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NOT IN THE DOLDRUMS ANYMORE, MILA! BMS and GMS actors take audiences to the ‘Lands Beyond’ in two performances of The Phantom Tollbooth VARUN MAHESHWARI & BEN LEVINSON, B&G STAFF
It was subtle enough that I wrote it CENTREVILLE, WV - In one of the longest standing GMS rites of passage, off as something from a sleep-induced the entire eighth grade went on a four- haze. But then there was a louder one. day camping trip in the woods of West “Is that what you’re talking about?” Virginia that lasted from October 7 to 10. I murmured as I shook myself awake, This is Ex-8. The Class of 2019 slept in tents and finally aware of the crisis. “That noise?” “Yeah,” Finn said, “I think it’s cooked their own food, spending one week away from school, family, technology, getting closer.” “We should leave,” Chase advised. and the comforts of civilization. As it always does, this experience “Because Neddy has open food, he might be attracting helped an entire animals.” class to forge “Oh yeah,” new friendships, Neddy realized. to marvel at the “We should go tell natural wonders a counselor.” of the wilderness, I wanted no and to gain an part of this. I appreciation of wanted to go back everything they to sleep. “You guys have at home. go. I’m sleeping.” Instead of Finn said, “I’ll having one staffer stay back as well.” of The Blue & The “What if the Gray contribute comes?” this year’s article Above, Mr. Bendann’s group of coyote on the trip, we spelunkers; below, Xander Martin is all Neddy asked. good, having successfully set up his tent. “Well, I’m asked five 2019ers not getting eaten,” to write about Finn said, quickly some of their changing his tune. favorite parts of “I’m out.” their camping Now I had experience. a choice: either Our thanks to leave the tent or them for sharing get mauled by a these narratives. wild animal. The Enjoy. decision was easy. We ran down ALEX LAWSON the hill where we I woke to had set up camp a white light to where the shining in my eyes and a voice whispering, “Alex…wake up counselors were. We told them about the already!” I blinked and let my eyes settle. noises outside our tent. All of us walked back to our camp, I was still in the tent, just an hour or two and we and the counselors listened until after I had originally fallen asleep. The voice was clearly Neddy’s, the sound returned. It did. They began to trying to wake me from my dormancy. chuckle. “What’s so funny?” I asked. He and our other two tentmates, Finn “Your ‘coyote’?” Cody, one of the and Chase, looked terrified of something. “What’s happening?” I asked, as I counselors, said. “Those are the trees falling against each other.” slowly shook myself awake. I had woken up for nothing. “There’s some kind of animal out The next night brought a fright of its there,” Neddy said, clueing me in on why own. At dinner, we had a special visitor: I was so rudely awakened. “I think it’s a skunk!” Chase quickly a skunk. As we walked back to our tent, Chase was very wary about the skunk. added. When we went in our tent, we “No,” Neddy answered. “It’s something big, like a…coyote!” I still talked a little bit about the day, and soon, didn’t know what they were talking we all were falling asleep. Suddenly, there about. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Then I heard it: a quiet squeak. photo courtesy of CBendann
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MT. WASHINGTON - When asked Maryland. There were 72 guests at the wedding, what the best part about being married is, including 17 guests from Europe, largely Mr. Howard replied simply, “It’s legal.” On October 19, 2014, Mr. A.J. due to Mr. Lockie’s Scottish nationality. Howard was married to Mr. Kenneth Among those guests were Ms. Alexander, Mr. Jones and his wife, Ms. Simonetta Lockie. The wedding and her husband, and took place at the Ms. Wegloski. Engineer’s Club Aside from the in Mt. Vernon, actual ceremony on a location that Sunday, there were actually has a three days worth Gilman connection, of activities for the as the Garrett family honored guests, originally owned the including a night out property. Mr. Jim for crab cakes and a Garrett (’61) taught day trip out to Mr. at Gilman from 1975 Howard’s and Mr. to 1998 and once Lockie’s cabin in served as Assistant Frederick, MD. Head of the Middle “I didn’t think getting married School. would feel any Though neither different than living Mr. Howard nor Mr. Lockie are Mr. Lockie, donning the kilt, and with someone for Jewish, the officiant Mr. Howard were wed on October thirteen years,” said 19, in front of family and friends. Mr. Howard, “but it was a rabbi who was a former student of Mr. Howard, whose does because it’s legitimate. I’m married band, Teachers for Hire, also played. to a man, and that’s something I never Mr. Howard and Mr. Lockie met thought would be possible,” thirteen years ago and have been together Congratulations, and we wish the ever since, waiting for the day when best of luck for a lifetime of happiness to same-sex marriage would be legal in Mr. Howard and Mr. Lockie!
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Max Sternlicht (’21), as the Spelling Bee, has a run-in with the Humbug, played by Lizzie Sacktor (’20).
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PAGE STRIKES AND SHARKS After ERBs, Class of 2020 enjoys annual bowling trip, and Class of 2021 visits the National Aquarium, plus The Cauldron!
PAGE FACES & FUN Ryan Williamson joins Class of 2020, This or That?, 3 Truths & a Lie, plus the debut of Zak Tini’s Who Would Win?
PAGE GMS X-C & WP Cross country wraps up an undefeated season, while WaterHounds make strides closing out 0-5 campaign
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BRYN MAWR SCHOOL - When most kids are bored, they go outside to play or even read a book. Mila had a whole other adventure in the lands of Digitopolis and Dictionopolis. This year, students from BMS and GMS put on two shows of The Phantom Tollbooth, a stage adaptation of the classic book written by Norton Juster. The play is about a young girl named Mila, who is bored out of her mind until one day she receives a package that takes her to the alternate Lands Beyond. This year’s directors chose a hilarious play that entertained the almost fullhouse for the entire hour-and-a-half-long performance on opening night. As the cooperative play moved its production to Bryn Mawr’s Centennial Hall this year, Ms. Montague was the show’s director. She was joined by Mr. Kelleher and Ms. Wilt as Assistant
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MATHEMAGIANS Four 2019ers compete in Annual State Mathalon BY
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MEADE MIDDLE SCHOOL - After especially in the most challenging test weeks and weeks of preparation, some 50 questions and the group activities. teams from around the state contended He added that the most difficult for the crown of Maryland Mathalon aspect of the Mathalon was the time champion on Saturday, November 1. constraints, which allowed only thirty At this year’s event, four Gilman to forty minutes for every individual eighth graders - Alex Duh, John challenge. GMS’s squad had practiced Floersheimer, Sean Kim, and Alex and prepared for weeks. They each said Lawson - competed against some of the that the competition was stiff but that most mathematical minds in the entire they held their own and put their best on state. Afterwards, Alex Lawson said, “The Mathalon was an amazing experience, and I regret not having the chance to do it again.” Each year, the Maryland Mathalon is held at Fort Meade Middle School in Anne Arundel County at the beginning of November. During the day-long competition, four-student teams from the participating From left, Sean Kim, Alex Duh, John schools test their skills in three Floersheimer, and Alex Lawson tested their rounds: an individual test of math wits against the best in the state. thirty questions; a mixed group section the table. in which members from different Alex Duh did exceptionally well, schools join together and create an placing in the top 20 in the Individual invention using only certain materials; Round and in 4th place in the Mixed and a competition in which the school Group Round. John finished in 2nd place groups had to finish a group of questions in the Mixed Group Round. in only thirty minutes. Overall, GMS’s representatives did Mr. Adams, who again coached and very well at this year’s Mathalon - a great chaperoned GMS’s team of mathletes, sine for their mathematics futures. (I said that he is very proud of the total couldn’t help but add that joke.) effort put forward by the entire group, Well done, Mathletes!
