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HORACE MANN SCHOOL | WEEKLY SINCE 1913 March 9, 2012 http://record.horacemann.org Volume 109, Issue 22
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has not fully understood the role of the SBP. I didnt see the difference between an idea coming from me, from the Community Council, or from any other student, he said. It seemed like the only power I really had was to organize events in addition to assemblies. Following the meeting, Foster said that he and SBVP Antonio Irizarry (12) will be creating a list of SBP responsilities to present to the administration. Gideon Broshy (12) said that the SBP position should be eliminated altogether because its become this problematic, bloated thing in our school. Instead, Broshy said the CC Chair and SBP should be combined into one role. Ideas come out of this group of people who want to change the school, and I dont see why the person whos supposed to be representing the student voice is not here dealing with ideas and being in charge of the Community Council, Broshy said. Candidate Troy Sipprelle (11) said any chance for the students to have a voice is intrinsically an invaluable position, so I disagree with the position that the SBP should be removed entirely. Matt Taub (11), who is running
REPRESENT? Above, candidates await questions from the audience in Tuesdays assembly. Right, Rececca Segal (12) and Jacob Bass (12) participat in the Comunity Councils I period meeting, discussing their views of the role of the SBP.
with Sipprelle, said that the role should not be viewed as one that can change the infrastructure of the school. Rather, the SBP is someone who can improve student life on a daily basis without rewriting the Horace Mann handbook, he said. With the dissolution of the GC, this is the time to redefine the election and student government process, Moran said. Many people feel that the position in itself is outdated, he said, and we have the ability as the student council to make recommendations on
how to change it. The Records poll found more than 80% in favor of the position. Parker said that the conversation should extend beyond the Community Council meeting and should be happening year-round. No matter what happens in terms of the election, each candidate put forth creative and innovative ideas, candidate Alex Posner (11) said. I think the decision to delay the election is probably best, so the administration can figure out how to best respond.
City Council Speaker Shares Her Story with WIC and GSA
Bettina Edelstein Staff Writer
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn discussed her experience as a lesbian in politics with the Womens Issues Club and GSA. As the first woman Speaker, Quinn said she largely ignores her gender and sexual orientation while trying to get things accomplished. By disregarding people who told her she was not going to win the election, she put herself in a much greater position than Id ever thought Id get, Quinn said. Quinn simply set out to accomplish her goals without getting bogged down by any criticism or adversity, Co-President of the Womens Issues Club Halle Liebman (11) said. The best part for me was that she was explaining things about her life and her views on life that really are useful to people who are still formulating what their ideas may be, faculty advisor of the Womens Issues Club, Geraldine Woods, said. Describing some of the people she has encountered through her position as Speaker, Quinn explained how she has seen ordinary people enter politics. She met a woman through her position who lost two of her sons to gun violence and has since become a powerful antigun activist. Quinn gave advice on the best way for students to get involved in politics and encouraged students to figure out what aspect of politics he or she is interested in. She suggested that students interested in politics should get involved in community boards within neighborhoods. Students need to understand what its like to be in politics, Woods said. Liebman came away from the lecture motivated to keep doing what youre passionate about and ignore others who are trying to hold you back, she said.
