The Varsity

in front of the class which embarrassed her plenty because she was a ¨know it all¨ as most kids in the class called her. Gia thought trying out for lacrosse team in the spring was a great way to make new friends and it was! Gia ended up making the varsity lacrosse team as a freshman which made making new friends even more difficult because most people did not like…

known to be the next drive in education. It includes more enrollment in activities and higher learning. When I got to high school, I was amazed at how many clubs and electives there were to choose from. I joined in as many as I could including the varsity soccer team on top of that I also got myself in advanced classes. The results were not of how expected them. As I joined extracurricular activities, it caused staying…

High School football is something that can’t be just described in just a couple of words. When you go to a High School football game in Texas you can see faithful supporters filling the stands which are waving their hands and homemade signs in support of their team. You hear the cheers and screams from the crowd. You can smell the hot dogs, burgers, pizza, pretzels, and popcorn from the concession stands. The marching band playing loud to match the noise and energy of the crowd. This memory…

down. I had countless goals by the end of summer, I trained hard and I dropped thirty pounds. I also forced myself down to a staggering ten percent body fat. Thenceforth, I worked my tail off during school in order to compete as a starter on the varsity wrestling team, (which I also accomplished). The years were getting increasingly difficult and more stressful, but I never gave…

Cheerleaders are mainly seen on the sidelines of football and basketball games supporting their team. Most people see them as supporters who job is to lead the crowd. Over time whether cheerleading is a sport or not has been a debatable topic. Many people will argue that cheerleading is not a sport. Cheerleaders is competitive just like any other sport.-----------` Cheerleading has been around many years. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a cheerleader is “a person who is a member of a…

everyone loves competitive sport. in this day and age everyone wants to play a sport I think the parents should let them play a dangerous sport. Because the kid sees it on tv also the parent can 't keep them for too long because. they gone to keep asking the parent can they play . and they want to be like there fov sport player. so the parents let them play the sport to make friends, and have brotherhood or sisterhood And they get a lot exercise everyday to get better and they learn how…

friends, but I really wanted to play softball. Eventually, Overton found the need to make a softball team and I became one of its first members. I played every year in hopes that one day I would grow up to be a varsity pitcher. As high school rolled around, my hopes became reality. I was the Varsity pitcher. I completed 3 years of high school and went on to play Volleyball my senior year which is when I met Roger Waters. I could tell he was not a huge fan of me, which is not uncommon. I knew he…

In Allison and Risman’s article A double standard for ‘hooking up’: How far have we come toward gender equality? presented a central issue concerning some aspect of human sexuality and inequality. The central issue is whether there is a double standard for hooking up between men and women. The authors started by looking into whether the sexual double standard in attitudes toward casual sex behaviors exist. If it did exist, then they would find out if it's gender-specific and then they would…

to play sports and get 45 mins of PE! I ran cross-country, track and was the 7th and 8th grade volleyball manager that year. That year in cross-country, I wasn’t that fast. I kept on getting around 15-16 minutes in my races, but I did get on the varsity team a few times. Our team made it to sectionals, but we didn’t advance as a team. We were all very disappointed and a little sad. It was the end of the season for me. Even though we didn’t make it as a team, Alexi Fogo made it as an individual…

Kankakee Valley High School athletics has given me so many opportunities I never even thought I would be able to experience. I had the privilege of being a member of the KV Varsity Softball team all four years of my high school career. I have been playing softball since I was eight years old and since then I have played all over the country from California to Virginia. Though none of that can compare to playing in ‘The Region’ and for the purpose of representing my community. Without KV…