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More than a Hobby One of the major pillars of the Oakton community is a commitment to athletics. Whether you act as the star of the varsity team, sit patiently on the sideline, cheer enthusiastically in the stands or bitterly avoid all sporting events, athletics impacts your life. And for some, the effects of athletic participation last much longer than trophies. Some are left with permanent reminders of injuries they chose to ignore. Others are left with unusual relationships as a result of their busy schedules. And the lucky ones learn lessons that transcend sports. Whatever your relationship with sports may be, the fact remains that athletics are more than a just hobby.
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regards to the amount of time the two are able to spend watching each other compete in various sporting events. “We usually don’t get to see each other’s competitions because we’re both so busy,” Morgan said. “The only time we really see each other is when we have our family dinners, but other than that, we’re too busy.” Despite frantic weeks and filled agendas, the epitome of sibling relationships is often one of competitions and contests, but Morgan and Brittany aren’t necessarily aggressive toward each other with respect to their sporting interests and events. “We’re normally not too competitive with each other in sports because track and dance are so different,” Morgan said. While Brittany and Morgan have limited time to spend together, special or significant sporting events allow the two sisters to see each other compete or perform in competitions. “When the dance team went to Nationals in Florida, Morgan came there to watch me, and I really liked having her there to see me and to cheer me on,” Brittany recalled. The sisters’ busy schedules not only impact their daily lives but also those of the entire family. “I found it difficult when the girls both had something that I wanted to go to at the same time, but in those cases, the girls’ father and I would have to split up and I’d go to one and he’d go to the other,” said mother Ellen Harwood. As the two siblings each attend varsity practices, meets, performances and competitions, the demanding schedule can sometimes limit the time spent with friends as well. “It becomes pretty obvious how busy Morgan is when we want to hang out sometimes and we can’t because of her track practices or meets,” said sophomore Holly Kelly, a friend of Morgan’s. Accompanying Brittany’s and Morgan’s engagement in varsity athletics is a sense of delight in knowing that they are both varsity sports athletes and, simultaneously, are siblings who excel in their respective sports. “I am definitely proud that Morgan is so good at sports, and I am trying my hardest to be the best team member I can be,”Brittany said. “I’m proud that Morgan and I are involved in sports and that the two of us can motivate each other when needed and be athletes at the same time.”
Brittany and Morgan Harwood face a different breed of sibling rivalry as “sports siblings”
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igh school’s reputation is one of exceedingly hectic schedules and demanding agendas, where students must often juggle numerous extracurricular and sports commitments along with maintaining their school work and grades throughout. The pressure is even more intensive for siblings on varsity athletic teams, who are constantly attending meets, matches and competitions and who consequentially spend a minimum amount of time together and with family and friends. This challenging characteristic is not foreign to Brittany Harwood, a senior and co-captain of the varsity dance team, and her younger sister Morgan, a sophomore and a top sprinter on track. “We really don’t get to spend much time together because of how busy we are with school, as well as Morgan’s track and my dance,” Brittany said. “It’s kind of like we come home, do homework, go to practice and really don’t get to relax too often or with each other.” Morgan has been sprinting for the track team since the winter season of her freshman year and began playing soccer for a house league last fall. But running and soccer weren’t her first sporting endeavors. “When I was younger, I decided to attend a few dance lessons when I saw my sister going to them, but pretty soon, I wasn’t really having too much fun. And also the teacher scared me, so I ran away [from dance class],” Morgan said. Brittany enrolled in dance lessons at an early age as well. However, she continued to perform dance throughout high school. “I started dancing when I was really young because I had so much energy all the time, and I wanted to put all that energy into something constructive, so I just continued with my dance lessons,” Brittany said. The two siblings are now established athletes in their respective sports, but commitments to track and dance have formed constrained schedules for Brittany and Morgan with
- vipin reddy, staff writer, can be reached at vipin.reddy@ oaktonmedia.net
Senior Brittany Harwood performs with the dance team during halftime of a football game against Chantilly. taylor soldner
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Brittany’s sister, Morgan Harwood, runs in indoor track regionals.
