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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