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During a swim meet, RHS went headfirst into the
diving competition as shown by this diver.

Sports:

An athletic activity requiring

skill and a competitive nature.

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The point that limits race. Students couldn’t have challenged their
An object of ambition. The bodies, putting them to the test, without that
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place a player must reach to helpful push from coaches and athletic
score. Elevation, upward in . ^ trainers helping them by encouragement,
stature, the highest degree of S physically and mentally. The spectators,
excellence. That was how the athletes of ’85 cheerleaders, and band also helped boost the
could be defined, never letting their spirits athlete’s morale when the going got rough,
lower, always looking toward the record- making him or her push that
breaking heights in baseball, track, football much more, giving it his all.
and many other sports. With the sweat and the strain of »
The ’85 athletes had that gleam in their those muscles he didn’t even
eyes of striving upward. Even though they know existed, the ’85 athlete
may have lost a game or event, the spirit still knew he or she had come to a
shown through because of all the many hours point he knew was excellence in his sport.
of training and practice for running, hitting The cheers from the stands and that pat on
the tennis ball back and forth, the basketball the back from the coach as he went into the
drills, practicing wrestling techniques, swim­ locker rooms left him feeing he had reached
ming laps over and over until the time is a goal or height in the year 1985.
perfect.