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HUNTER Mr. Wallace adds new finds to Wallsonian BY
MAX VERHEYEN, B&G STAFF
GMS - If Mr. Wallace keeps up his pace quartz crystals. Sorry, trilobites. If you of collecting earth science artifacts, were a piece of bark that was struck he might eventually need as many by lightning, you might now be his buildings as The Smithsonsian. favorite. He has proudly added five new That’s right. While on Ex-8, Mr. items, instead of his usual three, to the Wallace found a tree that had been GMS cases known as The Wallsonian. struck by lightning and removed a small Every year around Spring Break, specimen of its damaged bark. Mr. Wallace Near the sets aside a steam study small budget where eighth to acquire new graders did items to add a biological to his personal and chemical collection, study, Mr. much of Wallace found which is on this current permanent f a v o r i t e display on piece. He was GMS’s first excited to have floor. While it found such is rare for him an interesting to find objects The latest of Mr. Wallace’s finds, currently s p e c i m e n in the ‘off on display in the Wallsonian. himself and is season’, this year he lucked out. very excited to show all the boys such The Wallsonian added two new cool objects. He hopes that GMSers quart crystals, both of which are learn from and enjoy the new specimens. extremely impressive. A new trilobite “I frequently use earth item brokers has also found its way into the display. to furnish my museum but am elated And what is a ‘pyrite encrusted vug’, when I discover my own specimen, you might ask? Just visit the Wallsonian such as the burnt bark located near the and see this artifact, essentially an stream study in West Virginia.” ancient gas bubble that once formed During the next indoor recess, in igneous rock and, millions of years stop by the Science office and ask Mr. later, was subjected to iron sulfide, more Wallace about his new items commonly known as fool’s gold. You can also visit the Moodle page Though Mr. Wallace often has he created: ‘GMEC & The Gilman a favorite piece, he admits that his Middle School Display Cases.’ favorite is always changing. Sorry, Rock on, Mr. Wallace! B&G Staff photo
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all BOOKED up Scholastic Book Fair makes annual quick stop in Lord Library BY
FINN ARTHUR, B&G STAFF
WALTER LORD LIBRARY - Posters, scented highlighters, fuzzy-topped pens. Oh yeah, and books. Every year around the beginning of November, the Scholastic Book Fair comes to GMS, this year marking its thirteenth in the Lord Library. In part, the proceeds of this year’s event are going toward a special visit by author Roland Smith, who has written several popular series about the supernatural, including I,Q. Mr. Smith will be visiting Gilman in April and will be speaking at an afternoon assembly and also spending time at Friends School. Before April, be sure to pick up a Roland Smith novel, such as Mutation, which Mr. Culbertson’s advisory is reading together. At this year’s Book Fair, the most popular items were Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul and Blood of Olympus. Ms. Wegloski again arranged for each student to visit the Book Fair during his scheduled Language Arts class, and many students began and ended their days shopping and browsing. On November 12, some families attended the Family Night. Students and parents help with the Book Fair every year, as about a dozen students set up the fair and about fortyfive parent volunteers served as cashiers
during the three-day event. Again this year, books were only the start, as GMSers loaded up on accessories from The Trend Center, such as novelty key rings and odd school supplies. Philip Rosenthal (’21) bought The Maze Runner, which was released as a movie earlier this year, I Am A Seal Team Six Warrior, and the Honorbound series. Seventh grader Adam Masom bought the second book in the Divergent series, Insurgent, and added in that the fair “had a some great choices for books, along with an excellent mix of choices for all types of readers.” Jed Brummet (’19) purchased Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul and I Am A Seal Team Six Warrior. Jed liked that “the atmosphere was very laid-back.” The majority of the money GMS takes in at the Book Fair goes to Scholastic, but some of the proceeds go directly to GMS. The parent volunteers each receive a free book for their work, and the library receives a portion to purchase new supplies, such as the Colonial History books bought with last year’s proceeds. Even after all of the work put in by Mrs. Simonetta and Ms. Wegloski, Ms. Wegloski said it is all worth it “because the students enjoy it, and the kids like coming to the library.”
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was a scratching noise. Now much the wiser, we dismissed it as the trees. Then it happened again. I saw the tent bulge a little. Something was there. There were these small popping noises, and I knew there had to be a skunk outside our tent. “Mr. Holmes!” Neddy shouted. “There’s a skunk!” We joined in shouting for Mr. Holmes, as we were clearly not going outside of the tent to get ‘skunked’. Disembodied laughter followed our shouts. “Go to bed,” Mr. Holmes said. He was the one making the noises. It seemed that we would never get a good night’s sleep.
same camper who fell in earlier was right in front of me. Instead of gently letting himself down into the water, he jumped. He slipped on the bottom of the creek’s floor and completely submerged himself. He was now freezing cold and soaking wet to the bone. The rest of our group decided to stop complaining about how cold their feet were. All we could imagine was how cold our groupmate’s feet must be, and he was not even complaining. While it sometimes was doubtful, we succeeded and made it out of the cave, cold and wet and alive.
NOAH SETH So you know how water starts falling from the sky and gets all your clothes wet? That’s rain. On the first night of Ex-8, there was rain. A lot of it. My first night spent in a tent was initially full of conversation with my tentmates - Ethan, Finn, and Grant about our first day. Our four-mile hike to our campsite, our close encounters with cows, and our plans of what to do during the coming days were all topics of latenight chatter until we all fell asleep. I was the first to wake up to the sound of rain beating against our tent, so I quietly unzipped the tent, being careful not to wake my tentmates, to take a look around. Do you know what I realized? I didn’t have a jacket to put on to go out in the rain! I had left it outside of our tent, on top of my pack...to get wet. Even though it stunk to miss out on a dry jacket, the lighthearted humor of my group made the misery bearable and, at times, even really fun.
