Eight Grade Girls Basketball

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Eight grade girls basketball season concluded at the Prairie Middle School Conference Tournament. Girls’ Basketball A team took second place after an exceptional season where the girls demonstrated what it means to be a Trojan at Daniel Wright Middle School. According to Joneikis, “the team represented Daniel Wright and the community exceptionally well by demonstrating great sportsmanship, teamwork, and industriousness. The coaching staff and parents are very proud of them!” Congratulations girls!

 

 

Sports: Soccer Information

By: Zhara

The following are current updates and possibilities for next season.

  • In recent matches, Bradford City defeated Fleetwood Town in the English League One.
  • Chelsea Defender Kurt Zouma will be out next season to make space for Virgil van Dijk.
  • PSG may replace manager Unai  Emery with Roberto Mancini this summer.

 

Puns and Jokes!

Which goalkeeper can jump higher than a crossbar?

All of them! Crossbars can’t Jump.

 

What do Chelsea and the U.S. Navy have in common?

They both spent 50mil on a sub.

 

How do you stop squirrels from playing football in the garden?

Hide the ball, it drives them nuts.

 

What tea do soccer players drink?

Penal-Tea

Why did Cinderella get kicked off the soccer team?

Because she kept running away from the ball.

 

Why can’t you play soccer in the jungle?

Because there’s too many cheetahs!   

 

Slogans

Alive and kickin’

Refuse to Lose

Best in the field

Teamwork makes the dream work

Hustle and heart sets us apart

 

Sports: Inside Scoop on MLB Offseason Trades

By: Jaisal

The MLB teams have made some trades in the postseason and signing players and letting them go. Here are some of the trades, signed players, and free agents:

NAME          TEAM TRADED FROM     AMOUNT                TYPE          Team Traded To

Neftali Feliz     Pittsburgh  Pirates         $5.35 Million    Signed 1 year    Milwaukee Brewers Jon Jay           St. Louis Cardinals         $8,000,000      Signed 1 year         Chicago Cubs   Jhoulys Chacin      Atlanta Braves        $1,750,000       Signed 1 year      Anaheim  Angels       Aroldis Chapman   Chicago Cubs         $17,200,000    Signed 5 years     New York Yankees Yoenis Cespedes   New York Mets       $22,500,000   re-signed 4 years    New York  Mets

Carlos Beltran        Texas Rangers        $16,000,000      signed 1 year        Houston Astros Jorge Soler           Chicago Cubs         $3,000,000   Traded for Wade Davis Kansas City Royals Boone Logan         Colorado Rockies    $5.5 Million  Signed 1 year     Colorado Rockies

Bronson Arroyo    Cincinnati Reds    $13 million  Traded for Philip Gosselin Diamondbacks

Sports: Golden State Warriors

By: Elaan

The starting 5 for the warriors is the best since the franchise started, consisting of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and Zaza Pachulia. Consisting of 5 all stars, this is a strong offense!

Sure this is a good team, but does it have good balance or chemistry? You need to mix things up a bit is what I am saying.

On top of that, all of these stars are going to be requesting big money. Which can eat up all of their cap space. Which leaves them struggling to find stars in the draft. They also average over 100 points a game. Going into the

They also average over 100 points a game. Going into the playoffs as the 1 seed. They are playing the trail blazers as the 8 seed. Losing Kevin Durant

was big on the bright side he will be back by the 2nd round of the playoffs. Having the best record in the NBA for the past 2 years is big, only the Spurs can match up well in the west. If they beat the Spurs again it looks like the 3rd time the warriors will have gone to the championship in 5 years.

Sports: WWE Royal Rumble

 

By: Humza, Sivank, and Zahra

Entrants of the Royal Rumble in order from 1-30. Including surprise entrants.

  • Big Cass
  • Chris Jericho
  • Kalisto
  • Mojo Rawley
  • Jack Gallagher
  • Mark Henry
  • Braun Strowman
  • Sami Zayn
  • Big Show
  • Tye Dillinger
  • James Ellsworth
  • Dean Ambrose
  • Baron Corbin
  • Kofi Kingston
  • The Miz
  • Sheamus
  • Big E
  • Rusev
  • Cesaro
  • Xavier Woods
  • Bray Wyatt
  • Apollo Crews
  • Dolph Ziggler
  • Luke Harper
  • Brock Lesnar
  • Enzo Amore
  • Goldberg
  • Undertaker

 

  • Randy Orton(the winner of the Royal Rumble)

 

  • Roman Reigns(Was in Final 2)

Championship Matches

  1. John Cena beat A.J Styles to get his 16th WWE World Heavyweight Championship
  2. Kevin Owens retained his Universal title against Roman Reigns due  to an interference by Braun Strowman
  3. Neville retains the Cruiserweight Championship against Rich Swann
  4. Charlotte retains the Women’s Championship from her rival Bayley
  5. Randy Orton wins the Royal Rumble to become #1 Contender to vs. the W.W.E. Champion, at the time of Wrestlemania.