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Two Worlds Collide Are both Football and Marching Band both sports?
329 Campus Dr.│Louisville, Colorado│ 80027 Volume 21 Issue 2 November 2018
What
Makes A Sport
A Sport?
An inside look as to what ‘sports’ do By Lindsay Haight
Walking through the tunnel, adrenaline races through their veins. They walk onto the field to see a crowd of 5,000 people. There, they realize that they are ready to perform at their State competition. This is what it’s like to be in the marching band. “I think it’s something that you find a family with,” Claire Muckle ‘19 said. “It’s also a team who works together for one common goal,” she said. That is what all teams do; they work together to try and get their team to the top. “It may not be running five miles, but it definitely gets your heart going, and it’s a
way to stay active,” Muckle
eleven hours practicing a
band uses fifteen pound tubas
said when asked why she
week, whereas poms practices
for one of their sections. This
thinks marching band is a
roughly ten hours a week and
section can hold up those tubas
sport.
marching band practices 13
for 8 minutes straight. Not
hours per week.
only do they hold them up that
While some say sports require high physicality rates, it
“I think that a lot of other
long, but they also run and
hasn’t always been like that.
teams think that a sport has to
march with them while still
In fact, the earliest “sport”
involve a ball, and it has to be
playing. The weight may not
ever was mentioned in a Latin
everyone working together as
be the same for each section,
glossary dating back to 1425. It
a team, and I feel like that’s not
but they all work equally as
referred to “the sporte of redy-
very true,” Katy Sun ‘20 said.
hard.
nge”, or in English, the sport of
Any physical activity com-
reading.
The poms team has been top
petes against other schools
five in the state year after year
to show off their hard work.
and so has the marching band.
and marching band may not
Overall, the poms team and
Their hard work has paid off.
look like they take a massive
marching band have prov-
Hard work, teamwork, and
amount of work, they still
en that their hard work was
effort. These are all things that
spend hours of time perfect-
enough.
portray characteristics of a
Though activities like poms
ing their performances. On an average, football spends
But more importantly, it is also the fact that marching
sport. Now, two more sports have been added to the list.
Must
See Game of the
Fall
By Nathan Lewison and Logan Lair Tonight, the varsity football team will take the field on senior night against the Gree-
Stand
ley Central Wildcats. Greeley
Out
Performances By Grant Myers and Luke Berghoefer
Football
Central seems to be a tough opponent for the Coyotes. With the playoffs right around the
Sport
Records
corner, this game could make or break the Coyotes playoff dreams. If the Coyotes can show the same offense they did
Kyle Gordon ’21 had an excellent night at quarterback ver-
against Silver Creek (a 50-10
sus Rampart on Friday, Sept. 2. He threw for 117 yards on
win), they could get a much
4-10 passes and completed a 70-yard touchdown bomb to Trey Stewart ’20 for the Coyotes’ only touchdown. This was definitely a standout performance from the sophomore QB.
Boys Tennis
Boys tennis finished their season on a hot streak. Quinn McNamara won the two singles Regional Tournament, beating out his Broomfield rival. The team would then go onto win the Grand Junction Regional and take 5 out of their 7 teams to the state tournament. In spite of a couple of tough draws, the team finished seventh in the state.
Softball
Peyton Allen ’19 had a game to remember against Boulder on Friday, Aug. 17. She had 4 plate appearances that resulted in 4 hits. To go along with 4 hits, she had 4 runs batted in, thanks to a double and a home run.
Cross Country
Cross County’s season end on October 27th when both teams completed their state run. The girls team made it to
Football 4-5
Soccer 5-10
Tennis 9-1
needed victory. This game is also the final home game for the Coyote seniors, so it is the must see game of the fall. Make sure to come support your Coyotes on Senior night tonight at 7:00 P.M. at Centuarus.
Volleyball 12-11
Frisbee 6-0
Golf
4th in league
Softball 11-12
state by finishing first at Regionals, whereas the boys made
Grant Myers ‘19 (above) and
it by finishing third as a team. At the State meet the girls
Thomas Volpe competed in the
team finished fifth, and the boys team placed 13th.
State Tournament in golf.
Vivian Strange ~ Volleyball
“It has been so sweet to grow with my teammates as an athlete and person through this program.”
Mason Owens ~ Football “The friends that I have made and the community that I’ve built through Monarch Ultimate is strong and special.” Gabe Jones ~ Ultimate Frisbee
S
enior houtout
Class of 2019 athletes in their own words
By Grant Myers, Luke Berghoefer, Nathan Lewison, and Logan Lair
Claire Muckle ~ Marching Band
“Sometimes it’s hard to find your people in high school if you’re not a part of something. I found my people that support me, and they lift me up.”
“I really regret not playing when I was a freshman, but my friends told me to try it out, and now I love playing.”
Quinn McNamara ~ Tennis
Kyle Sylvester ~ Golf
“I lost to Broomfield #2 singles during the regular season, but in order to go to Grand Junction for our regional, I needed to beat the same guy. And I did.”
“On the 18th hole of our qualifying course, I sank a 25-footer to shoot my best round ever. It gave me a great sense of accomplishment, and doing it in front of my teammates made it that much better.”