SEAN KIM Our group had a new member on Ex-8, and she - being a she - was not a GMSer. Her - er - its name was Jennifer Lawrence. Of course, I’m talking about the walking stick. (Were you thinking of something else?) Ethan picked up Jennifer while stringing the stuff sash (a.k.a. bear bag) through a tree. We were walking on the well-worn trail when he saw something out of the corner of his eye. Of course, it was the Versace Stick. Okay, the walking stick actually had about seven different names: Sasquatch, Jennifer Versace Lawrence, Jennifer Versquatche Lawrence, and more. Jennifer Lawrence supported Ethan Hoskins all along his walk up Spruce Knob as well as the walk back to camp. He even slept with it in his tent. I guess you could say that Ex-8 was all about making new friends, but that all changed at the third and last night of the trip. We were collecting dead sticks for the fire because we were going to roast and eat hot dogs. The very promise of food made all our mouths water. Wade was leading the building of the fire. We were doing all of these chores when we heard the sound. The sound of Jennifer Lawrence’s “death.” The sickening crack echoed throughout the camp. Everybody fell silent, and the only sounds were the crackling of the fire and the distant moos of the cows, which was getting weird. When we heard the sound, we knew that the beloved stick had lived to the fullest, and we all gave the stick a moment of silence. Then we ate hot dogs and s’mores over the fire, and it was awesome. Jennifer Lawrence made great fuel for the fire.
MAX POLLAK When our group arrived at the Worm Hole, I shined my flashlight down the small tunnel to see what I was getting myself into. From the outside, it did not look that small, but as I squeezed myself through the very tight entrance, I knew just how hard it would be. As I crawled my way through the tunnel, I thought of turning back, but I was stopped from doing so only by the promise of glory when I came out the other side. Once I arrived at the other side, I felt the glory. As I squeezed out of the hole on the other side, I felt all of the vertebrae in my back crack. Still, I was victorious. WILL GILDEA The Sinks of Gandy has a river running through it. That was how the cave was made: a river beneath a hill created caverns and tunnels over the last million years. The tunnel we went through in order to exit the cave was the one with the creek. The water was freezing. Our group tried to stay on the banks as much as possible, but sometimes, the banks would switch sides, forcing the group into the freezing drink. At certain points of our crossing, the water was knee-high. While trying to move forward on one side of a slippery bank, one of my groupmates fell in and was submerged up to his neck. The poor classmate was freezing cold. About five minutes later, as we continued our journey through the muddy cave, we reached a point where we hopped on to a rock that hangs over a deep part of the river. We had to jump in because we were surrounded by rocks on each side. The water was up to my knees. The
At the end of the week in the woods, the Class of 2019 and the nine dedicated GMS teacher-chaperones hiked back to The Mountain Institute’s basecamp, where they took their first warm showers in four days. Trust the eighth graders when they tell you: it’s the best shower they ever had. After a nice warm breakfast, some games, and a reflection, the GMSers and the chaperones drove back to where they first arrived and headed for home. Thanks to Mr. Wallace, who served as the GMS Ex-8 Coordinator for the ninth year running, and to chaperones Mr. Adams, Mr. Bendann, Mr. Burke, Ms. Dimiao, Ms. Gamper, Mr. Holmes, and Mr. Tully for keeping us safe. The trip meant a lot of things the entire class, but all of us would agree that the one thing we took from the trip is not to take things for granted...because you never know when you’ll have to dig your own bathroom in the woods. MORE EX-8 PHOTOS ON PAGE 6
FOR SPENCER GRACE GMS drive donates more than 1000 books to Johns Hopkins Children’s Center BY
COLE IAMPIERI, B&G STAFF
BALTIMORE - In a heartfelt response packaged and put in the Gilman to Mr. Tully’s request, the entire GMS minibus, Mr. Tully and the student community came together to support representatives drove over to the hospital his family and his niece, Spencer Grace complex in southeast Baltimore. Tully, in her fight against cancer. After arriving in the lobby, the On October GMSers gave 3, Mr. Tully and the filled boxes members of the of books to Student Council the librarian, delivered 871 Ms. Phoebe books to the Bacon, who was Johns Hopkins obviously elated. Children’s With the Center, the result drive ended, Mr. of the collections Tully said, “I donated by am very moved students and and appreciative teachers. of the Gilman Tully poses with GMSers before Since that Mr. c o m m u n i t y ’s taking the donated books to Hopkins. date, Mr. Tully support during has returned to the center to deliver this drive. more than 200 additional books. “With the leadership of the Connor Vogel (’20) took the lead in Student Council,” he added, “the organizing morning collection efforts at drive included all components of the GMS and was on-hand for the delivery school community: students, teachers, of the books. administration, alumni, and families. “I chose to help out because I was My family felt the love and support of helping out someone in need,” said these groups, and many children who Connor. “The best part was delivering need it most were impacted by their the books at the end, when we got to see thoughtful efforts.” that they were going to the kids at Johns Thank you to everyone who Hopkins.” donated - and for making a difference in Once all of the books were fully the lives of so many children.
A DOG-GONE GOOD DEED Max Sternlicht’s video blogs aim to assist Baltimore-area animal shelters BY
MAX VERHEYEN, B&G STAFF
BALTIMORE - GMS sixth grader Max Sternlicht is a great example of one person making a difference in the community. So many charitable causes focus on donating money, which is always helpful, but Max has taken a different approach. In October, he made his fifth ‘video blog’ - all of which are posted on YouTube - to help support the Baltimore Humane Society, located in Reisterstown.
