The football team journey to the championships
LSHS puts on a required school send off at the end of the day.
Screenshot in Courtesy of Jayme Taylor
Football state sendoff: The entire football team prepares to get on the bus for the state championship game. Being the only state sendoffs that happened, everyone waited to see how it went. “I think a send-off is a good idea, but the way that it was done in the timing that it was done, I think was off. I think that all groups should be celebrated – and not only football. I think everyone should get praise because there’s a lot of stuff even I didn’t know about, like Robotics and all that type all these clubs, DECA, and nationals,” senior Gavin Quayle said.
The state send off held for the football team’s state game against Graham-Kapowsin had mixed opinions. Some of the students thought it was a good way to show support with the send off, and others did not as the school did not provide a state send off for other sports programs that had athletes traveling for their chance to win state.
“I think overall it’s a good idea to bring attention to any group of people at the school,” senior Gavin Quayle said.
The event showed support from the school and got other students into the idea of supporting one another through big accomplishments.
“I didn’t really think that students liked it, why it was just happening for football,” teacher Karen Morton said.
It’s important to give every athlete a moment to be on the pedestal and see the support and recognition for achieving such a high level. The only team to get a state sendoff was the football team. It left out the other sports like cross country, girls swim and dive, and volleyball without any recognition from the school. The volleyball team chose to put on their own send-off because the school said that they couldn’t take time out of the day to put one on for them.
Some students mentioned alternatives so that the school can show appreciation for all of the students.
“I think that maybe an assembly would be a good idea so that you could just welcome all the athletes who made it to state and have just a celebration that way,” junior Sarah Fleishmann said.
This would give more options to student athletes and give them a chance for the whole school to see them and cheer them on before their big upcoming events at state.
Many students seem to be in agreement that the state send off should have been more fair and inclusive of all sports on a broader spectrum. Student athletes train all year long to make it to this point. School celebrations of state finalists demonstrate that students are supportive of each other and provide opportunities to cheer for one another. The school should have given every athlete a chance to shine, and hopefully, a consistent and fair tradition will develop.
