The Varsity

others have been just average. But I have always had this certain drive in me to go through struggles and eventually come out on top among other competitors. Sophomore year was supposed to be my year, my year to be the starting catcher on the varsity baseball team at Mary Persons High School. The baseball coach even said that in his own words. In the tryout, I did not perform as well as I knew I could have. That was due to the lack of effort that I had in the off-season, because I just…

The kid next to me can’t keep up as I fly down the hill, and let my momentum carry me all the way to the finish line. I am on top of the world. I can’t believe it, I just won my very first cross country race! Out of the corner of my eye, I see the varsity jogging over to me. Thoughts are racing through my head, they are going to congratulate me, pick me up on their shoulders, and parade me around. They’re only five feet away. They’re getting closer! They’re right next to me…and they just keep…

strong I proved that I don't have to be perfect throughout the grading period/semester. This year along with academics I was trying to improve myself athletically as well. I improved myself as a High school baseball player. When I started games on varsity I did pretty well. By showing that I can compete…

There is nothing I like to do more than play soccer. Unfortunately my soccer career has more often than not been filled with struggles. My struggles started in highschool when I failed to make the Junior Varsity team. This came as a surprise to me because just six months earlier I had been starting for my Middle School team. Unfortunately my confidence kept me from working out over the summer and it was my lack of fitness that got me cut. I remember coming home after I got cut and thought “don’t…

I have been an outstanding and very dedicated Cheerleader and to prove it, I was previously awarded with the Most Valuable Player award during my junior year of high school. For the 2015-2016 varsity cheerleading team I earned the position as a team captain. This position has rewarded me skills that will help towards my progression into a responsible adult. These skills include leadership, decision-making, and problem solving skills. All of these…

me to endure challenges later on. During my first soccer season in high school I was elated to get the opportunity to be on the varsity soccer team. I was on the team until after the first scrimmage when the coach told me I would not be on the team and would be moved down to jv. This moment brought me back to reality, and made me realize…

the wrestling team had a junior varsity team and a varsity team. Of course the varsity team is the better team and the team everyone wanted to be on, but it was not easy to get on it. To get on the varsity team from the junior varsity team, you had to challenge the person on varsity at the weight class you wanted. Challenging someone means you wrestle that person like if it was a real match. The winner got the varsity spot the loser went down to the junior varsity spot. Practice. The team was…

I knew I had no option to be wrong. When I was in eighth grade, I made what still to this day was the biggest decision of my life. I decided to tryout for the high school varsity hockey team. Being a small lightweight girl that lived in the state of hockey (Minnesota), my chances seemed slimed to none that I would make varsity let alone the high school program at all. Minnesota is known to be the best of the best when it comes to producing hockey players. Tryouts were tough. I knew three…

season came and that is when my work had really payed off. “Jace, can you come here a second,” my coach had said to me one day after a hot and sweaty practice, “After watching you these first couple weeks in the season, I would like to give you a varsity jersey. You have showed hard work and have improved enormously over the year. Congratulations.” My heart was racing, pounding through my chest. I couldn’t believe what had just came out of his mouth. I just stood there for a while, shocked by…

“I have rock hands” (Coy, 1958 pg 8)The challenges you face to accomplish your goals. There are lots of challenges in life but most of them are for doing things you love. Liam is working really hard to get on varsity basketball and now all of that hard work paid off. For example, he worked really hard at the tryouts for varsity.While the author was riding the book, I think he felt that he wants people to work hard. Coach Kloss prayed in the locker rooms about Jesus before every game. Since most…