Perhaps obviously, Max is an animal lover himself, which also stands to reason because he has five cats, all of which are rescues, and two dogs at home. His cats are named Obi, Juniper, C-3PO, Caroline, and Leah, and the dogs are named Thomas and Lady, sometimes called Lady Bug. Max’s cats were first homeless, and he found them when he was on his way to visit his grandparents in New York. When he was at a lunch stop, he saw a homeless cat and asked if he could get the cat some food. When he went to bring it some, he realized it was part of a little feral community and decided to adopt all five. Max’s mom and grandparents are The filmmaker and Lady, one of his many beloved pets. his main supporters The videos are called ‘Baltimore as well as helpers in the video-blogging Humane Society Kids Video Blog,’ and process themselves. Max would really appreciate anyone Max has a passion to help these watching his videos. animals because there are so many Each one of his short videos homeless dogs and cats in the Greater highlights the efforts of this one animal Baltimore area. welfare group as well as some of the “There are so many animals that animals up for adoption there. can’t help themselves, and they need But Max is not limiting himself to someone to advocate for them,” he says. just the one shelter. He recently contacted “I felt like that was a job for me.” Mrs. Gabbey, the Executive Director Thanks, Max! The community and of the Maryland SPCA, about making all of the homeless dogs and cats really videos to support that organization, too. appreciate your efforts! photo courtesy of MSternlicht
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Mathemagician of Digitopolis (Hannah Brecher ’19). When the princesses “fail” at their jobs, they are banished to the Castle in the Air. It is then that Mila realizes that the purpose she must fulfill, with the help of Tock, is to rescue Rhyme and Reason in order to bring back order and sense to Dictionopolis and Digitopolis. Mila and Tock are later joined by the Humbug (Lizzie Sacktor ’20) and are invited to King Azaz’s royal banquet, where the king’s advisors make the audience roar with laughter. From there, the travelers go to the Mathemagician’s number mine. They are delayed and troubled by demons such as the Terrible Trivium (Max Pollak ’19) who attempts to enslave them with petty tasks, the Demon of Insincerity (Connor Vogel ’20), who says all the wrong things to trap the trio in a pit, and the Senses Taker (Gray
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From left, seventh gr aders Ethan Forrester, Coyle Saunders, and Dylan Walters play Battleship! After a long week of erb testing, the sixth and seventh gr aders were rewarded with a very fun afternoon. After a chicken tender lunch, followed by recess, the 2021ers went to play either basketball, climb the alpine tower, or play board games while the seventh gr aders watched Star Wars. This continued for an hour, and then they switched. Teddy Ndje said, “Basketball was really really intense.” Alex DeVito said, “Board games were really enjoyable. I never thought battleship could be so intense!” Also, Duke Cassels-Smith said “alpine tower was a nerve-heightening experience!”
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DALY LOBBY - As fall kicked in and the Baltimore chapter of the U.S. Fund for leaves started to change, The Cauldron once UNICEF and spoke passionately to GMSers again made its appearance in the Daly Lobby. each year about this special drive. For another year, Mr. Legg organized, Mr. Legg put the caudron out in advertised, and the lobby every supervised the morning, and annual UNICEF students stopped by drive at GMS. as they walked in All told by the or on their way to time the monthfirst period to toss in long fundraiser their donations. ended, only Mrs. Mr. Legg Sesler-Beckman’s even began a new advisory had 100% competition of coin participation and throwing. Each was awarded a Sixth gr ader Ryan Blumenfeld tosses person who donated special orange coins as classmates Trey Ochs (left) had ten chances to and Tyler Deane look on. UNICEF box by toss coins into The Mr. Legg, bearing the timeless inscription Cauldron. Those who sunk seven advanced “Hey, someone’s got to lead.” to the finals, whose inaugural winner was After Mrs. Christine Sarbanes, who seventh grader Tyler Fanyo-Tabak, hitting taught at Gilman from 1978 to 2000, left nine out of ten. Gilman School, Mr.Legg was inspired to Once again, thanks to all who donated keep the tradition going. For years, Mrs. - and special thanks to Mr. Legg for keeping Sarbanes was the chairwoman of the this wonderful tradition of giving alive!
After nearly everyone had bowled one game, the seventh graders were treated to a snack of pizza and a drink. Most were really reenergized by that snack and continued onto a second game, where every boy tried to roll a better score than his first game. “It was very fun to be able to compete in a friendly competition with my peers,” said Jackson Tacka, who admitted that he had not bowled in a while. “It was really fun,” said Ibbe Ashruf, who was happy to win a free bowling trip for throwing two strikes in a row. The whole seventh grade would like to thank the Grade Chairs for planning this trip.
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Purcell ’20), who steals their senses while taking their census. Finally, the demons chase them all the way to the Castle in the Air, where Mila makes a daring escape using gifts given to her by King Azaz - the letters of the alphabet. In the end, Mila, Tock, and the Humbug are declared Heroes of the Realm. The play finishes with Mila returning home to realize that she was only gone for an hour and that she has permanently cured her boredom. Looking back at the play, Ben Levinson says, “The cast and crew really pulled it together and did a fantastic job. Line memorization could have been better but that’s applicable to any production. Everyone did a great job and I’m proud of their achievements.” Congratulations and thanks to the entire cast, crew, and production team of the play for putting on such a wonderful performance this past weekend!
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TIMONIUM - While GMS’s eighth graders were away on Expedition Eight, the sixth and seventh graders were stuck in school doing ERB testing. After three long days of testing, the Class of 2020 was rewarded for its good work and “rolled on down” - or up, really - to Timonium Lanes for the afternoon. Although plenty of seventh graders rolled scores below 50, some boys like Tom Broadus and Aron Lieberman recorded many strikes and managed to break 100.
Above, Lizzie Sacktor, Vanessa Brecher, and Ben Levinson have landed in Dictionopolis; below, Ethan Hoskins (left), playing Azaz, presides over Dictionopolis with with Gr ant Holmes and Henry Ryle, his loyal assistants.
characters.” The first scene of the play is a monologue by The Clock (Ben Levinson ’19), who introduces Mila, played by Vanesa Brecher (’20) and her boring life. While talking, Mila receives a package that has the power to cure her boredom. A voice tells Mila what the package contains: ONE tollbooth, THREE precautionary signs, assorted coins to pay her tolls, ONE map, and ONE book of rules and regulations for traveling to the worlds of Digitopolis and Dictionopolis. Mila figures that she has nothing better to do and decides to venture to her first destination, Dictionopolis, a realm of words. On her way, she bumps into the rather excitable Whether Woman (Audra Lane ’19) and the Lethargarians, who are very busy doing nothing. It is after these encounters that she meets Tock the Watchdog, also played by Levinson, who decides to be her companion for the rest of her stay in the Lands Beyond and tells her of the plight of Princesses Sweet Rhyme and Pure Reason, played by Hannalise Shaughnessy (’19) and Emma Koren (’20), respectively. The princesses were responsible for settling arguments between King Azaz of Dictionopolis (Ethan Hoskins ’19) and the
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How ‘bout them apples? Wallace Halpert, Adam Smith, and George Cassels-Smith match wits.