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Many athletes will say that the most exciting part of praticipating on a sports team is competing during games. But what if you don’t see playing time? With a school the size of Oakton, many students practice hard and devote countless hours to their sport, but in the end still find themselves on the bench on game day.
he blinding floodlights fizzle and slowly turn on, illuminating the field for all to see. The concession stand windows open up as the aroma of grilled burgers and hotdogs fills the air. The spirit section in the bleachers is completely filled with a sea of burgundy and gold, complete with cowbells, plastic horns, Indian headdresses and jars filled with change. You can faintly hear the voice coming from the loud speakers as your team begins the brisk march up the cougar path. Friends arriving late move to the side and cheer as the announcer’s voice grows clearer. As you near the gate to the field, the loudspeaker booms out, “Ladies and gentlemen, your Oaktoooooon Cougars!” The cheers become deafening. Adrenaline begins to flow. But then you remember – you haven’t started a game all year. As the starters sprint out onto the field, you take your rightful place on the bench. The position of “benchwarmer” is not an easy position to fill. Juggling the excitement of the team with one’s own frustration at his or her lack of playing time provides for a mixed experience. Clearly, some are more capable of handling it than others.
“Being a benchwarmer is the wrong way to look at it,” said junior Brandon Dunlop, who is a member of the varsity
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football team. “You’re a part of the team, and you have a chance to really make an impact in practice regardless of your play on the field or lack thereof.” Dunlop’s coach, Joe Thompson, has a similar philosophy regarding playing time and finding one’s place on the team. “On the varsity team, we try extremely hard as a coaching staff to define roles for our players,” Thompson said. “Year-round we talk about the importance of each individual, not as a starter or as a benchwarmer. They are a team member with a role.” Dunlop seems to have accepted his role on the team and has taken an optimistic “Being a benchwarmer is approach the wrong way to look at it. to practice, conditioning You’re a part of the team, and games. and you have a chance to He has also really make an impact in fallen in with a practice regardless of your group of kids he play on the field or lack enjoys spending thereof.” time around as a result of his - junior time playing Brandon Dunlop football. “I go to all of the practices, but I condition on my own for the sake of time and individual development that group training will not provide,” Dunlop said. “I still play because I feel like the sport really defined me and helped me find a peer group.” For some kids, working hard at practice only to sit on
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the sidelines is simply not worth the time. Senior Sheldon Mojica tried out for the varsity lacrosse team for the first time this year. After a successful high school career in football, Mojica’s athletic ability landed him a spot on the team. Due to his lack of experience, however, Mojica was faced with a season of riding the bench. After putting up with it for half a season, Mojica decided that he was wasting his time. “I mean, it was my first year,” Mojica said. “[Lacrosse] isn’t like football for me; I wasn’t passionate about it, and I didn’t have that drive to want to stay with it. My entire lacrosse career consisted basically of me running at practice. I didn’t play much in practice and definitely not in the games.” While several other lacrosse players followed Mojica after realizing their slim chances of stepping foot on the field during a game, others still remain loyal to the team. Mojica feels that the prospect of being a benchwarmer varies from person to person. “It depends on how long you’ve been playing. There are a bunch of people on the team who don’t get any playing time, and they still stick with it,” Mojica said. “You can definitely tell that those who haven’t been playing
their entire life aren’t as into it as those who have.” Although his lacrosse ambitions didn’t turn out the way he would have liked, Mojica holds nothing against the coaching staff. “I understood why I didn’t play,” Mojica said. “I didn’t have any resentment towards [the coaches.] Quitting was just my decision.” - chris weil and drew harrington, feature editor, and staff writer, can be reached at chris.weil@oaktonmedia.net
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Playing Through the Pain
lide tackles, stick checks, dirty hits. Whether it’s slamming into one another at full force or sprinting downfield while opponents hack at them with metal poles, athletes are constantly forced to push themselves to the limit. With the amount of punishment an athlete’s body endures during a sport, it’s no surprise that injuries are a common occurrence. Though hurt, many athletes do anything they can to continue playing. “[I keep playing] because I can’t let my team down,” treatment: Ice, rest and compressaid sophomore soccer player Bubba Delgado, icing a leg he injured when an opponent slide tackled him. “I’m not sion (wrap it up) going to let it keep me from having fun.” Injured athletes like Delgado turn to the school’s recovery time: Approximately six Athletic Trainers Certified Paul Rupp and Andy Cowdery for aid. ATC’s devote their jobs to working weeks, but an athlete can return with and rehabilitating injured athletes. “Whether the injury is serious or not, we’re here to to play within within one to three make people feel better,” Rupp said. weeks if it is not too serious Cowdery and Rupp work in the school Athletic Training Center, a place practically bursting at the seams with injured athletes during after-school hours. The center is decked out with high-end rehabilitation equipment including training benches, a first aid