The Junior Varsity

Many people around the world have their own unique talent,my talent that identifies is by the way I play sports. Even though sports might not mean much to others, they are very important to me. The sports I like to do in high school are Cross country and Soccer. I started doing cross country just a few years ago because I wouldn't do anything. I would run for my school, but it wasn't my favorite sport. Since was little girl, I started playing soccer as my first sport. I don't only play soccer for

The junior class features Peter Benson, Kyle Hanson, William Minten, Audrey Swanson, Wesley Vroman and Daniel Willenbring, who will be shooting trap. Minten and Vroman will be shooting skeet during the season. “From our first year we had 19 kids and didn’t

The worst feeling in the world is the feeling of not being good enough. For people like myself that always strive to be the best, that feeling eats us up inside. At the end of my junior year soccer season, that feeling hit me like a runaway train. I did not play a single minute of varsity soccer and I watched every glorious win and heartbreaking loss from the bench. I felt rejected by my coaches and my favorite sport. I wanted to be out there playing with my friends and enjoying the benefits of victory

suggest that an individual must control all aspects of their life and sometimes others; possibly stemming from frustration or insecurity, this poor practice only hurts the individual. I had to learn this lesson the hard way my junior year in high school after joining the varsity football team. I attended Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Raiders, their mascot, are known nationwide as a high school football juggernaut. Aware of this fact when I came in as a freshman, I

high school, I attended basketball camps, played on AAU travel teams, and practiced relentlessly to sharpen my skills. My ultimate goal was to earn a spot on my high school varsity basketball team. I was thrilled when I found out in my sophomore year that I was the only player to go straight from the freshman team to varsity. However, after the first week of practice, my coach extinguished my hopes of being

There are many teams that I’ve loved being a part of over the last three years of high school. The first is the golf team. I was blessed to be on the Junior Varsity team during my freshman and sophomore years, and this year I’m now on Varsity. The first two years were incredible. I was with Coach Al VanderHart, and we had such incredible seasons, especially sophomore year. I was blessed to be a team captain with Natalie Mason, and I grew so close to the girls on my team. We had so many traditions

Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpoint, Washington. Alexie and Junior, both have had similar medical experiences, family support, and cultural experiences. Sherman Alexie´s family was very supportive of him wanting to venture outside of the reservation to become successful, even though he had obstacles to get through. HIs

and forth and after you do something new. Daniel the tiger is getting tired but the coach kept barking at all the animals to push it to your limits. After we finished the dynamic stretching they separated the junior varsity and varsity into groups and varsity had to do plyos and junior varsity had to get and partner and one had to exercise and the other sit down for 2 minutes. After we are done with that we run over to the hurdles. They make us run ten laps of those. The tiger almost gave up but he

and pursuing what I am passionate about. I believe these experiences have thoroughly prepared me for the college experience ahead. I have been a member of the Varsity Pompon team my junior and senior years, and a member of the Junior Varsity Pompon team my freshman and sophomore years. During my sophomore year, we won the Junior Varsity State Championship for Pompon at Michigan State University. Winning this championship was one of the major highlights of my first three years of high school, and

Personal Essay As I transition into college, I am setting new goals for my education and my life. My educational goals are to continue working hard in the classroom in order to maintain my prestigious grades. I also strive to get involved on campus and make a positive influence on my peers. As a biology major, I aim to absorb as much information as possible so that I may be an excellent teacher. Once I earn my degree, I plan on becoming an instructor of biological sciences on a college campus