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INNER HARBOR - After finishing ERBs, the Class of 2021 realized that something fishy had been planned: an amazing trip to the National Aquarium. On Friday, October 10, all of the sixth graders went downtown for an afternoon visit to see many unusual species of aquatic and winged creatures. We first explored Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes, where we saw many unusual animals, such as the Irwin’s Snapping Turtle, found only in Australia...well, and Baltimore. We also saw a pig nosed turtle, which is exactly what it sounds like. A menacing freshwater crocodile snapped his jaws wildly at us. It really was the wild outback! As we moved on, we explored Blacktip Reef, where we saw a threeflippered green sea turtle named Calypso, as well as blacktip reef sharks, wobbegong sharks, honeycomb and roughtail stingrays, schools of spotted unicorn fish, guineafowl puffers, and emperor angelfish. In one spot near Shark Alley was a solitary and small clownfish. Maryland: Mountains to the Sea is
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Directors, with Ms. Bielefeld, Ms. Bird, Ms. Gamper, and Mr. Robinson on hand for various aspects of production that made the play possible. Grant Holmes, who was hilarious as the Undersecretary of Understanding, said, “It was a long ride through ups and downs, but at the finish line, it all came together.” Mr. Kelleher added, “I was really pleased with the entire cast, but I was especially pleased with our boys as they shined on stage and brought out their
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Some of GMS’s own clownfish!
an exhibit depicting Maryland habitats in a water cycle that moves from an Allegheny stream through a tidal marsh and coastal beach, all the way out to the continental shelf. We learned about freshwater, brackish water, and salt water streams and oceans. One rare crustacean that we saw was Toby, a blue lobster that was captured in Ocean City on the ship Pot Luck. He briefly lived at the D.C. Aquarium, but after it closed, he moved to Baltimore. While on a tour of Surviving through Adaptation, we saw the giant Pacific octopus and the electric eel. Along the way, we watched the puffins in the North Atlantic to the Pacific exhibit. The Amazon River Forest showcases the wildlife of Brazil, such as crocs, turtles, a silver arowanna, tree frogs and an emerald boa. At Shark Alley, various fish and sharks swam right in front of us. The Upland Rain Forest was very damp and hot, a perfect habitat for a variety of colorful birds, turtles, and even a monkey. After seeing the jellyfish, the GMSers and chaperones left the aquarium, hopped on the buses and headed for Gilman. Andrew Gaag said that he “liked the part at the Blacktip Reef where you could look down and see the three-flippered sea turtle.” William Smith loved seeing all the aquatic animals, and Peter McGill enjoyed seeing the archerfish shoot water at the bugs. The entire class thanks all of the teachers who made this amazing trip possible. What a great way to end the ERB week!
campus life
Already this year, the Class of 2021 has had a wonderful time with these facinating people. On the first visit, we did a get-to-know-each-other exercise. The residents at my table were incredible. Two out of three of them knew German, and one could speak French as well! On the second Tuesday, we played some great rounds of Bingo. At my table, one of the residents got a Bingo, and she had gotten a Bingo the last week, too! She must be on a winning streak. On our latest trip, we played a very frustrating but entertaining game known as “Minute to Win It.” (Sound familiar, Dean Martin?) First, the players used only a straw to take an M&M and put it into a cup. Sounds easy until you hear that you only have a minute to do that with 15 M&Ms. Then we had to do the same with a pretzel! At the climax of the challenge, one resident had to remove all of the objects from the cup, again with a straw. During Halloween, the residents and the students partook in a mysterious Halloween decoration activity. “Gilman has been in this relationship for about seven years,” says Mr. Thompson, Gilman School’s Director of Service Learning. “A few teachers have parents or grandparents at Pickersgill - Mr. Shock, Ms. Gamper, and Mrs. Janian in the Lower School. After the orientation, each sixth grader then has five consecutive weekly visits to get to know the residents.” This service learning activity has meant so much to so many people over the last several years. Thank you to Mr. Thompson, Mrs. Bloomberg, Mrs. Cavanaugh, Dr. Friedman, Mrs. Gooder, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Russo, and Mrs. Slater for organizing, chaperoning, and driving to this event.
Ryan Kim and a disguised resident!
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Jamir Roberts (standing left), Dylan Patel (kneeling), and Cole Emry have fun with a few Pickersgill residents with Halloween mask-making.
Clockwise from top left: Tyler Fanyo-TabaK (’20) as an old-school tusken r aider; eighth gr ade penguins John McGowan, Colin O’Neill, and Richard Kim; Ms. Wegloski ‘can do it’ as Rosie the Riveter; 2014 Costume Contest winners Avery Merlo (’19) as Ken and Zach Oddo (’19) as Barbie, still in mint condition; sixth gr ader Nico Adamo is Dr. Who; sixth gr ader Cole Fr ank want to ‘Pump (clap) you up!’; GMS’s own teacher team of Avengers - Digges, Lawson, Martin, Downs, Holmes, and Anderson - save us all!
GMS’S NEW MANE ATTRACTION BY
VARUN MAHESHWARI, B&G STAFF
His favorite classes through the first GMS - The Class of 2019 knows that Jayden Umbarger has brought more than quarter of the year have been Math with Mrs. Kolkin and Ancient History with his great hair to the table this year. Mr. Daly, though he Jayden has admits that recesses joined GMS are favorite times of from The Loch his school day. Raven Technical Away from Academy, a magnet GMS and football, middle school in some of Jayden’s East Towson that favorite hobbies neighbors Calvert are basketball, Hall. He considered reading magazines, a number of schools, hunting, and playing including Loyola, video games. He McDonogh, Mt. St. challenges anyone Joseph, Spalding, in GMS to a serious and Good Counsel, match of Call of but shadowed only Duty: Black Ops II, at Gilman before Even with an easy-going nature, Jayden’s impact has been immediate. or any C.O.D. making his choice. Jayden started hunting deer a year This fall, Jayden’s superb hair has often been hidden under his football ago with his grandfather. He and his helmet, as he starred at quarterback for family live in Middle River. He has a sister named Soleil who is eight years old. the 3-1 GMS football team. While he says that he has missed Jayden came to Gilman because he loved the people here that he had met and some of his friends back at Loch Raven, also because of strong tradition of the Jayden is happy to be a Greyhound now. We are happy he is a Hound, too! school’s football program. B&G Staff photo
TURF FIELD (FAR SIDE) - Summer Olympics 2032: there will be Baselax. This revolutionary GMS recess sport was actually an idea created by the Class of 2018. This fall, the Class of 2019 just improved it. According to Tyler Witherspoon, the sport’s originators were “like the cavemen. They created the fire. We just added gasoline.” The rules of Baselax may seem simple, but it is really very challenging to create a new game. “Just when you think [we] have all the rules, another issue comes up, and [we] have to solve it,” Witherspoon added. The basic rules of Baselax are similar to those of baseball, but in Baselax, there are six fielders and five batters. The defense must record two outs instead of three in one inning. Obviously, the name ‘Baselax’ derives from ‘baseball’ and ‘lacrosse’. The bat that is used in Baselax is the back of a lacrosse stick, swung to strike a pitched tennis ball. The ‘base’ part of the sport’s name comes from running bases. The games are played at both morning and lunch recesses, and each game that is played is counted towards a best-of-seven series. If the fielder-batter rule is broken at any time during the game, then the game does not count in the series. As it happened last year when the sport was born, after the participants became bored with football, a draft occurred. For the American League, the team captains were William Godine and Andy Andrews, though Andrews soon resigned from the game. In a televised press conference, Godine said, “I understand why Andy wanted to leave. There are sometimes I think about wanting to resign as captain.” James Schloeder decided to pick up where Andy left off as A.L. team captain. Godine’s team consists of Witherspoon, Jonathan Haywood, John Cavanaugh, Cole Philippou, and Avery Merlo. Schloeder’s roster includes Joe Mather, Casey Doyle, Cole Iampieri, Evan Gilbert, and Jack Cavanaugh. Only one umpire presides over a Baselax game so that all calls are decided by the same person. The year started off with Graham O’Brien as the umpire, but after too many player complaints, he decided to step down. Cole Philippou was next in line at the umpire position, who was then replaced by Aleksei Guzman. Guzman recently stepped away to create his own Baselax league, which brought O’Brien back to serve as both umpire and League Commissioner. As you can see, the players sometimes can get a little overzealous over the league. Sometimes the players forget that it is just a game, for now. If you have any questions please talk to Commissioner O’Brien.
