An Eagle Victory over Knight

Two years ago, the Institute of Technology eagles played their first ever football game ever against Tully as a Junior Varsity Football team, but it ended up not being much of a game at all. With two injuries, Tully was forced to forfeit after 4 minutes. The eagles finish their first season as a football team 3-4 and hopeful for the future. Two years later, morning of the first game, ITC players and staff open up the newspaper and feel disrespected.

“How many of you guys opened up and read the newspaper today?” an angry Coach Cloonen asked and then angrily added “43 – 13* they have us losing. That's disrespectful to this team, and this coaching staff. Now let’s go out here and kick their behinds”

*Predicted score

Fired up and ready to go the game started and you could tell the Eagles still had jitters, had to just calm down and play the game. Tully shut the Eagles offense down and soon after, Tully scored the first touchdown with a fantastic pass play to make the score 7 -0. Unable to make a strong drive down field again, the Eagles offense was shut down and Tully was able to march down the field again this time missing the extra point to make the score 13-0.

Then the Eagles finally began to fly. Kasheim "Buck" Jones took an inside hand off from Quarter Back Jebron Thomas and took the ball 80 yards down field and scored the first ever ITC touchdown making the score 13 – 8 on a two point conversion. Tully proved to be resilient scoring on another beautiful passing play making the score 19 – 8. 2 minutes before half time the Eagles got the ball back ready to turn the momentum their way. Now it was Jebron Thomas's turn to shine as he took the ball down field marching at Tully's door and finally punching it in to make the game 19-16 at the end of the half.

“Defense is a mentality. You have to want to hit the other team harder and you have to want to stop them more than they want to score!” was the message defensive coordinator Coach Royal told his defense all training camp. In the second half they did just that. Tully received the ball first and tried to pound the ball up the middle to eat some of the clock. Josh Gleba and Dionte Blatche had a different idea. The two hit Tully's fullback and caused him to fumble which Chris Myers scooped and scored giving the eagles, a 22-19 lead that they would keep the rest of the game.

After the game the Eagles celebrated hoisting Quarter Back Jebron Thomas up in the air as he triumphantly screamed “What that newspaper gotta say now!” That answer is a mystery but our community did find out one thing. For the first time since 1975 ITC is fielding a Varsity Football team, and they feel like they have something to prove to everybody in the section. They only have one goal in mind and it started on that Friday night against Tully two years ago. A Friday night two years later, they were a step closer.

Tech’s first ever varsity game came to an end with the new coaching staff proudly walking off the field. Not only now did they ended the game that started 3 years ago, but now they have a start to the road of state champions.

Written by Calvin Flood and Michael McCrary
Photos by Jake O'Connell

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School's in! Are you ready?

The school year is rapidly approaching, and there’s no better time than now to make sure you’re prepared to have a successful year. Before we begin with how to succeed this year in school, let us bring you up to speed on ITC.

As you hopefully know ITC has been in the process of relocating to T. Aaron Levy (Fellows Ave and Harvard Place) for the year while renovations begin at Central Tech. If you’re feeling skeptical about the move to Levy, don’t be! The Tech Know Staff has spent the last week and a half up exploring, helping teachers unpack, and trying to put together a guide to Levy for students and teachers alike. Transportation will be a little different this year, It will consist of both yellow-bus and Centro transport, and Tech Know will have an article on that in the coming weeks, you should also receive a letter no later than the 30th about transportation. ITC will have an enrollment of approximately 500 students, grades 8-12, and also a small Pre-K class.

School starts on Thursday September 9th for Underclassmen and Friday September 10th for upperclassmen, and we’ll have more on these dates later. For all the seniors taking ESF courses on campus (LSA-480 Urban Design and EFB-120 ESF and the Global Environment) those classes begin August 30th, and Mr. Williams will contact you about those.

Preparing for the 2010-11 Academic Year

With each new school year, comes a list of new classes, and this year is no exception. We’ve added approximately 3 ESF classes for college credit available to seniors, as well as many AP Classes. Now’s the time to make sure your schedule is to your liking, you can take a sneak peak at if you head over the Home Access Center (https://mitnick.scsd.us/homeaccess/) but last time we checked, that’s not the correct version yet, and don’t freak out if it’s nothing you like. It’s also a good time to call and set up a meeting with the new guidance counselor Mrs. Santiago, you can call the Main Office at Levy to set up an appointment. (435-4444)

It’s also important that you begin getting back into a regular sleeping pattern. It’s really important you get used to getting up at a reasonable hour again, and going to bed at a reasonable hour—unless you want to train for the many late nights of studying you have ahead of you.