treatment: Ice and elevation station and hot and cold tubs. “Anything you’d find in a physical therapist’s office recovery time: Usually a couple is right here,” Rupp said. of days. However, certain contuWith athletes playing through pain, some are concerned that their injuries will be made worse if sions, like hip or bicep contupermitted to play on them. The ATC’s take special precautions to ensure that this doesn’t happen. sions, can become serious and “Our goal is to help athletes recover and get back on the field as soon as possible, but I don’t let them have athletes out for weeks. return unless I’m sure they can’t do any further injury to themselves,” Rupp said. In deciding when an athlete can return to the field, the ATC’s aren’t the only ones involved in the treatment: Severity assessed decision process. athlete’s parents, coaches and their doctor through an online test. The only all“The need to be in agreement before [the athlete] can [return to] play,” Rupp said. “But ultimately, treatment is time and rest it’s up to the player. I’m not going to drag them recovery time: Extremely varied up and down the field if they don’t want to be playing.” Aside from whether it’s safe or not, there are several other factors that go into deciding when an athlete can return to the field. treatment: Immobilize the bone, “Risk factor is another type of thing we look at,” Rupp said. “For ice the injury and elevate it example, I’m much more likely to risk putting an injured recovery time: Four to six weeks player in if it’s a state championship
How does the ATC treat... ...a sprain?
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game as opposed to something like a scrimmage.” Though dozens of athletes are seeing the ATC for their injuries, some still avoid going to them for treatment. “I don’t want to go because they’ll keep me from [training for] my sport,” said sophomore Jordan Willetts, who injured his collar bone lifting weights in preparation for the coming football season. “Also, they’ll make me do all these exercises I just don’t want to deal with.” Though he doesn’t go there, Willetts does not oppose or recommend against athletes visiting the ATC’s for help. “I think athletes should go to the ATC for help if it’s bad enough that it will keep them from doing their work outs, but mine wasn’t too bad,” Willetts said. “[My injury] slowed me down a little bit, but I’m still able to work around it, and I’m recovering fine on my own.” Rupp advises against the decision some athletes make to not see the ATC. “There’s a difference between pain and injury,” explained Rupp. “Sometimes, you can have a lot of pain and a very minor injury. Other times you can have practically no pain at all and be seriously injured, so it’s important for athletes to see me for any injury so I can determine whether or not it’s safe for them to return to play.” As Willetts continues to pump out reps on the bench press, his black and blue collar bone bulging up and down with each push, it seems that pain isn’t going to keep these athletes from reaching their goals. “In sports, you’re almost always going to be hurting at least a little bit somewhere,” Willetts said. “You just have to learn to fight through it.”
- alex buscemi, staff writer, can be reached at alex.buscemi@ oaktonmedia.net
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Injuries leave student athletes with two choices: take recovery time from their sport or continue to compete as they continue to hurt.
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treatment: Ice, rest and support it. Also, do some resistance stretching exercises recovery time: Approximately six weeks source: paul rupp, ATC
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Sports
Some staff members have athletic pasts
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ome people say that cheerleading is not a sport. However, after two years of cheering for the Washington Redskins, physical education teacher Jeanne Samuel would have to disagree. “Contrary to what people think,” she said. “It is really difficult to be a cheerleader. We would have practice four hours a night, four nights a week and it was really grueling.” As a native of Buffalo, New York, Samuel never anticipated becoming involved with the Redskins. It wasn’t until she moved to the area and began dating a big Redskins fan that she got the idea. “I ended up watching all of the Redskins games with him,” she said. “We went to a game and I saw the cheerleaders and decided ‘I can do that’. I have a dance background and I danced and cheered in high school.” After a month long tryout that included a dance portion, a talent portion and an interview, Samuel found out that she not only made the team, but was also invited to join a special dance team. “On top of the football games, the dance team would travel to different places and put on a variety show,” she said. “It was tap, singing and jazz.” The dance team enabled Samuel to travel to places that she probably would not normally go to, such as military bases. “Andrews Air Force Base was pretty cool because we got to meet some soldiers and go inside some of the fighter planes,” she said. Another fond memory that Samuel has from her experience with professional cheerleading was the Redskins final game at their former stadium. “One of my last games was the last game the Redskins played at RFK Stadium, now they’re at FedEx Field,” she explained. “The last game was huge. They brought a lot of former Redskins back and the cheerleaders escorted them on to the field. It was a big to-do.” Although she no longer cheers, Samuel is still an active member of the Redskins Cheerleading Alumni Association, where she volunteers at charity events similar to the ones she worked at while she was on the team. Samuel says she benefitted significantly from her experience as a cheerleader and it has truly had a lasting effect on the person she is today. “It encourages such positive attitudes,” she said, “like being a team player and having enthusiasm no matter what.”
