{"id":11284,"date":"2015-05-28T10:35:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T15:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=11284"},"modified":"2015-05-28T11:24:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T16:24:35","slug":"article-5-why-plymouth-high-school-students-compete-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=11284","title":{"rendered":"Why Plymouth High School Students Compete in Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The football team at PHS competes in the fall.
Photo Contributed By: Jordan Kelley<\/p><\/div>\n

By Emma Daniels<\/em><\/p>\n

Students at Plymouth High School have a variety of school-run sports for students to\u00a0compete in.<\/p>\n

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With PHS having over 1,000 students, there are about eight sports for male and female students to choose from. Students have the choice to either take two school sports or complete two Physical Education classes. Senior Taylor Fulton said, \u201cI joined sports because they are something I love to do.\u201d School run sports can include the basics of football, basketball, and soccer, or they can expand into golf, tennis, cheerleading, and marching band. Junior Leticia Torres said, \u201cI am involved in marching band and tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other students choose to compete in sports for the love of the sport. Torres said, \u201cI get way too competitive,\u201d when discussing and competing in her sports. Freshman Ashly Deleon said, \u201cEven though [cheerleading] is scary, I love being in the air. The exhilaration is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

While students join sports due to their competitiveness, others compete because of tradition. Freshman Mackenzie Winrotte said that she plays golf because her \u201cgrandfather plays, mom plays, and dad plays.\u201d Deleon said that she enjoys the individual aspects in sports. \u201cIt’s really nice to have people support you when it [is] your turn to perform or compete.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sports at PHS get photographed and placed in the yearbook.
Photo Contributed By: Jordan Kelley<\/p><\/div>\n

To join a sport, criteria given by the coach or director must be followed. Deleon said that the only requirement given to her is \u201cbravery. Without bravery, you will never achieve anything.\u201d In the sports that Torres competes in, \u201cattendance and working well together are huge requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students are able to compete with multiple different PHS teams at once during a season. Students \u201chave to wait until after practice to start homework so there is times that you have late nights because of games or meets,\u201d said Fulton.<\/p>\n

Sports can lead to minor and severe injuries. Football can cause concussions, basketball can cause ankle problems, tennis can cause shoulder pain, and other various injuries can be caused by sports. \u00a0Torres said, \u201cI broke my ankle in basketball and received a concussion my sophomore year in tennis.\u201d Although students involved in sports are at risk of getting injured, they continue to play the sport. Deleon said, \u201cWe as people are always getting hurt. It’s life. Just because you bang your hip into the table while you\u2019re walking doesn’t mean that you\u2019re never going to go past that table ever again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The competition that sports bring into the player\u2019s life can be encouraging or bring him or her down. The coaches\/directors of sports require several aspects such as bravery and cooperation to be a part of their team. Injuries are nearly inevitable while playing a sport, but students at PHS do not let minor injuries stop them from competing in the sport they love.<\/p>\n

School sports are a part of the average student\u2019s high school experience, whether it be watching from the stands or competing with the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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