Last year we wrote a little article about the school supplies you (may) need, and we believe it’s rather sufficient for this year as well, so feel free to pursue around at your leisure. http://itctechknow.blogspot.com/2009/08/back-to-school-tips.html

The Tech Know Staff looks forward to seeing you in September, and we’ll continue to keep you updated as news about classes, changes and transportation emerges.

Written By Jacob O'Connell

Top Secret

Phase I of the April Fools war (Students v. Piraino) was implemented today by Junior Mike McCrary. Officials looked over and approved the plan almost instantaneously. Phase I is just 1 out of countless phases all designed by students to wage types of psychological war on Piraino. Doctors speculate however that Phase I alone may actually be enough to send all men of the bald or toupee persuasion to the asylum. Anonymous sources lead us to discover Piraino admitting that he was "intensely filled with fear about the unfolding situation." When asked, the undercover cop refused to answer any of Tech Know's questions although we did over hear him talking with Piraino about the use of sick days during April. No progress by Mr. Piraino has been reported.

Tech Closes Season with Victory

The Bottle and Can drive wasn't ITC's only Victory Saturday January 30, as Jahcin Ingram (#11) was busy slamming home the first dunk in ITC history. The Boy’s Junior Varsity, Boy’s Varsity and Girl’s Varsity successfully won their last games for a great wrap up to end the season. Hector Cruz and Joe Boatwright lead the boy's JV team to an exciting victory, the team won a nail biter on some clutch free throws with the final score being 66-59.


Next was the Varsity game in which Jahcin Ingram led the varsity Eagles with a career high 31 points and was able to lift the team to a 63-54 victory over Cato-Meridian.
The main event however was a real treat. For those who stuck around got to watch the Varsity girls dismantle Tyburn Academy. The final score was 44 - 13. "January 30, 2010 will go down in history at ITC because we proved to ourselves and the community that we can help those not fortunate enough to be able to slam a ball through a hoop."

Written by Michael McCrary
Photos by Bobby Kunnath and Jake O'Connell
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Tech Dominance

Kunnath/S2S

On Saturday January 30, 2010 students from I.T. Central took time out of their weekend to help in a can drive relief effort for Haiti. Joshua Gleba, Jake O’Connell, Julie Knittel, Geo Romaine, Brittany Ditch, Ricky Jones, and Sanjeev Kumar were students that helped collect and sort out the cans, as well as plastic and glass bottles. Through this community service, ITC students gained a rewarding, albeit cold, experience that they won't soon forget. That wasn’t the only victory as the Boy’s Junior Varsity, Boy’s Varsity and Girl’s Varsity successfully won their last game for a great wrap up to end the season. January 30, 2010 was a day of victory on and off the basketball court.

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In other news, undercover cop somehow has kids passing regents. Find out how in our next article.

Tech goes hard

January 15, 2010, Martin Luther King’s 90th birthday, is a day to remember that will go down in the Tech History books. As many already know the Tech Varsity Basketball game against Faith Heritage High School resulted in a final score of 63-64, a one point loss. It’s something that our athletes will have to experience in their basketball careers. I’m sure that our school is proud of the team for the unbelievable effort they put in and for the intense game that proved them worthy of being our varsity team. Well done to the Junior Varsity team for their win. Go Eagles or whatever we become!

P.S. Piraino, I'm bringing scissors to school on Tuesday.

“We lack experience because ours is a history of disorganization. But we will prevail because our need for progress is stronger than the ignorance forced upon us.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Mascot Conspiracy?

Titans, Tornadoes, Tigers, Tarantulas and Eagles are currently in debate. To some people, Eagles don’t seem to fit our school as we are already enough baldness. Recently, the Tech Know News team discovered that Remember the Titans was set in "T.C. Williams High School" (in Alexandria, Virginia). Has the Syracuse City School District implemented Mr. Williams, our Principal, as form of conspiracy? Is this the objective of the Undercover Cop, Mr. Flanders? A school-wide vote for a mascot will take place and you decide if you want this conspiracy to be a success.