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eamwork and attitude did play key parts. member got hurt. There sometimes didn’t
TThe teams practiced and practiced. seem to be any momentum left. “The agony
Starting in August, football and tennis players of defeat” led them to cold, dark buses and
and cross country runners were out in the to disappointment.
heat every day getting ready for the new But this didn’t stop our athletes. They
season. came back fighting. They realized all the hard
Then came November and it was time for work was worth it after they upset a team
the winter sports to begin. Wrestlers and/or defeated a rival.
practiced in the hot wrestling room and If attitude was enough to win every game,
starved themselves in order to “make meet, or match our teams would have won
weight”. The girls’ basketball team practiced them all. The fans weren’t disappointed in a
in the auxiliary gym, while the guys’ loss and neither were the athletes. A loss just
basketball team did their drills in the main got them more “psyched up” to win the next
gym. Swimmers had morning and after-school time.
practices. The coaches knew that if the players were
Then came spring and that meant pitchers out there trying their best and working
had to practice throwing strikes. Track together as a team, that was all that was
members had to do sprint after sprint and important.
relay after relay to set good times. It didn’t really matter if teams won or lost.
Did all the hard work pay off? At times it The fans and parents were still behind them.
didn’t seem to, as when a referee made a Everyone seemed to feel that the athletes
bad call, when three out of the five starters provided SATISFACTION
fouled out, when a winning touchdown pass GUARANTEED!
was barely missed, or when a fellow team
Dribbling down court. »enlor Zelo Tucker iry* to lewen Roncalli's lead Zeta. one of two seniors on the
team, was voted best offensive player and was the highest scorer of the season