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rincipal John Banbury has a reputation for being an avid supporter of athletics. So it will comes as no surprise to students that Banbury himself was an accomplished athlete throughout his childhood and beyond. At the pinnacle of his swimming career, Banbury won several state titles and swam in the US Nationals. He attributes his success to countless hours of training and preparation. “I learned early on that I hate to lose,” he said. “I was willing to do everything to keep that from happening, and in swimming that’s not during the meet, that’s during training.” So from first grade on, swimming was central to Banbury’s childhood. “It was pretty much all I did,” he explained. “I lived in Southern California at the time, so swimming was huge. The weather was always fantastic and I got to spend my weekends at these great outdoor facilities surrounded by California sunshine.” However, as he got older Banbury began to travel all over the country to attend various competitions. He said that not all of the locations he swam at were quite as ideal as Southern California. “I remember nationals one time was held in North Dakota,” he recalled. “There must have been five feet of snow on the ground. I was living in Las Vegas at the time, so I was coming out of a really warm area. It took us forever to get there, but it was a great meet.” Banbury also travelled to what could be called North Dakota’s polar opposite, Hawaii, to train in the open water. “It is very different than training in the pool,” he explained. “Every morning for a week we would work out in the ocean and then every afternoon we would train in the pool. I just remember it was hard. Now that I think about it, the hard part was getting over the coral. I remember I cut my legs up and then of course we were in the salt water so the cuts would burn.” While swimming is an individual sport, one of Banbury’s most treasured memories is from the success of his team. “We won states my sophomore year of high school,” he said. “I had won a lot of state titles as an individual swimmer, but winning it as a team was incredible. We had a pretty small team, so we kind of beat the odds. However, Banbury said that he got a lot more out of swimming than just trophies. “I had some great coaches that were phenomenal role models. They taught me a lot about discipline. I learned a lot about winning and losing, and how to do both gracefully,” he said. “I learned that you need to prepare for whatever you are doing. I learned to set goals and I learned that success comes when you are willing to do more than what everybody else is willing to do.”
Ryan Faubert, Earth Science Teacher grew up in Canada,” said Earth Science teacher Ryan Faubert. “Pretty much everybody who grows up in Canada has exposure to hockey, whether they play it or not. It is the national pastime. So since I was two years old I had skates on my feet. “ “I excelled as a young player, I played junior hockey, which is akin to a travel team in the United States,” he explained. “As I moved up through the junior hockey ranks, I had to make a decision whether I wanted to play Junior A hockey in Ontario, or go to college.” He had to make this choice because Junior A hockey is a semiprofessional league, and athletes who play professional sports are no longer eligible for college scholarships in the United States. In the end, Faubert chose college and continued his athletic career at Colgate University, where he lettered in hockey for all four years. “After I graduated,” he said, “I decided to try and play professionally. So I had an agent and ended up signing in the New York Islanders farm system. I actually started playing in Roanoke here in Virginia.” After several years of playing in the United States, Faubert decided he needed a change. “Finally I thought I should expand my horizons, so I went to play in Europe,” he said. “I really enjoyed my time there. One of the best parts of playing in Europe is that there are about half as many games on the schedule as there are in North America. Most of the times you are playing on weekends and they would have periodic breaks. So I would often have free time to travel, I really got to experience a lot of different countries.” Lessons learned from his time in Europe helped Faubert transition into his current career. “When I was playing in Holland, I lived in a very social community,” he said. “So in the mornings, kids would come knocking on my door and asked if I was Canadian and if I could teach them to skate. So I really got my start teaching kids over there. A lot of the same skills are used while teaching a class as teaching kids to skate.”
photo courtesy of ryan faubert
- erica wohlleben, insight editor, can be reached at erica. wohlleben@oaktonmedia.net
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