B1

I do in fact use the one and only “Facebook.” Now I use Facebook for good reasons unlike many other people in this world. See too many times I log on and within 10 seconds I’m just shaking my head. Some people will use Facebook to post the most stupid, annoying, and sad statuses’ that I just really don’t care about at all! I don’t care that your boyfriend dumped you, I don’t care your mad at your friend, and honestly I don’t care about what you’re doing most of the time either. These are some of the Facebook quotes I have remembered over the course of the past year. I will not mention any names to protect the individual’s personal identity.  Here are some of the quotes that are interesting.  “Jerseyyyyyy Shore tonight” Wonderful, only 100 people have this status every Thursday night, I don’t care.  “So sick of everything, can’t wait for college” Good, go to college, get away from me. I got a good one, “Truth is?” Please, this status is so stupid; don’t waste my time by saying stupid comments like this. “I hate you” Great, if you’re posting this, you’re probably hated by a lot of people and I don’t feel bad for you at all. “I hate drama” Way to go, your just making drama. Honestly I don’t care about any of this stuff. I think if you’re going to post a status, just simply make a joke or something like that.  I use Facebook to communicate with friends because that’s what it should be used for.  One thing people don’t realize is that if you post information or pictures on this website, you can get in a lot of trouble, and create damage for yourself. For example, college’s look at Facebook when they are evaluating students. Kids need to realize that Facebook may be a great thing for many people, but if you use if for the wrong reason, it will hurt you.

A4

This year, I am really looking forward to writing about whatever gets assigned to me. Yes, I have some favorites and some things that I’m not a huge fan of writing about, but I honestly don’t have a problem with anything I will have to write.  My favorite topics are definitely sports, such as football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and why not, I suppose I could write about golf.  I currently play three of the great sports that I just mentioned. I am a member of the varsity football team, as well as the varsity baseball team. I am also a basketball player. My favorite sport out of any of them is football. Enough said. I am a fan of writing about hot topics such as History and the Alden Bulldogs. I really enjoy when we get to write about whatever we want to because I usually have some really good stories to tell. It would be sweet to write about former Alden High School graduates as well. I am a big fan of being able to express my mind in writing because I think that allows you to show people who you really are. Writing about movies, news, people are always fun for me. Last year I didn’t write a whole lot about college and professional sports. This year, I would like to experiment with those topics a little bit. An interesting topic would also be to reflect on great times in my life. This high school has a lot of great history, maybe not as much as St. Francis high school though. This town is very special and has a ton of great qualities, nothing like Angola, New York though of course. Mr. Currin is another topic that everybody fights over to write about, so if I could write about that, I suppose I wouldn’t mind doing it. I’m looking forward to everything I write about this year.

A3

Without question my favorite year of schooling was my freshman year. For the first time, I actually went through a school year on the same school as my brother. It would also be the only year I would be in school with him. Last year he was a senior so it was pretty sweet that I got to hang with him. I actually took Online Publishing with him too, so we had some good times. I made a lot of friends last year, especially seniors because I never had a year where I was in the same school as them. I was very fortunate to be a member of Alden high school last year, due to how much fun it was. I took some fun classes, especially Online Publishing. This class really was a great time, there were so many great, fun people in this class, and it was definitely the most fun class I was ever a part of. Also, last year was a blast because the JV football team that I was a member of went undefeated. Then I got moved up to the varsity football team when they played at Ralph Wilson Stadium and at All High Stadium. I was fortunate enough to be pulled up to the varsity basketball team at the end of the winter as well. To cap off the year, I played a whole season on the varsity baseball team.  My freshman year was a great time, and I had such a blast. My teachers were another excellent part of the school year. It was a great year for me academically as every marking period was over a 93 average.  The only thing that wasn’t good about my freshman year was the workload that I would get at times. In the second semester, my classes were somewhat difficult and there was a lot of work that came with them. But at the end of the day, I got through the difficulties to cap off a great school year. I hope 2011-2012 is just as good as last year if not better.

A2

As a student of Alden High School, I am very excited for this school year, but I am also unsure of what quite to expect. This new school schedule is really making things different for this upcoming year, so I’m not sure how I am going to like it. I would have to say that a lot of people miss last year’s format, but there’s nothing we can do about it. My schedule this year is very balanced which I like so I shouldn’t ever be overwhelmed with work. Last year my first half of the school year may have been the easiest first half schedule that a freshman has ever had. I’m not kidding about that either. I wonder why I had so much fun at the beginning of last year. My second half was incredibly hard. I had so much work to do! It was ridiculous at times; actually it was to the point where I was doing homework past midnight at times. This year, I don’t think it will be like that, at least I hope not. One thing that I look forward to every school year is sports. This year I am playing varsity football and I am just having a blast. Our team is off to a great start. We worked very hard in the summer so I am hoping that it will pay off.  Our expectations are very high this season so I am extremely fortunate to be on this team.  In the winter I will be playing basketball and doing a ton of lifting. Then later in the year when spring time comes rolling around, I will be playing varsity football again. Last year I thought I had a pretty good year academically and I am expecting even a better year in academics. I am taking some hard classes but I feel that I can handle it. This year will be very fun, I have enjoyed every day so far and hopefully it stays that way.

