Middle school baseball: Eagles vs. MS 219, playoffs game 2

by Eagle Academy sideline reporter Christopher Canales

The Eagle Academy middle school baseball team played its second playoff game against MS 219. The weather was perfect for the best game of the season. Giordany Mendoza was the starting pitcher for the Eagles, and he pitched pretty well. The game seemed easy starting out, but it got pretty rough. We were down two-zip, and it was getting pretty hard to hit. Charlie Zhanay hit the ball over the right fielder’s head, but he got thrown out at second. Then the Eagles made their greatest comeback of the season. Sammy Fleet hit a home run for our first run of the game, all the way across the street and across a fence on the other side of the street. In the top of the last inning, the Eagles scored two runs to take the lead and won the game! They advanced to the Bronx semifinal round.

Self-control is self-awareness

Simple steps to self-control

By Rayjean Otero

Self-control is the ability to control yourself and your behavior. Self-control is what you must have in order to deal with a situation that is unpleasant. Self-control is what you need when a situation angers you or the others around you. Self control can make you stay calm when you feel hyperactive or stressed out.

A situation where I could have had better self-control is when I got angry over name calling and I punched someone. A situation where I showed self-control is when I lost my watch. I reported my missing watch to the dean, and informed my parents. I could have gotten angry, but instead I controlled myself. Controlling yourself can change the outcome of what happens to you in a situation.

People have gotten killed for acting the wrong way in situations like fights, because they didn’t control themselves enough to stop the situation from happening. Self control can’t save you from every situation, but it can help you realize what you’re doing wrong and stop what you’re doing.

Game review: Minecraft

Examples of wooden tools in Minecraft.

by Carlos Ortiz

What is Minecraft?

Minecraft is a game where you can be offline or online and show your creative skills. You can either be a builder, where you create different kinds of things as you desire, or a survivor, where you collect supplies during the day and fight mobs during the night.

Minecraft: How it all began

Minecraft was created by a Swedish game programmer named Marcus Notch Persson, and later published by MOJANG Studios in 2012. Sometime after Minecraft was introduced, 4J studios became involved.

The different modes of Minecraft

In creative mode, you can create theme parks, cities with giant skyscrapers, and minecraft skins to pixel characters from TV shows. In survival mode, you can use trees for material to create tools like wooden pickaxes, swords, axes, shovels, and hoes to plant seeds (see picture above).

Creative mode

In creative mode, you can start-up worlds that let you make what you want. For example, you can create pixel characters from famous shows and games like Pokemon, Mega-Man, and more. You can also create cities, towns, or small counties of your choice. If you do decide to Idle on different cities existing, or cities that people created in what some call ”style” you can also do that. When you set your settings to start the creative world, you have the choice to choose a certain texture pack, and if friends of your current friends will have a chance to join the server, or world.

Survival mode

In survival mode, you have a small amount of time to collect as many resources as you can before night strikes, otherwise you’ll be in trouble. I say this because during the night, groups of monsters (known as ‘mobs’) start to spawn from mob-spawners nearby. Like the picture of wooden tools above, you’ll need a sword to fight the mobs if you want to live. You can also go mining in caves, ravines , and mine shafts to collect resources such as iron, gold, coal, and diamonds too. You can also collect stacks of Redstone, which is a basic electric charge that you can use to power doors, pistons,and Redstone lamps too.

Title Updates and added blocks or animals

A title update is when Mojang Studios publishes new items that are usable in minecraft. And they’ll also add different animals that are from the PC edition of the game.  In the TU14, they introduced multiple blocks, animals, and items new from the PC version.These items and blocks include Redstone lamps, nether quartz, quartz blocks, ender chests, Redstone trip wire, emeralds, emerald blocks, and emerald ores. The new animals and mobs that were added to Minecraft 360 edition were ocelots, cats, zombie villagers, Iron Golems. New title updates (TU updates) coming soon have people assuming that horses are going to be included, or that wild golems are gonna be added too! I’d recommend this game to schools because of the level of creativity. Children get to show how good they can be not only in drawing, but gaming. This game should be recommended to architects to design futuristic buildings to help multi-national industries.The next title update, 16, will be including a new mob from Minecraft PC edition.

Minecraft is an intellectual game that allows to show your creativity in any way possible. This game is simple, great, and wonderful. Get the game, you won’t regret it!

Rating: 5 out of 5

 

Review: The Walking Dead

This is the Walking Dead cast. The Walking Dead is awesome.

The Walking Dead is a TV show and video game. The Walking Dead TV show is on the AMC channel and has four seasons. The  game  is up to its 5th season. The Walking Dead is about people trying to survive a zombie apocalypse.

