Photo Credit: Adrian Yip
The boys' soccer team
November 30, 2011
Sai Vanam
As football makes a run in NCS and winter sports tryouts are being held, many talented players at our school are making the transition from the JV to the Varsity level in various sports. This opportunity involves hard work, dedication, impressive performance, and a greater challenge during practices and games.
Our football team moved up its stand-out players from JV to Varsity, because they needed the impact they could make during a pivotal game against Las Lomas High School to keep their NCS run alive. Many players, including Colton McCoy and Tyler Vinson, were moved up to Varsity for this upcoming game. Sophomore Austin DeReis is honored by the opportunity to play in this position. He said “I worked hard during practice and the coaches noticed. I am ready to help our Varsity team win.”
Winter sports have just started and many of the teams have already picked their Varsity players. For Varsity Boys’ Basketball, Junior Matt Isola made the team after playing JV last year. He describes the Varsity team as “whole new level of competitiveness”. He continued to say “My teammates work really hard during practices and we push each other way more than in JV.” Juniors Kelly Wheeler and Taylor James also had similar experiences making the transition for the girls’ basketball team.
Senior Adrian Yip, who made the Varsity soccer team said “JV is somewhat of a training ground. In JV, its all about endurance and adjusting to the game. Varsity is when expectations rise and coaches expect you to excel with precision and hard work.” Senior Richa Patel plays for the girls’ Varsity soccer team and “looks forward to the challenge.”