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The time has come for a fundamental reevaluation of the role of the Student Body President. Of course, some older students and teachers may argue that this time came years ago. Though we have heard both outrage at and defense of aspects of Tuesdays assembly, we can all agree that the assembly has made us question the place of student leadership at our school. Although the SBP does currently have real powers, including a seat on the Committee on Instruction and the Assembly Committee, our community has come to regard the position as a glorified MCing job. Students sit through the three SBP/SBVP assemblies each year and conclude that they must choose the pair who can entertain them best. Weve witnessed ambitious plans and concrete ideas slowly leaching out of election speeches until whats left behind is crude and sexual humor that, as seen on Tuesday, can grow cruelly personal. Though the student voice has in recent years become little more than a buzzword used to inspire outrage against the administration, we fervently believe that students must have a say in their education. For example, the presence of students on the Committee on Instruction has been instrumental in the addition of testing days to our 10 day schedule and in other improvements to our daily academic lives. Similarly, the students who sit on the disciplinary committee add the empathy and context of a peer to the conversation. We must maintain these very real exercises of the student voice. Many of us can also see the benefits of allowing students, and not just adults, to enrich the school and to bring us together by planning school-wide assemblies and activities. But both the November 1st assembly and the trends of recent SBP elections have led us to question whether teenagers have the maturity to stand before and attempt to entertain hundreds of our peers without resorting to possibly cruel humor. Perhaps the root of this problem lies partially in our warped perceptions of the role of the SBP. While the leadership of most clubs is chosen based on merit, and the powerful seats on the Disciplinary Committee are filled by applicants selected by the administration, the SBP election is one of the few times that prospective leaders are paraded in front of their peers to be deemed worthy. The eyes of the entire student body create a powerful social pressure to conform to expectations, and if these expectations glorify the white male, its no wonder students who dont look like the typical candidate choose not to run. The position of SBP was created when Horace Mann was a school for young men, and it has been been unable to evolve with our community. If a girl stood onstage making the sexual jokes that have seemingly become required of an Entertainer-In-Chief, how would the community respond? There was a powerfully sexist undercurrent displayed in some of Tuesdays speeches, not to mention a general ignorance of diversity issues and the many diversity clubs in our school, that should force us to question the status quo to which we are accustomed. To be clear: the patterns that we observe in SBP elections cannot be blamed on any individual boy who chooses to run or any individual girl who chooses not to, and is not even the sum of their individual choices. But the image of a group of Caucasian boys standing onstage in suits to vie for the right to represent the school community is one that weve seen repeated year after year, with very few minorities and girls represented. Beyond the lack of female candidacy, girls, especially freshmen, have in recent years been singled out by boys who are often older than they are. In comparison, the leadership of our schools oldest clubs and publications is diverse with respect to both gender and ethnicity. If girls consistently demonstrate their ability to excel in leadership roles, why has there never been a female SBP? There is a bigger problem, of course, that leads to the repeated choice of sexual or sexist jokes. Its present in our hallways and at our homecoming parties, in the comments made by our peers on Facebook and by our politicians on television. Just as students do not decide in a vacuum whether to run for SBP, our school does not exist independent of our external culture. We are subject to institutionalized racism and sexism, and we cannot hope to eradicate these forces with one election or one editorial. What we can do, though, is examine the institutions in place in our own community and decide whether they serve our goals and our core values. The future of student government will be decided in the next weeks or years, and it is up to each of you to lend your voice to these discussions. If there are elections for SBP, we will leave to you the choice between assemblies that might keep you awake and concrete changes that might be attempted. Whether elections are held or not, we urge you to attend CC meetings discussing the role of student government. When we are not here to shape our school, how will you want it to look?
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There is a fraction I do not know how large it is of students, teachers, and administrators who were deeply offended by certain aspects of this years Student Body President election Colin Mark speeches. It should not surprise anyone who knows me that I am a part of this group. We are hurt, and we are trying to heal. I would like to take this opportunity to tell the school community what will not help us to heal, and what will instead continue to dig into our wounds. The administration must now make a choice that may have unintended repercussions for the individuals who at this moment most need their support. Tuesdays assembly put the position of SBP itself in jeopardy, and with good reason. The administration now has justification to turn to the student body and say: The positions of SBP and SBVP have become a popularity contest and about who can make you laugh the three times a year they facilitate assemblies instead of the original intent of the position: responsibility and leadership. The conduct of certain candidates during Tuesdays speeches has proven to us that there is no future for the SBP and SBVP positions, and
they are going to be dissolved effective this year. Please, administration: do not make this decision now. If you are going to end the SBP and SBVP positions, do it next year. Do not do it now, when the decision will hurt me and those like me who were already hurt once on Tuesday. Although the administration would see the decision to dissolve SBP as a rational move, one related strictly to the conduct of some of this years co-SBP candidates, the student body would see the decision in a very different light. Although I belong to the injured faction, I know that there is another faction I do not know how large this one is either that was not offended on Tuesday, that is not offended now, and that is much more offended that people like me could not take a joke than it is that a joke was made. This faction will see the dissolution of the SBP and SBVP positions not as the fault of a system that made the positions meaningless, nor as the fault of certain candidates who abused a faulty system, but as the fault of members of the community who feel the way I do and made a big deal of an innocent joke. We do not want to bear the legacy of killing SBP for the whole community because we could not take a joke. Spare us that burden. Keep the SBP position for the Class of 2013.