About the show

Rick is the main character of the Walking Dead. Rick was a sheriff who was shot on duty and went into the hospital.  That is when it all started. When Rick woke up in the hospital it was empty. When he left to go outside, guess what he saw? He saw a lot of dead bodies on the floor. He didn’t know that the dead were walking. Carl Grimes is Rick’s son. Carl’s mom died giving birth to him, and it was just him and his dad left.

The zombie apocalypse in the Walking Dead starts with a disease that turns people into zombies. As more and more people turn into zombies, there is more and more destruction around the world. The survivors are confused and trying to find shelter.

Hershel is a character on the show who was a father figure to many of the survivors. Hershel got his head cut off by The Governor, who took over a town filled with survivors. After Hershel died, the survivors in his camp couldn’t believe what happened.

Why you should watch

You should watch the Walking Dead because it is interesting and there are a lot of things going on.  One time everybody was sleeping and there was a teenager who was every sick and died after he took a shower and fell. He turned into a zombie after he died, and he went into somebody’s tent and started eating them. Then the guy who he killed in the tent turned into one of the zombies and got up, and all the guts came out of his body. Rick almost got bitten, but he pushed the zombie off of him and killed it. The video game is awesome because they added new characters and more zombies and there’s lots of excitement.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Middle school baseball: Eagles vs MS 296, playoffs game 1

by Eagle Academy sideline reporter Christopher Canales

On Tuesday, May 20th, 2014, the Eagle Academy middle school baseball team played an amazing game against MS 296. MS 296’s coach would yell at them every time they did something wrong. He did not give them time to correct themselves or focus. It made them less confident, so we had an advantage. It looked like it was about to rain, but the weather was nice for most of the game. Alex Santos was the starting pitcher for the Eagles, and he pitched a very good game, striking out six players. Sammy Fleet hit a long fly ball out of the park, but it was a foul ball. Elijah Powell got on base because he was struck by a pitch. Once he was on base, he stole second, third, and home. This made the game one to nothing, and the Eagles won the game by that score. The Eagles had a great game, Alex pitched an amazing game, and they advanced to the second round.

Television Review: Ben Ten

Ben Ten is a young adult sci-fi show with a fantasy twist.

by Robert Brown and Jaire Pratt

Ben Ten is a TV show on Cartoon Network, which is also known as Boomerang. BenTen is about a kid who found a watch that could turn him into over 10 million aliens.

What it’s about

Ben Ten is a 10-year-old child who does not have a good social life at a school. On the last day of  the school, he tries to save a nerd from the school bullies but ends up getting his underwear stuck on a tree. Right after that, his grandfather (Grandpa Max) gets him and the nerd down and they get in Grandpa Max’s R.V. (which they call the Rustbucket). When Ben gets in the Rustbucket, he asks Grandpa Max what they’re going to do during the summer. He sees his cousin Gwen, who is part alien on her grandmother’s side, and he gets mad because he did not realize she was coming with him but he gets over it. The three of them then head to a camp site that Max finds.When Ben sees a meteor while they’re camping, he runs to it. Ben sees something in the meteor and reaches for it. It turns out to be an alien watch called the Omitrix. The Omitrix lunges for Ben’s arm and combines its DNA with Ben’s. As a result, Ben is able to transform into 10 aliens: Heat blast, Wildmutt, Diamondhead, XLR8, Grey Matter, Four Arms, Stinkfly, Ripjawas, Upgrade, Ghostfreak, Cannonbolt. The Omitrix gives Ben other hidden abilities, and as Ben messes around with it, he discovers these powers. The Omitrix was made by Asmute, who is a Galvin, a small race of highly intelligent creatures with grey skin and big round eyes. The Omitrix was actually made for grandpa Max, because grandpa Max belonged to a secret association called the Plumbers who fight aliens and protect humanity. Asmute doubts that Ben can control the watch. But Ben now has to fight aliens because they are here to steal the Omitrix for all its power since The Omitrix is the most powerful thing in the universe.

Why You Should Watch

You should watch Ben Ten because he uses his powers to help others rather than himself. He may be a little reckless, but when it comes time, he will save anyone and everyone even if  its his school’s bullies. Although Ben might seem weak, he has a lot of power inside him. Ben’s schoolmates thinks he is a wimp, but they don’t know that outside of school he fights all these aliens while saving the world. Ben has matters of his own to deal with, besides the bullies in his school. Ben is in a lot of trouble, but with the Omitrix and  his family, he can get through it.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Inspirational Quote by Matthew Barcus

Here is a wise man.

