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The past six years, the Rochester girls golf team has made it to State and has finished in either 2nd or 3rd place. There has not been a team in the school history to ever win the team title for girls golf. Coach Hill, Coach Mayer, Morgan Savage, Gabby Isaacks, myself and Lindsay Alewelt would tackle Red Tail Run on a cold, windy course to destroy the odds given to us on October 16th and 17th. Through trust, hard work, motivation, and a little luck, the 2015 Rochester girls golf team vanquished…

It is hard to say that a game in the NHL has no effect on you in the playoffs. However, if there was it would have to be game one of the regular season. The game was the New York Rangers vs the Chicago Blackhawks, the pregame would be the banner raising ceremony for the 2015 Stanley Cup Champions. Then, after what seemed like a ceremony that took 2 hours long it was game time. The puck dropped and the season started, and it would be the Rangers on the board first with and goal by Oscar Lindberg,…

Running down the lacrosse field with the wind blowing against you, dodging left and right passed your opponents, is the best feeling in the world. Lacrosse has been a major part of my life for as long as I can remember. Fortunately, I have the talent, heart, and drive to play at high levels. It is not always easy and requires a huge commitment. It is stressful trying to balance school and lacrosse, but I have learned the importance of doing so. The bond I share with my parents has been the…

We lost every game. That was hard for not only me, but for the whole team. It was stressful, considering we were a great team the season before. It hurt me in a big way, but it made me stronger in an even bigger way. In the 2015-2016 hockey season, I played for the New Ulm Sleepy Eye 15uA hockey team. This was a major step from the last season, when I was in 12uB. My team and I won almost every game when I was a 12u. I was so used to winning. The competition was so weak that we didn’t have to…

Lacrosse began as a men’s game, but years later adopted by all people of all ages. Over hundreds of years and adaptations of various countries, lacrosse is the sport hundreds of thousands know and love. Lacrosse initially started as a game of manhood, becoming a warrior, and religion (Vennum). The indigenous sport can be recorded as far as the 1630’s. “Jean de Brébeuf, wrote about the game being played by the Huron Indians in 1636 and it was he who the named the game “lacrosse”” (Claydon para…

Habilis, who lived from about 2.1 to 1.5 million years ago(2). By the peak of this duration the global temperatures on earth dropped by about 5oC, plunging the entire planet into an ice age, creating vast glaciers miles deep that expanded across limitless amounts of land, locking hordes of water into impenetrable sheets of ice. However, this gave a few species on earth a fierce advantage, for the glaciers had taken so much water from the oceans that it managed to drive the sea level 450 feet…

“One more thing, One more time.” Josh Sundquist is a Paralympic skier, motivational speaker, best-selling author, Youtuber, and Halloween enthusiast. Sundquist’s best-selling book, Just Don’t Fall, tells of his journey through life and the hardships as he fought bone cancer at age nine. Despite his struggles with a life-changing amputation of his leg at such a young age, Sundquist persevered and created a mindset for himself that lead to success in Paralympic skiing and to a career in…

Once there was a lonely racetrack, and no one had raced on it for twenty five years. The track was very curvy with a lot of loops. It had jumps over lakes, and it was the hardest training facility in the world. This was why it had to close down. The track was in a city in Québec. There were tons of people getting ready for this race for a long time. Callum, the mayor, called for this race because he wanted to see who was the best driver in Québec. The three main drivers were Ollie, Jack, and…

My mind was going haywire as the clock ticked down. My first year of Ice hockey had been great so far, till this moment. The score, 8-0. Time still ticking down, sweat still dripping. My face is soaking.My Jersey all wet. But in my mind I knew. I knew I could get this shutout. 38 shots later, I still didn’t let in a goal…

hockey for the past 12 years and have often ignored the homophobic language because trash talk is so ingrained in hockey’s culture. Go on Youtube and search, “NHL Chirps” and you’ll see what I mean. In hockey, everybody pours their heart out onto the ice and tempers flare, but after the game we all shake hands and it’s over. However, making somebody feel unsafe through homophobic words and racist…