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TOWSON - Visiting Pickersgill has been an fun tradition of service learning for GMS’s sixth graders over the last several years. Starting in October, a third of the Class of 2021 has made the brief weekly trip to Pickersgill Retirement Community every Tuesday. For about two months, the students then have a great time getting to know the interesting retirees and earn service hours that count toward their GMS requirement.
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He likes to swim. His favorite game is Madden 15. He has a dog named Charlie. His favorite book is Racing in the Rain. GRANT EMRY, 8TH GRADE
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GMS - Ryan Williamson has joined grade, so Ryan is still trying to get to the Class of 2020 to become the first know everyone in his GMS classes. Every Wednesday, Ryan still gets to Greyhound who had previously attended experience some of the small size that Trinity School in Ellicott City. Trinity had while he Ryan’s father is in Ms. Dimaio’s was the one who advisory. first found out about Although Ryan Gilman, but when has no family that Ryan came to shadow went to Gilman, Aleksei Guzman he does have an (’19) for a day, he older brother who definitely wanted to is now a senior at come to GMS. McDonogh. Through one Outside of full marking period, school, Ryan’s Ryan does not favorite hobbies are seem to mind the playing basketball homework load that and baseball, which his GMS teachers he plays year-round. have assigned him. He is currently On his long drive Ryan has adjusted to the longer to school, he typically commute and the bigger school size. playing pitcher and listens to music and does his homework. shortstop for the Mid Atlantic Red Sox. Even his favorite movie, Benchwarmers, is (Does that make it ‘carwork’?) He says the biggest difference about baseball. So far, Ryan has had a great time at between Trinity and Gilman is the size. Trinity only had about forty kids per Gilman. Welcome to GMS, Ryan! B&G Staff photo
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He taught Mr. Shock and Mr. Bendann. He played soccer for Nizam University. He coached Gilman’s varsity soccer team. He has achieved the military rank of admiral.
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He lit a fire on Ex-8. He has gone to Gilman since first grade. His favorite actor is Matthew McConaughey. He attends the Church of the Nativity.
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He loves Duke. He vacations in Puerto Rico. He loves to cook shrimp scampi. He loves a nice stroll on the beach.
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CROSS COUNTRY
WATER POLO
hounds finish perfect season at mcdonogh gms ends water waterhounds lose polo season 0-5 to eagles, 13-8 B&G STAFF REPORTS came in third for the Hounds and in fifth place overall. The scoring members of the squad were rounded out by Carson Amiot (’19) and Wallace Halpert (’20) in fifteenth and thirtieth places, respectively. The team performed extraordinarily well all season, and many runners made major improvements, everyone becoming better runners than they were at the start of the season two months ago. Coach Tully said that he “couldn’t be more thrilled with the conclusion to an excellent season.” He added, “I know how hard the team worked all season, which culminated in a great performance top to bottom. I am excited to see how our very strong eighth graders perform in high school.” What a fantastic season... congratulations to the entire team!
council’s endur ance levinson, roberts, and paces gms to win council lead gms to win B&G STAFF REPORTS
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BOYS’ LATIN - On October 28, the Hounds ran in the last meet of the regular season with wonderful results. Besides being the last regular season meet, the meet was also exciting because Boys’ Latin had not hosted a middle school cross country meet in recent memory, so the course was a completely new - and hilly - experience for both runners and coaches. The Hounds won the meet, continuing their undefeated season. Coming in first for Gilman was Finn Council (’19), who took the overall first place finish. Council’s endurance over a longer course with more difficult terrain proved to be decisive in his victory. After him on the Gilman lineup was fellow eighth grader Keith Roberts, who came in second place overall. Ben Levinson (’19) came in third for the Hounds and was in third place overall. The placing members of the squad were rounded out by eighth grader Carson Amiot and seventh grader Dodge Woloson in fifth and eighth place, respectively.
McDONOGH - On Thursday, October 24, the Hounds finished ahead of St. Paul’s and Glenelg to earn their fourth victory of the season. Eighth grader Ben Levinson finished in first place overall, pacing GMS’s top five runners with time of 12:47. Fellow 2019er Finn Council finished in third place overall and was second for the Hounds (12:58). Eighth grader Keith Roberts’ 13:17 was good enough for fifth place overall. Finishing the placing lineup for the Hounds were Carson Amiot (’19) and Dodge Woloson (’20) in ninth and eighteenth places, respectively. With a record like that, the team has a very positive attitude going into the final stretch of an overwhelmingly successful season.
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Above, Mr. Holmes tries to deke Luke Daily; below, the students chase Joe Mather (far left) after his goal.