A1

This past summer was very busy, fun, and quick. Right when last school year was coming to an end. Most of the football players were already involved with offseason workouts. Most weekends in the spring we were out improving our game and getting into shape on both Saturdays and Sundays.  Once exam week came around, we were working as team every afternoon. We took this into summer and we were improving our game all the way up to camp. The team was learning our plays in this time and becoming stronger and faster in the process. Also, my brother and I spent a lot of time doing weight training at the Eastern Hills mall in the Absolute Performance gym. This was a lot of hard work, but it really made me an all-around better athlete. At the end of June, my teammate, Ryan Sosnowski, and I went to the Syracuse football camp to learn more about our positions and become better football players. When I got back from camp, I had to start getting ready for my brother’s graduation party. Getting ready for that party was a little hectic, but it turned out to be a very fun party with a lot of people there. After that, most of my summer was going to a lot of graduation parties and getting ready for football. In early August we had our Bulldog football camp which was getting our team ready for the high expectation season. After that camp, I played in a men’s softball tournament for one day which was a great time.  About a week after that it was time to deliver my brother off to college down it Edinboro, so he could start his college football career. When I got back, it was time for me to start football practices. Basically that was my summer. I played in a couple summer league basketball games and spent a lot of time with friends.  That was just about everything. This summer was fun, but it also flew by.

blog #3 final project

Since 2006, the Alden football program has got better every single season. In 2006, the J.V. Bulldogs went 2 and 5. One year later, they went 7 and 1 and finished second in the division. In 2008, they won 7 games for the second straight season. In 2009 the Bulldogs lost their first game and then won the next 8 games to finish the year with an 8 and 1 record. Also in this year, the Bulldogs claimed a share of the division title with Pioneer and Lackawanna. The final game of this season resulted in the Bulldogs beating one of the best J.V. teams in Western New York which was Hamburg who is a much larger school than Alden. This year the Bulldogs finished with 9 and 0 undefeated record. The Bulldogs won their division title and the Section 6 Class B title over Depew. Alden was the only J.V. school in Section 6 Class B to go undefeated. The J.V. Bulldogs are also currently on a 17 game winning streak. That is pretty impressive.  Going back to the 2006, the Varsity Bulldogs had a record of 2 and 7. In 2007 they doubled their win count and won 4 games. The next season, they once again doubled their win count and won 8 games. In that season, the Bulldogs won their division title and fell one game short of playing for a Sectional Championship at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The next season, Alden only won 7 games, but they actually went further in the playoffs and got the opportunity to play at Ralph Wilson Stadium for a sectional championship. Alden lost that game to Cheektowaga by a score of 26 to 13. This season, Alden won 10 games and made it to the state playoffs for the first time in school history. Alden played in a Sectional Championship for the second straight season against the Lackawanna Steelers. Alden won 14 to 12. It was the first time since 1983 that the Bulldogs won a Sectional Championship. That is a great accomplishment. Hopefully in the upcoming seasons the program keeps getting better so even more great things can be accomplished by the Alden Bulldogs football program.

final project blog #2

This season the Varsity football team had the best season in school history. This year our Varsity Bulldogs won a sectional championship for the first time since 1983. This year it was the first time ever that Alden has played in a regional championship. That's pretty impressive considering the fact that 6 seasons ago the Alden Varsity football team went 1-7. That just goes to show how much we have improved as a program. This year the Bulldogs were led by many great players that worked very hard and played very well together as a team. There was some concern in the beginning of the season with the offensive line, but the line played great this season and gave many opportunities for the backs. The team opened up against the Tonawanda Warriors in a dominating win. The Bulldogs won that game 41-0 and they were just clearly the better team. In week two the Bulldogs headed north to Medina. The Bulldogs struggled a little bit, but they came out on top 25 to 8. In week three the Bulldogs bounced back great by destroying Lew- Port by a score of 56 to 7. In week four the Bulldogs hit another road bump, but still managed to come out on top over Newfane for the homecoming game. Alden won that game 31 to 13. In week five, Alden hosted Springville on Senior Night and the Bulldogs won 34 to 0. The week 6 match up will always remembered as the first time Coach Diminuco returned to his former school coaching the Bulldogs. Alden won this game 27 to 0 in a big division game against Albion. In week 7, the Bulldogs clinched the number one seed in the playoffs by beating Maryvale 49 to 21. In the first round of the playoffs Lew- Port came to Alden for the second time this season and Alden won once again 42 to 10. In week 9, Alden was hosting Burgard and everybody said Burgard would pull off the upset, but Alden made the statement that they are pretty good by beating Burgard 42 to 6. Alden advanced to play at Ralph Wilson Stadium for a sectional championship against Lackawanna. Alden came out on top 14 to 12. The final game of the Bulldogs' great season was against defending state champion, Hornell who ended up beating Alden 21 to 14. The Bulldogs ended up finishing 2nd in the state rankings. The Bulldogs had a great season that everyone will always remember.