Baseball
Team predicts improved season Isabela Diaz Staff Writer
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Jeffery Drury (11) pinpoints a baseball as he waits for the ball to hit his glove.
Baseball is coming in fast, and with the help of new players, the team is suspecting a great outcome for the season. Corey Ashby (9), Jacob Martin (9), Dawson Mata (9), Kaden Raichel (9), Nate Montgomery (9) and Jordan Lyons (10) are the new additions to the team. Cole Atha (11) not only talks about the good, new players coming in, but his predictions for the outcome of the season. “A prediction for this season is that we are going to beat some bigger teams that we fell to last year,” Atha said. While some of the players may be new to the team, they all share a common goal — to win sectionals. Cody Carter (10) shared his determination to win. “With one of our goals being to win sectionals, we not only work hard, but we play hard,” Carter said. With new players comes new tasks to overcome. Blake Drury (11) said the team’s newness also becomes a challenge. “Our biggest obstacle is working together because a lot of us are fairly new to each other,” Drury said.
Scars from the field... I was playing basketball and came down on my ankle. It was supposedly an ankle sprain...I had a torn ligament, an extensive amount of tissue damage and cartilage damage in my right ankle. I ended up not playing basketball anymore after the trauma I went through...I still have to wear a brace when I play volleyball.”
Haylie Smith (9), Basketball 12
March 2020
Sports
I got my injury in the basketball game against Brownstown. I dove for a ball, and a kid jumped on top of me. His knee hit my nose. Its definitely been hard because I’ve had to play with a mask. Its been hard because it would come over my eyes during games, but I got used to it and started shooting well with it.”
Brantley Deaton (12), Basketball
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Nate Montgomery (9) tosses a baseball for his partner to catch while practicing in the warm sun.
Though many players feel as though coming together will be an obstacle, Atha has high hopes that they will push through for the season. “[I] predict that we are going to make a push in sectionals and also in conference,” Atha said.
SHS athletes weigh in on the scars and injuries they earned while playing sports. By Isabela Diaz
I was playing goalie for the [soccer] team, and I dove for the ball at the same time a kid slid into me and dug his cleat right above my shin guard. It hasn’t really impacted my play much. I was a little shaken up at first and in pain, but things happen and you got to push through for the team.“
Jameson Hale (11), Soccer
