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Multicultural education begins with the snap of a-ball By Dave Frederick Walking down the high school hallway surrounded by a half ton of muscular beef gives a teacher a real sense of security. That is as- suming that all these big guys are friendly. Hostility will be bred in- to them later for the Friday night fall football season. Cape is blessed with a variety of big linemen coming from quite different ethnic and cultural back- grounds. The talented group pic- tured with this story features a Chinese transfer from Kentucky, "Sussex County's largest Mexi- can" in his own words, an African-American with two un- cles who played in the NFL, a quite large German and one ab- normally large Irishman. "I never though of the multicul- tural aspects of what this team represents, but when you stand back, it's pretty interesting," said head football coach Brian Don- ahue. "I think a public school football team is a great representation of people working together to achieve success. It's fun seeing how well our kids get along." Hao Guan came to the United States seven yeats ago from Shenyang in mainland China. He has lived in Kentucky and New Jersey before moving into the Cape district three years ago. His father, Migxu, has a Ph.D. and an M.D. and works for Intervet in Millsboro as a research scientist. His mother, Liying Yu, is a senior technician working at the Univer- sity of Delaware College of Ma- fine Studies in Lewes. Hal is the lightweight, quick- footed speed merchant of this strong group, weighing 220 pounds and benching 265. His goal for the football season is to be lean and strong. "Hal's got the great feet" Don- ahue said. "He's still learning the game, but he should be a strong player for us?' Rory Costello is the son of Tom Costello and Debbie Daisey. His uncle, Joe, was an outstanding Cape baseball player. Rory has been lifting hard for the last year and now stands 6 feet tall and car- ries 242 pounds of good weight. He is also a 260-pound bench- presser. "Last year I was weak," Rory said. "I'11 be working in the weight room all summer, but I'd like to go into the season lighter and faster." Keith Mutchler, 6 foot 2 inches and 260 pounds before lunch, re- turns to start at the center position. This big German dude is getting stronger every day and can now bench press 275 pounds easily. His uncles. Delphos and Mike Price, were outstanding track ath- letes at Cape. "I'd like to go both ways next year and play all game long and go as hard as I can," Mutchler said. "I'd like to keep my playing weight at about 260 pounds?' Eric "Big Daddy" Sirman has Dan Cook photo These members of the Viking football squad provide a good example of the cultural diversi- ty of the team. They include (l-r) Erie Sirman, Amado Mandujuano, Keith Mutchler, Hao Guan and Rory Costello. trimmed down from 289 pounds and now is a svelte 247 pounds. Eric is also a 270-pound bench- presser and can boast that his two uncles, Carlton Jenkins, a line- backer for the Vikings, and Lea- nard Cole, a kick returner for the Chargers, have played in the NFL. "I feel a lot quicker and stronger" Eric said. "Basically, I stopped eating school lunches and dropped a lot of weight." Amado Mandujano is the fourth member of his family to come to Cape. He follows sisters Rosa, Lillian and Monica. All the kids in the family are smart and very sociable. "I guess I'm Sussex County's largest Mexican," joked the 6- foot-2-inch, 280-pound lineman. Amado is working on his strength, benches 240 and would like to drop his playing weight to 265. "Amado has the real good feet and he plays a physical game," said Donahue. "He can be a great player!" There are other large guys in the Cape program who may push for a starting position. But whoever is doing the pushing better be able to hoist 250 pounds off their chest and break six seconds in the 40- yard dash. And an additional cultural clas- sification would be nice for a team powered by diversity! Submitted photos Cape Region athletes compete in Special Olympics 2000 Summer Games The Sussex Determinators competed in the 2000 Special Olympics Delaware Summer Games June 2 and 3 at the University of Delaware's Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, and when the dust had settled, the team returned home with large number of gold, silver and bronze medals and numerous ribbons for their efforts. Sussex Determinators swimmers did their part in bringing home top honors. They included (top right, l-r) Robert Belknap, Christopher Campbell, Sheena Belknap, Heather Campbell, James Belknap, Lorraine Ladzinski, Bar- ry Steele, Justin Wood, Danny Berg, Jeremy Eglit and David Seipp. At far right, Danny Berg receives one of his two gold medals in the track and field competition from Trooper Natalie George. At far left, Lorraine Ladzins$i, right, races towards the finish line in the 100-meter dash where she earned a gold medal which she proudly wears on the awards podium (top, second from left). At top far left, Jeremy Eglit admires one of his three gold medals earned in the 20/meter walk, 5meter dash and softball throw. In all, the Detormina- tots brought home 69 medals and 13 ribbons for their efforts. Another Sussex team, the Landsharlub also competed and brought home 37 medals and two rib- bon