Asher Baumrin
While casually browsing NYPrepProblems the other night, a Tumblr blog that lists moments quintessential to the New York private school experience, I spotted an egregious error in one post: When you meet someone from Horace Mann or Trinity and automatically assume theyre geniuses. Im quite sure the blogger meant to say assume he or she is a genius, as weve all been taught proper grammar at our NY prep schools. While I know that the primary function of Tumblr isnt to inspire philosophical questions, the post got me thinking. There seems to be quite a paradox at our school: we have been accepted at and have chosen to attend this school because we are smart, and yet I often find it difficult to feel smart in a community where everyone else is so brilliant. Though I am glad to be in a place that prizes academic achievement, I worry that our community and our values are
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Students Advance in AMC
Seven students scored well enough out of a field of 250,000 on the American Mathematics Competition to qualify for the second round, the AIME test. Qualifiers, Jeff Barg, (11) Sam Bauman, (12) Jay Fleischer, (10) Eddy Grafstein, (12) Noah Lee, (12) Pak Shen (12) and Xudong Zheng (9) will take the 3 hour, 15 question follow up test next Thursday, which eventually leads to the selection of the US National team that will compete in the International Math Olympiad. Geometry H, Algebra 2H, Precalculus BCH, Calculus BC, Math Seminar classes took the qualifying contest last month. The AMC 12 consisted of 25 challenging precalculus and calculus questions, with the purpose to spur interest in mathematics and to develop talent through solving challenging problems in a timed multiple-choice format, according to the contest website. The test is full of wonderfullycrafted, challenging problems that keep our students and math teachers buzzing for days. The results are secondary to experience Math department chair Chris Jones said.
Max Moran (12) addresses his committee at the latest Model Congress conference, where HM tied for the most awards.
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Winik decided to help out with her daily classes. Additionally, he taught the children, who were around ten years old, how to play soccer. They loved to play, Winik said, so much so that they would even play on broken glass, and most of them played without shoes. Winik spent his summer running drills with the kids and teaching the children different soccer positions and skills. They did not use much technique, but they did have a lot of fun, he said. It was such a life-changing experience, Winik said. Their way of life is very different: the food, the people, the way they acted in general. People would be walking there without shoes on and also everyone there shared everything. Yvonne Cha (12) focused her efforts on the public school systems around the world by working with Donors Choice, a non-profit organization that raises money for public school classes. I got a first hand experience learning about the deficiencies of the public school system and the standards of schools, she said. At Donors Choice, Cha worked in the feedback department as a medium to send schoolteachers donations and supplies and to tell the donors what the students were doing in school. I also got to take all the pictures of the students who were helped by the donors and made a collage on the office wall, she said. It was a lot of real life experience about how nonprofits work. Because of her interest in the schooling system, Cha applied for the Alex Capelluto award last year with a project called In the Know. In the Know is a project where Cha and other high school students go to teach children at a school in Queens current events and help raise social awareness though media literacy tools. I think the reason why this project is so important to me is because a lot of my friends from when I went to public school in Queens dropped out or did not go to college, and by helping kids learn about current events, Im hoping to show the kids the impact they can make and to empower them to pursue an education, Cha said. No matter what the charity is, how many hours are put in, or why the students did it, for hours or for personal satisfaction, there is always some way you can help those around you with the things you know, Cha said.
Top, Dorin Azerad (12) poses for a picture after the blind nine-year-old student she has been working with at the Greenwich Special Olympics, won two gold medals in the speed skating event. Azerad works there on the weekends, teaching both speed skating and swimming. Above, Michael Winik (11) teaches students English in Samoa. He traveled there last summer with his sister, who is in the Peace Corps, to teach math, writing, reading and soccer.
