SPORTS IN BRIEF Softball//
The storm came up short and lost to St. Joe Benton 8-6, but the team recognized vast improvements made this season. “It was one of our most competitive games of the season, and we’re getting close to our first win,” junior Sarah Schaffer said. Pictured is freshman pitcher Maya Bair. (Photo by Maddi McMaster /Le Flambeau)
Volleyball// Dressed in Noah’s Ark theme, students watched the St. Teresa’s Academy rivalry game Sept. 14. Varsity, JV and Freshman teams were all defeated. Varsity lost their first set 25-16 and lost the second set 25-13. “We need to be more confident in ourselves,” senior Sophie Roberts said. “But, overall I thought we were able to play with them.” Pictured is senior Ali Odermann. Story on Page 11.(Photo by Abby Smith)
Golf //
The Storm placed 6th out of 19 teams during the Mo-Kan Tournament at Blue Hills Country Club Sept. 12. Sophomore Mia McLey placed in the top 15 individually. “[McLey] place in the top 15 which was really cool because she was having a good day and shot really well,” junior team member Paige Shankland said. Mcley is pictured left. (Photo by Emma Miller)
Cross Country // Freshman Lily Henkle finished in first place despite muddy course conditions at the Ray-Pec Invitational Sept. 10. “[The course] was so muddy, it was like running in quicksand,” junior Clare Lappin said. “People’s shoes were getting stuck in the mud.” Pictured left the team prepared for the race. (Photo by Madisen Hane)
Time to Shine In light of the new season the dance team creates a parody video while trying to adapt to a young team dynamic. BY OLIVIA DOPHEIDE REPORTER
Gold face paint. Gold streamers. Gold crowns. It’s fitting that the seven-time state champion dance team chose the song “Gold” by Britt Nicole to create a parody of the James Corden video series Carpool Karaoke. The whole team dressed up in gold costumes during the first hour of a Tuesday night practice and split up into four cars to film the video. While making circles in the school parking lot, they belted out the words and laughed along with their teammates. Their successes this year have already been measured by a Team Full Out award, 110% Award and a perfect score at Universal Dance Association camp this summer, but everyone is still adapting to the new atmosphere of the young team.
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“The leadership within the team is different because the juniors are the captains and are leading everyone,” freshman Olivia Townsend said. The idea for their version of Carpool Karaoke came from their coach Shelli Vaughan. According to junior captain Mary Evans, it was the first time they had ever done something like that as a team and they all thought it would be a fun way to start off the school year. They dressed in shiny costumes and attempted to go all out for the video. “It also goes along with our team theme this year “Time to Shine”, which is our motivational slogan to prepare us for a great year,” Evans said. The lone senior Jessica Cloughley has been injured for the last few months and can only participate in certain activities during practice. Cloughley suffered a severe neck injury in a car accident and had a risk of paralysis. (Story continued on lejournallive.com)
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Fall Sports #GOALS
Dance
“I hope that we perform very well as a team and perform well in competitions, especially Nationals and State.” -junior Mary Evans
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Field Hockey
“This year is a really big building year for us because we lost a lot of starters. I hope we can step up and play to the best of our abilities and beat Pembroke.” -senior Elizabeth Jackoboice
Volleyball
“Our goal for the season is to win districts because we haven’t in 11 years.” -senior Ali Odermann
Cheer
“I hope that we can all work together and improve our skills because more than half of the team are new cheerleaders.” -junior Megan Breckenridge
Cross Country “I hope more people go to State this year.” -senior Kathleen Gansner
Softball
“The goal is to win a game this year because we haven’t won one yet. [Also] to get better and proceed to build talent on the team.” -senior Natalie Arreguin
Tennis “Our goal is to do our best in every point, game, set, and match. The team works hard everyday in practice and we want to show off all the hard work in our competitions.” -senior Margo Gerke
Golf
“I want to get to districts. And, I want us to get to state as a team.” -senior Abby McLiney
