WHS GIRLS LACROSSE TEAM PREPARES FOR THE SEASON SPORTS BLURBS

BY BRI PERKINS

Wadsworth High School’s girls lacrosse team has kicked off their preseason for the Spring. The team plans to work hard to have the best season possible.

Girls lacrosse is a spring sport at WHS and has been growing in popularity over the years. Their tryouts were held on Tuesday, February 21 through Thursday, February

23. The team resumed with lifting and workouts on January 7.

To start off they began lifting 3 days a week for an hour at a time to start to get back into shape for their upcoming season. Alongside this they started “open fields”. Open fields are where members or prospective players can come to work on their skills at their own pace.

Tessa Blake is a senior at Wadsworth High School and has been playing lacrosse since she was in 6th grade.

She enjoys playing lacrosse because of the environment.

“High school lacrosse is really fun because we have a wide variety of grades and personalities,” Blake said.

Blake encourages others to try lacrosse even if they don’t have any experience. The team embraces new team members and loves when new freshmen join the team.

Blake’s teammate, Sophia Whited, is looking forward to their upcoming senior season. Whited predicts that the season will be not only fun, but challenging for the team.

“The game schedule is going to be tough because we have good competition,” Whited said.

This doesn’t discourage the girls from making the most out of this season as they work through the preseason. The team has a total of eight home games and seven away games. Their preseason preparations will soon pay off as their games begin and the team has a strong base to start off the year.

BY JOSEPH DAVIS

In the preseason many girls have been attending a lot of open fields and workouts before to prepare for lacrosse season. With tryouts finished up; the Varsity girls lacrosse team is hoping to make big strides for the upcoming season. With confidence and hard work the girls hope to accomplish a lot this season.

The best time of the year is coming up for college basketball, March Madness, with 68 different competitive schools face off in many rounds and hoping to accomplish the biggest goal which is winning the national championship. This will take place March 16th-17th.

This week tennis tryouts are coming up for the boys. The boys have been engaging in numerous of training and conditioning indoor’s at Springside Athletic Club and Paramount Tennis Club. Currently the team is looking to have around 30 kids tryout, the most the program has seen in years.