WJ’s Fantasy Sports Story

WJs Fantasy Sports Story

A fantasy sports baseball roster showing players and what round draft picks they were chosen.

March and April have come and gone, meaning  all WJ sports teams are near the end of their seasons. Although WJ spring sports teams are already finishing up, the spring season doesn’t just include physical sports. Fantasy sports are also included in the lineup, and what better way to get into fantasy sports and leagues then the WJ’s Fantasy Sports club.

In the Fantasy Sports club, club members can draft players onto their own team and trade them as well. The club was started three years ago by David Caplon, and his sister, junior Amy Caplon, took over after he graduated. Caplon is currently president with junior Claire Gambrill as vice president, junior Annie Scalet as secretary and junior Ian Morrison as treasurer. They each have varying responsibilities that contribute to the club.

“It’s fun [being the president]” said Caplon, “I am able to call meetings, set up the leagues and manage the players.”

“As [vice president], I pretty much just remind Amy when to have meetings, [to] make sure everyone is there, has their team set up and is actively participating,” Gambrill said.

There is actually a WJ fantasy sports league for the club so members can be part of that as well. This way, the whole club can be in one league or they can be in their own leagues. Students manage their own teams.

Caplon said she favors basketball because it’s easier to follow personally with certain players. Since there are only five players on a team, it’s easier to watch the player’s statistics, and the fantasy roster is much smaller and easier to keep up with. So far this year, the club has had leagues in football, basketball and baseball, and other sports are being suggested, so students can look out for a variety of sports in the future.

There is also competition among the people in the league to be able to get their top draft picks, as well as win the entire competition.

The winner of a fantasy league is determined either by whoever has the most points or whoever wins the most categories. During head-to-head matches, winners are based on categories; depending on the sport, the teams that wins the most categories, such as most home runs or most passing yards, wins overall. The other way to win a fantasy league is rotisserie. In rotisserie, teams are awarded points based on their rank in a category (first place earns a certain amount of points, etc.). Unlike head-to-head, winners are determined by amount of points rather than amount of categories won.

Caplon says that the competition is fun and the meetings are, too, because people talk about future sports leagues.

Besides being involved with fantasy sports, Caplon and Gambrill are also on the WJ varsity softball team.

“I play softball,” said Gambrill. “[So] I recently have taken an interest in sports.”

There are 16 members in the club.Gambrill believes it is a good-sized league. Caplon thinks it could use another element, though.

“It would be fun to get a more diverse group involved in the club,” said Caplon, “because as of now, it is mainly a group of my friends.”

Gambrill said she loves the club and that it’s nice to see everyone be friends.

“I think the most important aspect is to be with friends and systematically make decisions on players and teams,” she said.

Caplon said she thinks the most important thing about the club is to have fun.

“It’s a great way to not to just watch sports but to get involved in which players they believe will excel, while competing with friends,” she said.

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