”Be the change you want to see in the world.”–Mahatma Ghandi

Mahatma Ghandi was a wise man who was born on october 2, 1869 and died on January 30,1948. I chose this qoute because many people in the world say there should be a change, but they want other people to make it. Instead, Ghandi made a difference himself. Mahatma Ghandi was one of the inspirations of Martin Luther King Jr., because of his belief in nonviolent resistance. Mahatma Ghandi was against discrimination or violence, because they can hurt people. The things he did changed the world.

 

Inspirational Quote by Carlos Ortiz

Help someone in need. It’s the right thing to do.

“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world”– Howard Zinn

This inspirational quote is very important to me because Howard Zinn is trying to explain how the smallest acts can make a big difference. When people contribute, it creates a change in how small communities, cities, and countries interact with one another to make good outcomes in moderate to bad situations. I say this because here in Eagle Academy, we had a canned food drive, and when word came out about this food drive, every one in each house–Che, Clemente, Obama, and X house–contributed to give to the less fortunate. If YOU want to make a difference, help people in need and don’t be selfish. You could be helping children you don’t even know to have a successful future.

Inspirational Quote by KeSean Cooper

Kareem-abdul-jabbar in his Los Angeles Lakers Uniform

“You can’t win unless you learn how to lose” -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

A great NBA basketball player named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who played on the Los Angeles Lakers, said this. This quote is inspirational because you can’t get stressed out or take your anger out on your teammates and family just because you lost. For example, the Miami Heat won 27 games in a row in 2013. The Chicago Bulls broke their winning streak, but they didn’t stress out. A couple of weeks later, the Heat faced the Bulls again in the 2013 playoffs, and the Heat won the series. Also, let’s say you play your first game of basketball, and you lose. You can’t get mad over one game, you have many more games to play in your basketball career. You have  to keep trying so you can get better. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar can now tell this amazing quote to other young athletes that struggle with being focused on losing. Young athletes can learn from losing by learning how they lost, so they can win next time.

Poke Balls

Fennekin, Chespin and Froakie are three of over 800 Pokemon By Rayjean Otero

Pokemon is a very popular game. Pokemon are creatures in this game, that roam around the world. In every game of Pokemon, you must catch a Pokemon so you can use them to battle against other players. The first Pokemon that you choose are called Starters.

Poke balls are things with which you may catch a Pokemon. First you have to weaken a Pokemon by burning, freezing, paralyzing, poisoning or putting it to sleep. Once they’re weakened, Pokemon are easier to catch. Depending on which game you’re playing, you may get your first few Poke balls free or you might have to buy them.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF POKE BALLS.

Poke Ball(a quite comfortable device with which to catch Pokemon) catch rate 1

*Great Ball (an upgrade of a Poke ball) catch 1.5

ultra Ball (an upgrade of a great ball) catch rate 2

Master Ball (able to catch a Pokemon without fail) catch rate 255

Heal Ball (able to heal a Pokemon once caught) catch rate 1

Dive Ball (works extremely  well on Pokemon that live under water) catch rate 3.0

Net Ball (works extremely well with Pokemon that you that are bug type or catch with a rod) catch rate 2.5 on bug type or that you catch with a rod 1 otherwise

Mew or Mewtwo–which is harder to catch?

Heavy Ball (works extremely well the heavier Pokemon) catch rate -20 through + 40

Dusk Ball (works really well with Pokemon in dark places, like at night or in caves) catch rate  2.5

Premier Ball you can get one free with every ten poke balls you get at once at the poke center) next

Level Ball (works better if you’re on a higher level than the Pokemon you are trying to catch) catch rate depends on the Pokemon 8 6 4 2 1

Timer Ball (this ball is has a greater chance of catching a Pokemon the more turns you take in battle. Although you will never usually go more than ten turns on a regular encounter, they are better used on legendary encounters Mewtwo. I actually caught a Snorlax with one!)

Fast Ball  (it is best used on a Pokemon that runs away quickly like Abra and Raikou catch rate 4 on Pokemon that run away fast 1 otherwise)

Moon Ball (best used on Pokemon that evolve with the moon stone)

Park Ball (it is only restricted to the pal park in Pokemon ) catch rate is 255

Dream Ball (it is only restricted to the dream world and the Dream Radar) catch rate 255

Lure Ball (is used for fish Pokemon and ash used to catch his Totodile) catch rate 3

Love Ball (great for catching Pokemon of the opposite genders) catch rate Park Balls (this ball is used in the bug catching contest in Heart Gold and Soul Silver. If used correctly, you can only catch Pokemon that are”Bug types”) catch rate 1.5

*Catch Rate=The rate at which you catch Pokemon in the game.