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SPORTS

Meet the captains Abby Anderson

Junior Varsity Tennis Playing for 2 year Fun Fact: Went to a tennis camp with Kiki Apple before they met

Laura Mogannam

Junior Varsity Tennis Playing for 2 years Fun Fact: Went to an overnight tennis summer camp

Sophia Davari

Junior Varsity Tennis Playing for 9 years Fun Fact: Uses tennis racket grip that only a few pros use

Kailey Honniball Varsity Golf Playing for 5 years Fun Facts: Travels to different states for golf

Katie Newbold

Cross-Country Running for seven years Fun Fact: Sings to herself while competing

Olivia Hoekendijk Cross-Country Running for 4 years Fun Fact: Sprained ankle on first practice of junior year

Lulu Desai

Varsity Sailing Sailing for 9 years Fun fact: Teaches sailing over the summer in Nantucket, Massachusetts

Cameron Newman

Varsity Golf Playing for 6 years Fun Fact: Went to North Coast Section playoffs

Grace Apple

Varsity Tennis Playing for 13 years Fun Fact: Plays with her first coach over the summer

Giulia Oltranti

Maya Young

Olivia Matthes

Varsity Volleyball Playing for 8 years Fun Fact: Constantly has floor burns on hips, shins and wrist because of volleyball

Varsity Tennis Playing for 10 years Fun Fact: Has played with a partcipant of the U.S. Open

2. Rap “Sucker For Pain” by Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons “Me, Myself & I” by G-Eazy 3. R&B “No Limit” by Usher “Gangsta” by Kehlani Complied by Grace Ainslie 63 0f 217 possible respondents Based on a Google Form sent to all students emails

Atlantic Records WITH PERMISSION

1. Pop “Gold” by Kiiara We Don’t Talk Anymore by Charlie Puth

Atlantic Records WITH PERMISSION

Most listened to music during student workouts.

RCA Records WITH PERMISSION

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Junior Varsity Volleyball Playing for 9 years Fun Fact: Always has lots of snacks for practice

Samantha Stowell

Junior Varsity Volleyball Playing for 3 years Fun Fact: Played for a club team in 6th grade

THE BUCKET LIST Alyssa Alvarez Sports Editor

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Shooting for two

Senior athletes need to balance college goals, athletics.

hoosing between school and athletics should never really be a decision, but as I sit down for a water break during my nightly workout, I cannot help but think about about the millions of athletes who are at a crossroads. Now is the time when high school athletes have to come to terms with the fact they probably are not going to UConn or Notre Dame and will never be the number one player in the country. We have to ask ourselves if the sport we play is important enough to give up the big name schools in order to continue competing. We need to also find a place that suites us academically and will prepare us for our futures. A big part of college athletics is being realistic. Players who are not tall or strong and do not have the most athletic characteristics have to work at every part of their game to find a specialty and excel at that strength. Two percent of high school athletes go on to

play at the NCAA Division I level, according to Scholarship Stats. If a player cannot imagine her life without a sport and have the opportunity to play at any level in college, she should be grateful and not worry about playing Division I or being “DI bound.” Some of the greatest athletes in the world, like Hall of Fame basketball player Scottie Pippen, were not highly recruited out of high school and worked their way from Division III to NBA. If someone wants to do something for the rest of her life, she will work as hard as she can and make it happen, no matter where she started. Every decision comes with balance and of course education is always the main priority. Players should never jeopardize or downgrade their futures for titles or to please others. Thinking over all the hard work I have put in and playing games across the country, it would be hard to not continue basketball in college. Finding a destination that gives me the best of both worlds is what I am shooting for.


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