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GILMAN POOL - GMS’s water polo team made great improvements this year. Although the 0-4 record might not be what the players had hoped for, the team worked very hard throughout the season, and the improvements, both individual and collective, showed in the games. Leadership this season came from eighth graders Max Verheyen and Will Gildea, who also proved to be a reliable goal scorer. Fellow eighth grader Saad Jalisi was a consistent two-meter man and always seemed to find a way to score. On the defensive end, seventh graders Peter Heubeck and Fen Colston helped the team with their fast swimming, and Neddy Wight (’19) was an intimidating force because of his size and speed. In goal, eighth grader Graham O’Brien came back from a broken toe to play shallow-end goalie with some amazing clearances. Jason Hossfeld (’20) was a brick wall and showed the skill and potential to lead the team in his eighth grade year. Throughout the season, Coaches Smith and Dimaio always kept high spirits, even when the team was struggling on the scoreboard. All in all, the 2014-2015 GMS water polo team exceeded their expectations with some exciting matches against McDonogh and competitive matches against Loyola.
McDONOGH - The WaterHounds lost their last game of the season, falling to the Eagles, 13-8, on October 21. The loss left GMS’s water polo team with no wins this season. Although it was a loss, it was a major improvement from their first game, which ended with a 17-2 score in favor of McDonogh. During the first half, Peter Heubeck (’20) scored GMS’s first goal, but things only got worse from there. Adam Masom (’20), Max Verheyen (’19), and Neddy Wight (’19) also scored for the Hounds, leaving the score 6-4 in favor of McDonogh at halftime. In the second half, Masom and Heubeck scored again for GMS, as did eighth grader Saad Jalisi. The final goal of the season was put in by Jackson Shelby (’20). The Greyhounds may not have won this season, but they played some close games, and many seventh graders showed the potential to win in 2015.
Khai Wilson (far right) and Zion Cole play with the Drumline at the Sotir Stadium dedication ceremony.
SOCCER
(CONTINUED) no goals for either team four hounds score in battle of stony run in shut-out of lakers BY
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McDONOGH - On October 30, the Hounds ran in the last meet of the 2014 Cross Country season. The Hounds won the meet, bringing an exhilarating end to an undefeated season. Coming in first for Gilman was eighth grader Keith Roberts, who took first place overall with a time of 12:16. Besides being the last meet of the season, the meet was also exciting because the Hounds had run on the same course just a week earlier, making them very familiar with the terrain. Every school with a middle school cross country team was present, including Gilman’s biggest rivals, St. Paul’s and the host Eagles. After Roberts on the Gilman lineup was Ben Levinson (’19), who finished in third place overall (12:37). Fellow eighth grader Finn Council
EVAN GILBERT, B&G STAFF
FRIENDS - The Hounds and the Quakers dueled to a 0-0 tie on Thursday, October 16, in GMS’s first away game of the season. Although no goals were scored, Gilman outplayed their hosts throughout the game. In the first half, figuring out that the field was not exactly full size, Gilman realized that through-balls to the strikers, which has worked numerous times this season, was not going to work. During the second half, Gilman kept possession the majority of the time but were guilty of many offsides calls. On one close play, striker Tyler Witherspoon fielded a bouncing through ball which he tried to chip over the Friends goalkeeper who made an astounding save. Witherspoon also had a shot from the left side which barely missed to the left. In the final minute, a Friends’ free kick by their keeper was intercepted by Gregory Diette, who fired a shot from half field that had the distance but was wide.
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TURF FIELD - GMS blanked Boys’ Latin 5-0 on October 23. Starting off the game, Luke Daily volleyed a missed header into the net to put GMS with for what turned out to be the game-winning goal. Minutes later, center middie Avery Merlo netted his own volley just out of the Laker keeper’s reach. Greg Diette then sent a soaring throw-in into the box where a B.L. defender headed the ball that ricocheted off of his own goalie for an own goal. The next Hound goal came from Griffin McAdams from a nice through ball passed by Cole Iampieri up the sideline. To start the second half, B.L. had multiple chances to score but just could not find the back of the net. GMS goalie Parker Pearce made some great saves to preserve the shut-out. With about five minutes left in the game, Joe Mather fired a rocket shot from just outside the 18 that bounced into the side post and then into the goal, ending the game 5-0 in favor of the Hounds.
hounds fall to dons, 16-3, in rematch B&G STAFF REPORTS LOYOLA - The visiting WaterHounds played the Dons in their fourth game of the season on October 16, losing by a final score of 16-3. Despite the lopsided score, the team showed great improvements from the first match against Loyola. Eighth grader Saad Jalisi scored GMS’s first goal in the first half, and classmate Neddy Wight scored in the second half as did seventh grader Adam Mason. Deep-end goalie Jason Hossfeld (’20) and shallow-end goalie Graham O’Brien (’19) both had impressive games by making some crucial saves. Coach Dimiao felt that the Hounds played much better in the second half, though the team still needs to work on their swimming speed.
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LOYOLA - The Hounds final soccer game of the season was a 4-4 draw on November 7, giving GMS a 6-2-4 record. Gregory Diette redirected a cross from Avery Merlo to score the gametying goal in the final minutes of the game. Gilman scored an early goal when winger Evan Gilbert carried the ball down the sideline and crossed it to Tyler Witherspoon, who shot and scored. Loyola responded and scored the next two goals to take the lead before Luke Daily headed in a rebound off of a free kick.. The Dons took a 4-2 lead in the second half, but then GMS midfielder Avery Merlo knocked a floating volley just over the Don goalkeeper’s hands. After Diette’s goal to knot the game at 4, neither team could break the tie before the final whistle.
BOYS’ LATIN - Coming off of a 2-0 win over Hereford and beating Boys’ Latin 5-0 earlier in the season, GMS was ready for the rematch against the Lakers. Tyler Witherspoon opened up the game with an early goal, assisted by a through ball from Avery Merlo. Witherspoon scored his brace on a fastbreak to put GMS up 2-0. Quinn Armstrong then scored a toe-touch goal that went through the goalie and an a BL defender. The two collided, and the ball rolled into the goal, making it 3-0 Hounds at the half. Witherspoon notched the hat-trick when he finished off of a Cole Iampieri cross that had glanced off of Evan Gilbert. B.L. got on the scoreboard cleaning up a cluttered play in the box that a Laker ran in to finish. At the end of the game, Iampieri beat two defenders and passed the ball to Grant Emry who put in the final goal. The GMS defense remained strong in the closing minute to seal the win.
GEORGE CHANDLEE FIELD - GMS played Cathedral to a 2-2 draw on Tuesday, October 28. Many Hounds were looking forward to this game because they knew several of the Mustangs. The visitors dominated possession early on and showed that they were ready for a close match. After many scoring opportunities, Cathedral finally capitalized on a breakaway goal that beat every GMS defender and goalie Parker Pearce. The Hounds came out ready to play in the second half. Midfielder Avery Merlo knocked a free kick in on the right side just outside the box that sailed over the keeper’s head to tie the game at one. GMS took the lead when Morgan Zinn scored his first goal of the season off a throw in from midfielder Greg Diette. Cathedral knocked the ball around the box until a player was tripped in the box. A Mustang aimed his spot kick right, and Pearce expected it to go to his left, knotting the game at two apiece.
