defensive team.  Their offense defiantly showed up as well with Russel Wilson passing over 200 yards and throwing 2 touchdown passes.  This seahawks win was defiantly a team win because everyone contributed in the game. Kam Chancellor The saftey for the Seahawks had a nice interception off Peyton Manning to get things going. Malcom Smith go a pick 6 and had ten tackles which gave hi the deserving title to be 2013 Superbowl MVP. Another key moment was was when Percy Harvin had a great kick return for 87 yards. The whole game was absolutley one sided.  I blame the broncos offensive line for their poor pass protection on Peyton who ave him no time.  Anyways the halftime show was awful. Bruno Mars was so boring and was just overall awful.  The Red Hot Chilli Peppers preformed ok but all in all it was a poor show.