Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Sports At Sac High

      There are many sports at Sac High. Sports give students a chance  to stay out of trouble. They also motivate students to keep there grades up. I've heard from several students that if they were not playing sports they wouldn't really care for their grades. It also give students a chance to try something new. This year I wanted to try something new so i tried volleyball  and volleyball was actually a very fun sport. My sister decided to try Wrestling and the outcome was she liked it. Sports at Sac High include Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Football,   Volleyball, Cheerleading,  Weightlifting,.
      Basketball Starts in November for both girls and boys.  The Head coach for girls is Coach Michelle and for boys Coach Swafford. The concept for Basketball is to dribble, pass, shoot, steal, and score. Five players are allowed on the court at a time. there are five positions which are top. two wings and two corners. There are two referee's who ref the games.
      Baseball starts in February.  The head coach is Mr. Norris our P.E  teacher. The concept of baseball is to throw, catch, steal, run hit and pitch. There are nine positions which are pitcher, catcher. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd bases, shortstop, centerfield, left field, and Right feild. the main postions are pitcher and catcher.  baseball is pitched over- hand .Baseball ha to umpires who make calls.  Softball has the same concept but pitches under -hand. The head coach for softball is Donna Malone.
      Football is during august. The head coach is Dhortey our weightlifting teacher. The concept for football is to run, throw, tackle, sack, and pass. There are eleven players on the field at once. The main positions are quarter back, running back, wide receiver, and line backer. 
      Volleyball for girl is during August. The head coach is Matt. The concept for volleyball is to pass, hit, spike, serve, and set.  There are six players aloud on the court at once. the positions are setter, two hitters, a libero, and to other passers. There are normally one referees and two line callers ( other player).
     Cheerleading is year round. The head coach is Ms. Henny. The concept for Cheerleading is to motivate, cheer, and bring spirit up.  The whole cheerleading squad is split up to Junior Varsity and Varsity.
      Weightlifting starts in  November. The head coach is Dhortey who is also our football coach. Weightlifters basically try to lift their mass weight which is however much they can lift.
     Students from Sac High get accepted into college every year for sports. For example, three students got signed a full ride scholarship for basketball. Students have got excepted into CSU Sacramento, Stanislaus, San Diego, Bakersfield, San Francisco, University of Oregon, Kansas, Florida, Washington, Tennessee, Santa Clara, Arizona, Pittsburg, Rice, Central Arizona, USC, and UCLA.. Sac High has went to playoffs and won many Championships. 




      

3 comments:

  1. What the point of this article. State the importance. !

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  2. the importance of the article is to talk about the sports at Sac High

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  3. Good article. Giving great information for ones who don't know about sports. Very long, but interesting. Watch for punctuation errors though.

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