The Pack - Vol. 21, Issue 2

the pack The Student Voice of Monarch High School

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.”