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Kickapoo High Quarterly

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Kickapoo High Quarterly

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Passing the Torch: Seniors Share Their Game- Winning Wisdom with Freshmen

Seniors advice Q&A to incoming freshmen of their sports
Senior soccer player, Baylea Davis

Senior soccer player, Baylea Davis.

Q: In your opinion, what is the most important thing a freshmen planning on playing soccer should know?

A: “Something really important to remember, especially as a freshman, is that we play so many games. It is easy to take them for granted. You have to go into each game with a drive and a passion to give your best. One day you will play your last game and you will wish you didn’t take a single game for granted.”

Q: What is your advice to the incoming freshmen to the soccer team?

A: “Be coachable and willing to learn and adapt to different styles of play. High school soccer is very different from club soccer, and that can take some adjusting. If you are willing to learn and respect your coaches you will do great.”

Q: What is something you wish you knew your freshman year of soccer?

A: “Looking back at my freshmen year, I wish I would have been a little easier on myself. We play games pretty much constantly,  so you are bound to have some really good games and some really bad games. You have to be able to wake up the next day for the next game with a clear mind and know that it is a new game so any mistakes you made the day before are in the past, and you need to focus on the new game ahead of you.”

Softball player, senior Kaylee Henderson

Q: In your opinion, what is the most important thing a freshmen planning on playing softball should know?

A: “You are going to need to put in work. You also need to be willing to try new things.”

Q: What is your advice to the incoming freshmen to the softball team?

A: “There will be hard days and you will want to give up but it will all be worth it in the end. The good times will make great memories.”

Q: What is something you wish you knew your freshman year of softball?

A: “That the girls that you play with will become some of your best friends.”

Senior football player, Chase Hamme (Photo by Keegan Clark)

Senior football player, Chase Hamme.

Q: In your opinion, what is the most important thing a freshmen planning on playing football should know?

A: “The most important thing a freshmen football player should know is that the older you get, the more time you are required to spend practicing and preparing.”

Q: What is your advice to the incoming freshmen to the football team?

A: “My advice to incoming freshmen is to never quit, no matter how easy it seems.”

Q: What is something you wished you knew your freshman year of football?

A: “Something I wish I knew my freshman year was how much better I was going to get.”

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