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EVAN GILBERT, B&G STAFF
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TURF FIELD - The Hounds scored a 2-0 victory against Hereford School on November 3. The first half saw no goals, but both teams had their share of opportunities, though Gilman kept pressure and the ball on Hereford’s side of the field. About ten minutes into the second half, striker Griffin McAdams found his opportunity after a through bounced off some defenders. He got the ball at the top of the box and slammed it into the net. GMS’s second goal also came from McAdams, in almost the same fashion as the first. He took a through ball, beat the last defender, and hit a shot past the Hereford goalkeeper. In the final few minutes, Hereford tried to halve its deficit but was unable to as Parker Pearce and his defense would not allow even one goal.
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COLE IAMPIERI, B&G STAFF
GEORGE CHANDLEE FIELD - The visiting Quakers escaped with a 1-0 victory on October 27 in a game that saw GMS dominate possession without being able to score. As time was running out, Andy Andrews had a wonderful opportunity and took a powerful shot from outside the 18 that hit the crossbar. The Friends’ defense cleared the ball to end the game. Gilman started off pretty slowly, getting beaten to the ball, outrun, and outplayed. Despite those struggles, the Hounds kept the Quakers away from the goal. The game’s only goal came at the end of the first half when a corner kick bounced around in the box and eventually was buried in the net. In the second half, GMS had the ball the majority of the time and owned the field but could not create the right scoring opportunity.
hounds battle back from three goals down to tie B&G STAFF REPORTS ST. PAUL’S - The Hounds played to a 4-4 tie against the Crusaders on Tuesday, October 21, fighting back from a threegoal deficit. In the first fifteen minutes of the game, St. Paul’s got off to a quick start and scored three goals. GMS started to pick up the pace when Evan Gilbert sent a through ball that missed its original target, striker Tyler Witherspoon, but landed at the feet of fellow front man Quinn Armstrong, who netted it with a nice strike off of the goalie’s hands. After the Hounds’ first goal, four minutes later, Witherspoon took a pass and turned a shot into the net. Just like that, Gilman’s comeback was on. GMS came out hot in the second half when less than a minute elapsed in the second half, Avery Merlo crossed the
ball, and Greg Diette was there to score his first goal of the season, though he leads the team with 9 assists. St. Paul’s answered when their striker dribbled down the left side and fired a shot that went in to give the Crusaders the lead again. With ten minutes left in the game, Diette sent a ball down right outside the box. The St. Paul’s goalkeeper came out, but Armstrong beat the keeper to the ball, hitting a drop pass to Witherspoon, who fired a shot that hit the woodwork and went in. With the remaining time, both the Hounds and the Crusaders had close scoring opportunities, but no one could score the winning goal before time expired.
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EVAN GILBERT, B&G STAFF
GEORGE CHANDLEE FIELD - In a game that pitted Joe Mather and Avery Merlo against their old school, the Hounds earned a 3-1 win against Dumbarton on October 24. The first goal of the game was scored by former Lion Merlo, who chipped a bouncing ball off a free kick by Cole Iampieri over the goalkeeper’s head. Merlo scored his brace on a free kick outside the box. He placed a shot at the middle of the goal but out of the keeper’s reach. Greg Diette put GMS up 3-0 with a shot that the wind took across the goal face, landing in the left side net. The Lions tried to make a comeback when a striker crossed it into the middle across the ground, and a midfielder knocked it into the goal. Dumbarton had more opportunities but could not capitalize on any of them. SOCCER CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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EDWARD BROWN FIELD - In their last game of the 2014 season, the Hounds proved to be little match for the formidable foes from Washington, D.C., falling to Mater Dei, 30-6. The loss was GMS’s first of the season, leaving them with a 4-1 record. Gilman’s first possession set the table for the afternoon. Forced into a thirdand-long, quarterback Jayden Umbarger overthrew his receiver, and the pass was intercepted. Mater Dei smashed the ball into the end zone with its powerful running game and led 8-0. After stalling the Hounds’ next possession, the visitors scored again and converted another two-pointer to take a 16-0 lead. Gilman gained several first downs on its next drive, capped by a thirty-yard scoring screen pass from Umbarger to Keilan Robinson. Mater Dei responded with more
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tough running and scored another touchdown and two-pointer, making the score 24-6 at the half. Coach Daly, GMS’s defensive coordinator, made some adjustments at halftime, and the second half began with Mater Dei’s rushing attack finally stopped by the Hounds’ defense. The two teams exchanged possessions for most of the second half until Mater Dei scored the final touchdown of the game. Although the Hounds did not end the final game as they pictured they would, they thoroughly enjoyed the successful season. At the beginning of the season, Coach Holley told the team that this would be the first season of their Gilman football careers and that they would remember it for the rest of their lives, regardless of the final score of this particular game. Mr. Holley is a wise man and a great coach.
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FINN ARTHUR, B&G STAFF
EDWARD BROWN FIELD - After an entire month’s lapse, the Greyhounds brought their best against the visiting City Springs School, winning 41-0 on October 29. GMS set the tone early with quarterback Jayden Umbarger scoring on the second play of the game, a 35-yard run followed by an extra point by kicker Jed Brummett. Gilman’s defense was dominant, swallowing the opposing offense and limiting City Springs to five yards total in its first three possessions. Gilman’s offense would not slow down, and two straight drives ended in touchdowns by running back Keilan Robinson, the second one set up by an excellent return by Khari Jones. The third touchdown was capped off by a two-point conversion, making it 21-0 in favor of GMS. City Springs then started a promising drive that was quickly halted
by James Schloeder’s interception at the Gilman 40-yard line. Jones added another highlight when he scored on a 45-yard quick hitch thrown by Umbarger. Linebacker Aleksei Guzman began the second half with an interception. Brummett took over at quarterback and threw a quick hitch to receiver Xander Martin, who took the ball 50 yards for a score. The next City Spring’s drive was stopped in its tracks by STUB linebacker Zion Cole, who was at the right place in the right time with an interception. The next GMS offensive chance was a lengthy drive, capped off by a seven-yard run by Brummett, who also converted the extra point, giving Gilman its third win on the season. INTR AMUR AL FOOTBALL AND SOCCER RESULTS ON PAGE 7