Sophomore slump

experience taught me to trust people who I never meet before. One of my biggest challenges has been school. My freshman year I went to an all boys school called Sims Fayola. I didn’t do all that well, and so I fell behind in credits. My sophomore year I changed to a school called Vista Academy. It turned out to be a really good school for me. M first trimester there I mostly made As & Bs, and I also made honor roll, going from being behind in credits to actually being ahead in my…

Premier: Take 2 It was a hot and sweaty practice. My heart was pounding out of my chest. All you could see was torn turf and padded up lacrosse players. It was my second time trying out for this team, the Premier Lacrosse Group didn’t want me last time and I was sure I would change that. The whole try-out was as nerve-racking as a fierce battle. I played better than I’ve played in my life, it was like my life was on the line. Around 8 months before this I tried out for the summer team, I missed…

I am a leader in many areas of life whether that's the classroom, clubs, or at home but the place where I show the most leadership is the sports field. Of the two sports seasons so far this year I have been on Junior Varsity and Varsity for both of them and during Track in the spring there is only Junior Varsity and Varsity, no Freshman teams. During the final day of volleyball tryouts we had a "conditioning day" where we would rotate through stations with a different exercise routine at each…

Mock Trial has been in Minnesota competing since 1987. Buffalo Mock Trial has been around for roughly 24 years, and this year the Buffalo Varsity Mock Trial team went to state. Despite it’s rave about going to state, the organization hasn't been known to well, but now it's the rave of the school. Mock trial started in Minnesota in 1987, that is when the 1st championship was held. Buffalo Mock Trial’s last win in state was in 2007. Last year they did not make it. But this year they worked their…

When I was 13 I went out for basketball. Or as I would like to say, my mother made me go out for basketball. For a month I attend and, make an appearance in the gym at 5:15. We would play as long and as hard as we could, until (coach) got tired. This of course was elementary, when we didn’t have an actual basketball team through the school. Then we got to playing… we seemed to be a “team.” We won lot of games together we played good, everyone got along, at least that’s what I thought. I don’t…

As soon as I started reading Sallie Tisdale’s “A Weight That Women Carry” I couldn’t wait to start writing my response. It made me feel angry, so incredibly angry. My anger wasn’t directed towards the author by rather the society we live in. I don’t believe her struggle is one contained to just women but men as well. As soccer season came to a close junior year I made a promise to myself that next year I was going to come back bigger, stronger and faster than I ever was before. That promise…

For 19 years, I have been hard at work, relentlessly training and preparing for the day that I lay it all on the line. When I was young, it was from the shower to my room. In high school, it was the football field during a homecoming pep rally. Now, in college, I can confidently say that all my hard work has paid off and I am prepared to take on my greatest feat of all: streaking the Lawn. As a swimmer, getting there and back as quickly as possible (all while minimally clothed) has always been…

Volleyball has been an important aspect of my life ever since I began in seventh grade and my commitment to the sport has grown with each year. Heading into high school, I knew that I wanted to continue with volleyball. To better prepare myself, that summer I went to a week-long intensive volleyball camp, where my skills increased exponentially. Back at home, I went to every open gym and beach volleyball session the varsity team provided. I wanted to prove that I was capable of playing at a…

The idea to be athlete never interested me. I was couch potato that watched too many movies. Unfortunately, this led me to become overweight. That’s when I decided to try out for the only sports team in my middle school, basketball. Surprisingly I didn’t make the team. Later, in the year a soccer team was formed. I tried out for the team. I was selected for the team regardless that I didn’t know how to kick the ball in the right direction. Even though my team never won a game I knew that I…

Baylee, Trevor, and then Dylan. Growing up, I was always third. That’s just the way it has been. The trouble with being the last child in your family, is that almost everything has already been accomplished by the time it is your turn. Whether it was simply winning an award in the sixth grade for perfect grades or scoring a goal in a soccer game, Baylee and Trevor had already accomplished those things. I guess that is just how it is when your siblings were state qualifying runners, basketball…