Volleyball

Bret Harte High School senior water polo player Grace Johnson saved her best for last. In the final game of her high school career, Johnson and the Bullfrogs took on Calaveras in Angels Camp. Johnson wanted to leave the pool as a winner. So, in her final game, Johnson scored a career-high nine goals to lead Bret Harte to a 14-7 win. “I think I did really well,” said Johnson. “I’ve never scored nine goals in a game before. I didn’t even know that I had that many. I couldn't have done that…

Flipping into the season Amiya Gonzales 1st hour As I stood at the end of the floor with my hands…

Allyson Felix is an American track and field sprinter, who she competes in in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and the 400 meters. She was athletically gifted from a young age and began playing basketball. Felix earned the nickname “Chicken Legs” for her scrawny physique. She decided to go for the track team freshmen year to prove her physical strength. She excelled from the beginning, finishing seventh in the 200-meter dash at the CIF California State Meet, within a year. She eventually became a…

Bad decisions, makes the best stories. Truitt Odom One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as a adventure. ~ William Feather. It was summer, one month after my 17th birthday, and, even though I had a lot of great adventures with the people I loved, I still wasn 't satisfied. So I took of work, grabbed my two best friends, Trey and Parker, and we set out on nonstop adventure for 3 days, which led to a Whataburger bill of over $100, running…

Emily Hong was ten years old when she first started taking swim lessons. Now fourteen and in ninth grade at PALY High School, she is on a competitive swim team and spends six days a week preparing for the meets. Something that started as just a way to ensure that she did not drown, has now become her favorite activity. Before she started swimming, Hong tried many other sports. The only other sport that she continued to play was basketball, but it did not have the same impact on her as swimming…

the second I signed up for YMCA volleyball in third grade. From my first game to the games occurring now, volleyball has been my main interest, my best talent, and the biggest contributing factor to my identity. When I was little I had significant problems with my self-confidence. I was the tallest girl in my grade which made me feel like a monster compared to my friends and my appearance before braces only contributed to my diffedence. When I came across volleyball I finally felt as if I was…

My freshman year, the Mount Si High School Swim Team had its first official season. I was one of 15 girls on the team. Hardly anyone knew we existed in the community and at the high school. The fall of my junior and senior year, managing the swim team became my project. I was promoted to team captain. I helped grow the team from that original 15 to over 40 girls by going to the middle schools for recruiting trips and spreading the word about swim team throughout the high school. Just like every…

1) When I think about my professional goals I want to be in a position where I take pride in what I am doing. After earning my degree I would like to work with an agency in criminal law. I have always taken pride in being a Military Police Officer with the Colorado Army National Guard, therefore going to school in pursuit of a degree in Criminal Justice would lead me in great directions.To be successful and always focusing on ways to better myself and my family. My personal goals, being a wife…

Badminton game was invented in ancient Greece and has been a major game in the sport. Badminton was originally a child's play and was initially called 'battledore' or 'shuttlecock'. Badminton has been an old game in the PE class for decades. A fantastic sport that young people and adults can play, badminton requires a small amount of equipment and offers an exciting exercise that will improve eye and hand coordination as well as agility. In badminton, players use rackets to kick the shuttlecock…

The sun rises, and the pool lights go on. As the lights warm up, home players begin to set up the pool and get it ready for the day. The players walk with energy and talk with joking banter and friendly arguments. As the pool begins to look like a course, they start their warm up and move with high energy and excitement in their voice. By the end of the day these boys will be tired and broken because of the sport known as water polo. The first of many busses arrives, and the boys pile off. They…