The Varsity

The summer before my junior year I realized that I wanted to play on the varsity soccer team. Trying out for a varsity sport as a junior, with never having played on the junior varsity team as freshman or sophomore, was definitely a bold move. I was unsure if I had the courage to follow through and risk failure if I didn't make it. Encouraged by family and friends, I decided to give it a shot. When I first entered the information meeting in room 306, I immediately felt intimated…

football equipment. July 10, 2016 is the day that my hematologist believes was "life-threatening" for me. It also is the day that I knew my quality of life for the rest of my life had to be addressed immediately. Following the end of the 2015 Varsity football season, I knew I had to be in optimal physical condition going into my senior season. After 8 months of offseason conditioning, countless hours in the gym, and diet dedication the season came around with terrible timing. My anemia…

I decided to start training myself in order to become a member of the dance team at Carlsbad High, ever since then I got carried away and haven't stopped. At the end of my sophomore year I was given the privilege to become a member of the Junior Varsity dance team at Carlsbad High. Being a member of such a wonderful and hardworking team has been one of the most rewarding and unforgettable experiences ever. We attended the Universal Dance Association competition in Orlando, Florida and placed 2nd…

unique recognitions to be considered for acceptance into colleges such as Harvard, Princeton, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. That is, of course, unless your parents can play a role. The 2019 college admissions scandal known as ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ is one striking example of this loophole in college admissions. More than 30 rich, celebrity parents bribed college officials or made fraudulent claims about their child’s athletic ability to pay their child’s way into colleges such as…

Sweat, hard work, adrenaline. These are all things I felt in a special “moment in time” that I shared with my varsity soccer team. The team consists of many different players but the to name a couple: undefeated in the league and only lost one game so far. Our next game is against our rivals, Port Alleghany. This is where the story begins. I arrive at the field ready to go, with music blasting in my ears and my white kit already on. In the locker room my team is pumped. I quickly get out on…

again. I came into high school five feet nine inches two hundred pounds and ready to fight anyone who tried to bully me and I did. I got into a few scuffles during my freshman year of high school but still made the varsity football team due to how aggressive I was as well as the varsity wrestling team. Unfortunately due to the personality I had developed at community school of never taking anyone bullshit I got into one to many fights and was expelled again but this time I was forced to go to a…

that I would be playing for the freshmen team. I didn't think it really mattered what the outcome of the game would be, since we were only ninth graders. Of course, I didn't want to lose and I wanted to strive to do my best. When I made the Junior Varsity team, the first thing I thought about was how I needed to give my best. My team wanted to beat TC West more than anything, and now I was a part of this team! Every workout, run, and volley, we pushed to our max as we prepared to take…

While in middle school every young girl’s dream was to be on the varsity cheer team. While the last week in September we started trying out. I swear that whole week I felt sick and could not eat anything unless I wanted it to come right back up! After school we went straight to practice until 5:30. The older cheerleaders took this to heart and got so mad at us when we started joking around. While we was sitting in this little class room about to sweat to death we wait until our coaches tell us…

With his Varsity team consistently being defeated by the Junior Varsity team in races and practices, he knew that something was not right. He had done many objective tests that were supposed to tell him who was physically the best on the team, but still the problem remained. He began weigh different options, but a decision was needed with such short time remaining before the Championships. One of Coach P’s options was to switch…

consist out of facts but it should also include interpretations, commentary and comments on the interpretations. In this essay, I will discuss Varsity Cup Finals and my experience there off. I will argue that the Varsity Cup is not simple a rugby game it represents the current cultural phenomena at universities especially Stellenbosch university. The varsity cup is a representation of the sexist, resist, patriarchal and immoral behaviour of students that has been suppressed that it becomes very…