By: Phoebe Warner Despite its growing popularity, lacrosse has had a lot of ups and downs the last year. Elise-Sarah Roskelley, a sophomore on Bear River’s girls’ lacrosse team, has some insights regarding this year’s season.
Even though lacrosse is relatively new to Bear River, it has become very popular. Roskelley says that “there are about 40 students who tryout and they usually don’t cut anyone.” Those who work hard and improve get a chance to play on varsity which only has 20 spots open. Even still, there is an opportunity for almost everyone to participate in the practicing and conditioning. Roskelley likes that there is a lot of opportunity, but also said, “sometimes I feel as if we are overworked. Some of the girls are in shape and others aren't. When some of us fall short, the whole team is punished and it’s really hard .” Lacrosse is said to be easy to pick up, but training and conditioning can be hard on the body. Roskelley said “With lacrosse season cancelled last year, we didn’t do much conditioning. But this year, the standards are still the same, but the way we achieve them is a lot more intense than last year.” While Roskelley agrees that the conditioning has been hard, she knows that it is what will help her and the other players become the best they can be and it’s overall worth it.
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By: Ammon Hunter Many athletes at Bear River have been preparing for the track season and are very excited to finally participate in the sport. Due to COVIC, last year’s track season was virtually non-existent and many athletes were disappointed. However, this only raises the excitement for those who will be participating in the track season this year including junior track runner, Braxton Hurst.
Hurst comes from a very athletic family specifically running. His dad, Coach Hurst, is one of the great coaches of the track team and is known to have been, and still is, quite the speedster. Hurst’s older brother, who also attended Bear River, held very fast times for nearly every race he competed in. Braxton Hurst himself is very dedicated to his performance in track sports and is eager to start the season. One thing that many athletes have been doing to be in good running condition, including Hurst, is participating in CrossFit. CrossFit is run by Coach Hurst and has been conditioning students pre-season to be ready for when the track season starts. The session goes for about an hour and students work on different exercises depending on what type of runner they are. Hurst is a short-mid distance runner and competes mainly in the 400m down to the 100m. These races require tons of speed and, especially in the case of the 400m, plenty of mental power. While it can sometimes be very challenging to run in these races, Hurst explains how much he enjoys track and simply states that, “track is life.” The sport is a great part of his life and he meets the season with excitement and anticipation to compete. Hurst is a very talented runner who loves track and doesn’t back down when it comes to a good competition. Many of his friends are also on the team and there's no doubt they expect him to perform very well this season. The team will undoubtedly do very well this year and Hurst expects he will be able to do very well for his team. |
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