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From the Sports Editor
Games are more than wins and losses
Michael Wojtychiw
Sports Editor
Hello from your
friendly sports
editor! I’ve made
my way up to the front
of the paper and I won’t
be talking sports! Well,
kind of.
This past weekend, I
was fortunate enough to
cover one of the championship
games of the PepsiCo
Showdown featuring
one of our area schools,
Regina Dominican. While
the game didn’t go as the
Panthers had hoped (Page
41), this game was about
more than wins and losses.
The 2018 version of the
Panthers is made up of 14
freshmen or sophomores
— out of 27 players.
While to some that might
not seem like a lot, to
have just over half of a
team in either their first or
second year playing at the
high-school level can be
difficult.
But the Panthers, under
the leadership of first-year
coach Katie Bak, have
bought in. And not only
to the on-the-field team
aspect to the game, but the
off-the-field aspect as well.
It’s easy for players to
get along on the field and
only there, because at that
time, they have one common
goal: to win a game.
But getting along on the
field doesn’t always equal
getting along off of it.
However, that doesn’t
seem to be a problem with
this year’s squad.
Despite struggling in
the title game against
Pritzker, you never saw
players get down on each
other. No matter what the
play would evolve into,
you would constantly hear
the Regina players offering
words of encouragement
to their teammates,
telling them not to get
down on themselves and
to lift their heads up high.
It doesn’t take much to
brighten many people’s
moods and it seemed like
this was the case for the
Panthers, as even after the
game, the girls were all
smiles, laughing and joking
with each other.
That all comes from the
top down. It’s a testament
to Bak and her staff for the
culture they’ve instilled in
the young squad in such
a short period of time.
Much like the players on
the field, the coaches, on
the sidelines, were always
yelling words of encouragement.
“Nice job (insert
name)!” and “That’s
the way to do it (insert
name)!” were just some
of the things that could
be heard coming from the
sidelines.
Sometimes, we forget
that sports are just a game.
go figure
1965
And it’s easy to. The competitive
nature in all of us
drives us to want to be the
best and this is no more
evident than in athletics.
But life is about so much
more than a win and a
loss. After the game, after
the season, after a player’s
career, the games will be
just a memory. Relationships
can be forever.
Next time you want to
tell someone something
that may be negative in
any light, step back and
ask, “Is it really worth it?”
An intriguing number from this week’s edition
The year the adviser
program at New Trier High
School was last reviewed.
Read more on Page 3.
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