SJM: The Pride

Baseball has always been senior Chris Schmid’s favorite sport. “I’ve been playing my whole life, and it is fun being on a team rather than playing as an individual,” Schmid said. Since the tender age of two, Schmid has experienced many different coaches and teammates, but none quite like coach Pete Dalena. “He [Dalena] is definitely intense,”... 

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Junior Sarah Monreal has high hopes for the softball team and their chance at playoffs. After a win against Garces, the girls are feeling a great deal of optimism for the rest of the season. Monreal has mixed it up this season with her position, trying to help the team in any way she can. “For the past two years on varsity I have been an outfielder,... 

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A six year golfer, sophomore Conner Chuhlantseff is one of the younger players on the Memorial boys golf team and has shown significant improvement going into his second season. “Last year as a freshman, I felt like I had to earn my respect,” Chuhlantseff said. “So I did by shooting low and helping the team.” With a small team, they learned... 

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The boy’s volleyball team has a number of senior leaders, and one of them you might recognize from the football field. Senior Austin Smith has only been playing volleyball for two years, but it has already emerged as the most enjoyable of all the sports he has played. “Overall ,I think football is my favorite sport, but I’ve never had this much... 

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Senior Titus Garrett is one of only two people representing Memorial as a track athlete this year. Garrett was training after school by himself to prepare for his meets, but without a coach to instruct him, or peers to compare with, Garrett was not thriving. “It was hard, I had to have my own motivation and desire to want to be out here [on the track]... 

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