Parallel Play

The Girls Volleyball team have been practicing non-stop to continue their undefeated record from last year. Every single player has been individually working hard to improve their skills, while working together to win games. Senior Ava Liu, who plays an outsider for the Girls Varsity Volleyball team, is hopeful about going to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) with the team this year. “Since it’s my last year, I’m looking forward to playing with everybody and to hopefully be…

enter into the school team, I decided to organize a soccer team with my classmates. I did planning for three days and gave an inspiring speech before them. Soon, my soccer team was built up with 14 men, and I was elected to be the captain. We began to play soccer from a fundamental perspective, practicing elementary skills every morning and afternoon. When I thought that our team was ready for the real game, I talked the president of soccer club into organizing soccer match on campus.…

Districts and schools across the country are debating whether or not they should have competitive sports. Some people say organized sports can build self-esteem. Others argue competitive sports can lower it. Schools shouldn’t support organized sports for young children. Competitive sports can injure undeveloped children, stress kids, and become expensive. One reason schools shouldn’t have competitive sports is that kids are young and can hurt themselves easily or sacrifice other opportunities.…

With no time left on the clock, my heart was pounding. The chaotic shouting from the crowd was all I could hear. Non-stop I listened to everyone in the gymnasium say “take your time” or “you can do it Sara”. This was the start of my junior year of basketball that has completely changed my life for the better. The suspense in the gymnasium was palpable as I slowly stepped up to the free throw line with zero seconds remaining on the clock. At this point, all eyes were on me. Confidence is a big…

everyone else, but my teammates helped me. They taught me everything that they knew. Soccer has made a big difference on who I am now. It has made me feel more confident about myself. Soccer can be a tough sport sometimes, soccer takes a lot of courage.To play Soccer you have to be strong, have good running skills, but most importantly you have…

He would always say “I wish i would have played in high school”. At that moment something went off in my head that I had to play football. What really motivated me is when my cousin said I couldn't do it. He had set a fire inside of me to do anything possible to achieve my newfound goal. I quickly realized how much work was there to be done. I became overwhelmed of the fact…

My life having injuries is difficult. Most of the time, I cannot play because of it. People don’t always think you can play through an injury but sometimes you have to do what you got to do. Injuries have an impact on people life. After an injury, they be scared to start back playing something because they think that if they start back playing on it, they will mess it up worse. So during football season, I was playing in a game and I played for two quarters. After halftime, my foot was swollen…

When I first played high school football, I was a tiny freshman who was lost and too self- centered to see the good football would bring to me. Now I believe football has shaped me into a man. It has taught me to be aware of my surroundings. It has taught me to listen and respect my coaches. It has taught me brotherhood with my teammates. I would be a wingman and get stuck with the ugly fat chick with a third eye any day for my brothers. It has taught me to fight for others on my team. It has…

succeed in everything I do by combining my physical, mental, and social skills. In soccer, I constantly run up and down a field, which requires endurance. I am always either sprinting to beat the opposition to the ball or jogging to catch up to the play. Doing so not only is a great exercise, but also is simultaneously…

In today’s world, people are constantly competing to be better than their peers in almost every situation. In each competition between people, there is always going to be one clear victor. Sure, the victor may have emerged solely from the competition, but he or she may still not be better than everybody else. It is how they carry out every opportunity for greatness that determines if they can be considered “the best”. In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Finny is motivated to be the best in the…