John Cho
Drip, drip: sweat slowly rolls off the players’ faces, as they will give everything they have to get onto the varsity basketball team. They will push and fight for every single ball like a warrior because, if not, there is no guaranteed spot. Try-outs were held during the week of October 29th.
Perhaps Dalat’s most popular sport would be basketball; girls and boys play this sport full of passion and desire. Samuel Castro (12), who didn’t make the basketball team in 9th grade, said that he practiced almost every day on the outdoor court, after he finished eating dinner with his Jaffray dorm family. As he practiced, he said, “I always thought I would get better playing scrap ball with my friends; however, I realized I am only going to get better playing against skilled players and high-level competition.”
On the other hand, some basketball players didn’t practice due to the volleyball or soccer season. The boys’ tryout was split over two days. The first day was showing their physical ability, such as agility and speed, and the second day was based on shooting skills and understanding plays.
Some of the athletes have been waiting for this moment, the start of Season 2 sports, since the beginning of the school year. Well, part of the reason is that they wanted to show their skills that they worked on during offseason.
Along with basketball, another sport that excited most of the students was rugby, due to its first entrance as an official Dalat sports; even the teachers were excited about this. A future rugby player, Gavin Zimmer (11), exclaimed, “Dalat is blessed to have such a manly sport once in its lifetime!”
Corresponding to Zimmer, Onyu Kim (11) stated that “I think it is fortunate for people in Dalat to encounter a new sport that is not entirely friendly to them.”
As shown, it is obvious that they wanted to play rugby for Dalat desperately over the years.
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