Sports Winter captains reflect on season

Cheer: Olivia Mullen

What was a highlight of this season for the team?

“Making it to regionals. That was very exciting because we didn’t think we would but then we did.”

What is coming up for the team and what do you think next season will look like?

“Next season I think we’ll learn from the skills this season and figure out what will work and what will not work.”

Gymnastics: Maddie Ho

How was the season overall?

“It was pretty good. We got a new coach this year and we lost a lot of seniors last year, but we picked it up and came together as a team.”

What’s coming up for the team and what do you think next year will look like?

“I think it’ll be good because we’ll have known our coach for longer. We really got to know her this season, so it’ll be an easier transition.”

Boys’ Indoor Track: Gavin Moran

What was a highlight of this season for the team?

“I’d say the biggest one for the whole team was our league meet. Though we didn’t place as a team, we didn’t win the league meet or anything, almost everyone went home with medals and we had one team place as League All-Stars, our 4x200 relay team.”

Boys’ & Girls’ Swim & Dive: Jason Wong

How was the season overall? What worked for your team and what did not work?

“Overall, our team did really well. Our girls’ team didn’t have that many people so we didn’t do as well as we thought we were going to do. For boys, we got first in our league which is very good. We had a lot of sickness throughout the first couple weeks and throughout the year, so not everyone was able to perform their best. But as the season progressed, we all improved exceptionally well. Most of us got our lifetime bests and if not we got our season best times.”

Girls’ Basketball: Zoe Oelkers

What was the most challenging part of this season?

“Definitely working on being able to score points. We are definitely more of a defensive, athletic team, so just getting the ball in the hoop more than the other team was definitely a struggle at the very beginning [of the season]. We had to figure out different offenses and [determine] which work best for us. We figured it out a couple weeks in and we’ve been cruising since then.”

Boys’ Ski: Michael Desio

How was the season overall?

“I couldn’t be more happy to spend my senior year with this awesome team. We all bonded to form a family that helped us succeed this winter. At every race we were by far the loudest team on the hill cheering on our teammates and friends. Even though the weather was not the best this winter and the snow was barely there, our coaches made every practice have a purpose for us to succeed.”

Girls’ Ski: Jula Utzschneider

What was the most challenging part of this season?

“I honestly think the weather. Skiing is definitely a weather dependent sport and our first three races were canceled because we didn’t have enough snow. So I think it was definitely a concern at the beginning of the year not knowing whether or not we would even be able to have enough races.”