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Above, Hannah Jun (12) holds a doll without a face in her therapy session with David Lopez. Below, David Zask (11) warns Rebecca Niederberger that the school psychologist has defected.
show I could be proud of. My original plan was to (possibly, theoretically) get a bunch of actors to put on the play and keep myself and my cast entertained for awhile. But soon after I started the project, especially after I decided to continue the project after being told I would not have access to use any of the Theater D e p a r t m e n t s facilities, I began to set higher goals. Suddenly, I didnt just want to put on a one act play; I wanted to put on a good one act play and I had the cast and production team to do it. Giving faces to my characters and then giving life to my written words was a trial by fire. I had never directed, nor had I ever considered directing, anything before in my life. I was an amateur, and my cast knew it. Moreover, I had to hold rehearsal in an English classroom until the last two rehearsals before opening night. Almost every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday between Thanksgiving break and show week, we turned 153T into a stage and as a collective, drawing from our past acting experiences. I
Giving faces to my characters and then giving life to my written words was a trial by fire.
referred to my decision to have costumed actors perform scene changes themselves as doing it Grapes of Wrath Style, an allusion to last years winter production, from which I borrowed the idea, We stumbled toward a show we could be proud of. Meanwhile, to my pleasant surprise, I found that I would not be forced to put on Vermillion in the Sky with no venue, no tech, and no resources; Vernon Wilson, who advised the project, helped me to secure a few hundred dollars in funds from the English Department, and my production team, led by producer Rachel Simerka-Smith (11), spent these funds on costumes (designed by Anna Carroll [11]) and props, including the iconic dolls without faces that were so central to my writers vision. After rehearsing for several weeks without a show date or a venue, I secured access to the recital hall for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, March 5-7. Finally, at our first rehearsal in the Recital Hall, two days before opening, we found that we would have access to all of the lighting and sound technology I could ever have wanted. I ultimately found myself armed with the tools to pull out all the stops and make Vermillion in the Sky the play I had written it to be. On opening night, I watched my actors take my vision and make it their own. I watched David Zask (11), who played Eric Pliant, one of the largest roles in the show, reinvent a character who had written to be cool and relaxed as a man struggling with deep anxiety and weighty emotional baggage. I saw the synthesis of Seth Arars lighting design; Arar, SimerkaSmith and my choice of soundtrack extracted from our extensive libraries of eery music; my actors ingenuity; and my directing. For example, I saw Victoria McKaba (11), Valerie Bodurtha (10), Hannah Jun (12) Giulia Alvarez (10), and Alison Futter (9) in schoolgirl costumes occupy a triangle of desks in synchronized pairs of two, framed by a circle of light, smiling unnaturally and complimenting each other without looking at one another, as The Great Marsh by Camel played in the background. Seeing my writing transformed into lights, sounds, and acting was ultimately the most rewarding part of directing my work.
Left: Adela Kim (12) and Juilliard School clarinet teacher Jon Manasse rejoice after Kims senior performance. Right: Gideon Broshy (12) began preparing for his recital at the beginning of January. Kim has been playing clarinet for nine years while Broshy has been playing piano for thirteen. physically, all of his hard work paid off throughout the recital. In contrast to Kim, Broshy actually saw choosing pieces as one of the most natural parts of the process. Choosing pieces of music came instinctively to him since he had been playing the pieces for several months. However, as the performance loomed closer, I practiced 5 hours a day. Broshy bore the physical pain of practicing difficult pieces for elongated periods of time. In addition, he has also learned to take chances, he said, ending his program with a very quiet piece by John Cage, an unusual and frowned upon choice for a last piece because piano recitals conventionally end with a virtuosity. His risk really
worked. People loved it. In the future, Broshy is looking to carry on with his music but in a different way. Im planning on studying musicians to gain a better idea of the type of music he hopes to write. In addition to studying the works of other artists and performers, Broshy hopes to write and perform my own music.
