Girls Activities/Sports By: Ally & Annika

Girls Select Soccer

When playing a classic game of soccer, nearly all of the work is done by the players. Yet who is there, to criticize and evaluate? Who is there to congratulate on a job well done? Who is there to scream at the referee’s, and possibly at players as well? The answer; coaches.
The actual truth is, a lot of effort behind the scenes of a typical game comes from the coaches. And who is better suited to coach, than one who has coached other coaches, as well as players? Bryan Seib, who has trained previous coaches for the select soccer team, is taking the roll as current coach. The team sadly says goodbye to previous instructor Tim Jones, and says hello to Bryan.
The first meeting with the coach took place at Queen of Apostles Church, on a typical Saturday morning; promptly at 9:30 a.m. Players who met the lively instructor included Emily Wagner, Cali Bulacan, Madison Sterling, Jess Fonte, Maggie Spankowski, Celina Schwantes, Annika Wille, Izzy DeAnglis, Megan Kading, and Sydney Rogowski. Players that are out of our district involve May, Matty, Sarah, and Kaylee.

Girls Select Volleyball

After a shocking disappointment in a tournament only weeks before, the girls’ volleyball team is determined to do better. They’ve defeated other teams multiple times but this time it was different. They got second in the silver division because they lost to the Penguins black team. They also lost against Eclipse, and neither team got a medal.
“We lost to the Penguins but we still got second even though we didn’t win a medal. The Penguins proved to be advanced in the tournament, but Eclipse was a team that we should have beaten.” Says a disappointed Jenni.
Yet this tournament was one of many, and still more to come. On the 10th and 11th they have an upcoming tournament in Whitewater, and they are set to demolish every team in their way.


Basketball

Recreation and Select basketball are the two types of teams that girls in 6th grade play at our school. Some 5th graders play Select too, but 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th all play recreation basketball, just not in the same level. Recreation is still going on and we only have the Opi Tournament left. There are 8 teams total for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. The team names are Huskies, Ducks, Rainbow Warriors, Gators, Badgers, and there’s more but I just can’t remember.
There is the red team (lower ranking) and the black team (higher ranking) in select. Kathryn V, Sydney R, Celina S, Riley S, Emma B, Lauren B, Jena H, Jinda G, Azia R, and Jess F are all on the black team. Sammy P, Gracie B, Alison Z, Ally Z, Brooke B, Hannah A, Maddie M, Jenni M, Emily H, and Jamie K are all on the red team. Select basketball is now over, yet we were scheduled to play games on most Sundays and possibly Saturdays. We’ve survived through most painstaking tournaments.