Middle Division
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Going into the spring season, members of the Boys Varsity Tennis team have two main goals: to repeat as Ivy League championships, and move up in the city-wide Mayors Cup from second to first. A simple explanation of the success of the team is the constant work of head coach Chris Lacopo. Even as players come and go, the team is always a force to be reckoned with. The Lions biggest goal for the season is to win Mayors Cup after coming in 2nd place last year in a devastating loss in the finals to Beacon High School. The Lions strength is their depth, which will be advantageous in Mayors Cup. The Lions are lead by four senior captains: Ian Antanoff (12), Jordan Berman (12), Steven Hefter (12), and James Ruben (12). Last year, we had the two best captains I have ever seen in Alex Perry and Soren Zeliger. They added great chemistry and excitement to the team throughout the season, so hopefully the new ones will be just as good, Teddy Drucker (11) said. The team will spend the first week of spring break training in Newport
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Beach, California. During the first two days, the Lions will play in a national tournament against some of the countrys best schools. It will be good for us to face some top quality teams that are much stronger than the ones we usually play, which will help us when we return to New York, Andrew Arnaboldi (11) said. For the rest of the trip, the team will practice at the Newport Beach Tennis Club, playing all day long. The trip is going to be a great bonding experience where players will get to know each other better and can receive a great deal of 1 on 1 instruction, Drucker said. In order to free up their schedule, the Varsity A team will play the Ivy League teams only once, instead of the typical two times. We will be able to improve by playing a tougher schedule than what a standard Ivy League schedule would offer, while the Varsity B team plays each opponent once themselves, Arnaboldi (11) said.
have a weak spot in our lineup, Barile said. In the upcoming practices and spring training, the team is looking to focus a lot on the mental aspect of the game and work on specific plays, Annunziata said. We need to play smart softball: we have to make them earn their runs, limit their walks, and limit our errors. Offensively, whereas last year the team had more finesse with bunts and steals, this year we have to be really aggressive and hit with more power, he said. In terms of competition, Poly Prep is the teams longstanding rival, even though the team also lost their best player. There will be 3 or 4 other very competitive teams, including hilltop rival Riverdale, who is gaining a lot of new players, players said. Finally, after two years of having only one team, there will be a junior varsity team this year with fourteen players, which will help developing more players and getting them excited about softball and help the future of the program, B
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The focus on the Boys Varsity Lacrosse this year will be on teaching and giving the younger, newer members of the team the experience of playing a sport on a varsity level, coaches and players say. The freshmen bring enthusiasm and a lot of energy to the team head coach Gregg Quilty said. With the addition of younger players, his job is to make sure that the team stays focused on the basics to help improve their defensive and offensive skills. Ben Deutsch (12), a midfielder and faceoff specialist who has been on the varsity for four years, said that the freshmen are showing the strong future of the program. The teams biggest challenge last season was defensive as well as bringing the ball to the offense. We intend to play a more rounded defense and focus on clearing the ball successfully to the offense. Quilty said that giving the ball away and not taking responsibility as a defense are other challenges the team faced last season. Quilty intends to overcome these issues this year and will continue to work on them with the team during its spring break trip to Florida. His priorities include improving skills and enhancing the teams ability to work together on the field. Despite the loss of some fantastic starters from last season, its pretty evident from practice so far that everyone is stepping it up in order to fill those shoes, defender Amay Sheth (12) said. The attack, with Ben Fox (10), Bennett Heller (11), and Paul Tetenbaum (10), has dynamic potential, players said. Deutsch said, While our attack will be very strong, Eddy Grafstein (12) also gives us probably the best goalie in the league. Team members also trust that Assistant Coach Carlos Pena, the latest addition to the team, will add to the awesome team dynamic given his background both as a lacrosse player and an experienced athlete. Hackley and Poly Prep are the teams two biggest competitors to watch this season. Deutsch described Hackley as an always outstanding program with a deep array of immensely talented kids, but there is no doubt in my mind that if the pieces fall into place, we can compete for a league title.
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After being knocked out in the first round of the NYSAIS tournament last season, the Varsity Girls Lacrosse team is rebuilding towards entering and perhaps getting a win in the tournament this year. The team started preseason with eight returning seniors and a bright upcoming junior class. Freshman newcomers, Caroline Levy (9) and Ali Davis (9) will also bring some youth to this experienced squad. With such a deep squad, many players will be competing for starting positions and playing time. Our skills are still raw, and we definitely need to work very hard to make up for the loss of key seniors in order to be tough competitors in the league this year, Rachel Scheinfeld said. What we may be struggling with in terms of skill will definitely be made up for with our speed and agility. Returning varsity seniors Rachel Scheinfeld (12) and Claudia Lichtenberg (12) will lead the offense and defense, respectively. Juniors Paige Burris (11) and Gabi Lustig (11) will lead the midfield while Carly Amon (11) strengthens and solidifies the defense. We basically lost a lot of key players including former all Ivy first team striker Sam Schiff and the entire defensive line, Coach Hall said, but because of that we have to work harder as team and improve as a team. Both of the new freshmen, Caroline Levy (9) and Ali Davis (9), should help with that transition. Although Caroline is a new goalie, her skills and strength are really up to par and she is going to be a key factor to our game. Ali will also be a huge help on the field with a good eye for the game, Scheinfeld said. We arent facing as many out of league opponents this year as in the past. These have always been easier games for us, so we are going to have a lot of difficult match ups throughout the season, Scheinfeld said. The team is also looking to practice hard during preseason so that they can develop good chemistry and a good understanding of each other before the season starts. We dont have one really dominant player this season so I feel like were more like a team this year. We dont have to rely on one person to carry the entire load, Coach Hall said. Through hard work and practice I know we can string a couple of successful wins and some huge upsets, we can take out some of our rivals in Riverdale, Poly, and Hackley.
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Left, Jesse Roth (11) winds up for a fastball in a home game last year. Right, recent graduate Alex Baudoin 11 tags a baserunner out. Michael Reiss (11) will replace Baudoin at short-stop this year.
last year, we know Poly Prep is our toughest competition. We will be gunning for them as we aim for a state title. Having seven seniors graduating last year, the team is looking towards returning players to fill leadership roles and to offer motivation and encouragement on and off the field, Berniker said. All of the pieces have to come togetheron offense, on defense, and with solid pitching and then well be able to fill those spots capably. Harrison Bader (12), who batted over .500 last season, and Jesse Roth (11) will provide an anchoring force
for the younger players on the roster, Berniker said. In February, ESPN named both Bader and Roth top players in all-state baseball, and both players have been recruited by colleges with Division I baseball programs. The rotation will consist of Roth and Wacht as the top two pitchers, with contributions expected from Ryan Their (11), Glen Brickman (11), Ricardo Fernandez (10) and Danny Baudoin (10). Its a big year for us, Roth said. Its the most talent on our team that weve had in a while. Some of the younger returning
players have also showed up bigger, stronger, and with new confidence. Stellar second baseman Michael Reiss (11), and outfielder Eric Mass (11) worked hard during preseason, coming in ready to give it their all, Berniker said. The promise from the younger kids on the team really shows the success of the future of the baseball program at the school, Wacht said. Over spring break, the team will travel to Florida to practice together and to play four games against other schools. Wacht said, Not only will the trip help to get some games in before the season starts, but its also
a great time for the team to bond and develop chemistry on the field. As the preseason rolls into full-on practice, the team has been heading to the batting cages, working on groundballs and high pops, and the pitchers have been getting to work on the mound. So far, the team is already playing with a lot of speed, so were looking to utilize and combine it with solid hitting and pitching, Berniker said. We have the real potential to make a run for the championship this year, and with the teams talent it will definitely be an exciting year for everybody, Roth said.
Girls Basketball
Wrestling
Girls Swimming
MVP: Amy Hood Coachs: Lizzy Rosenblatt
MVP: Justin Gilston Coachs: Malcolm Thompson William Quinn Award: Erik Derecktor
Squash
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Boys Track
MVP: Dana Bolster MVP: Karen Shim Coachs: Anise Charles Coachs: Natalie Immamura
Girls Fencing
Boys Fencing
MVP: Troy Sipprelle Coachs: Seth Arar
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Coachs: Maia Landesberg