文章基本信息

标题：Students sound off on how much high-school sports impacts their
作者：Hannah Owen ; Danielle Neeley
期刊名称：Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
印刷版ISSN：0745-4724
出版年度：2005
卷号：Nov 8, 2005
出版社：Deseret News Publishing Company

Students sound off on how much high-school sports impacts their

Hannah Owen, Danielle Neeley

This week the Deseret News Pulse Team of teenage reporters asked their peers how much sports impact their schools, and what it means for school spirit.

"A lot. It brings school spirit, because everyone gets together to go to the games, and without the sports there'd be nothing to do." -- Lisa Wood, sophmore, Bingham High School

"High school sports are something I choose not to waste my time on. West loses in everything, so there is no point in going to the games, and they are boring anyway." -- Mark Hollaar, senior, West High School

"I'd say it's pretty big. Everyone goes to the games." -- Katie Ray, senior, Bingham

"I love high-school sports, because they bring everyone together and bring a spirit of unity and a charged atmosphere that is otherwise lost in everyday life." -- Sam Helgren, sophomore, Redeemer Lutheran High School

"They have a really big impact, because Bingham is the best and we always win. It's the big game." -- Kyle Heaton, senior, Bingham

"The impact that sports have at our school is more rivalry between schools. At the same time they impact how much school spirit we have, especially the sports our school does better in." -- Maelee Brunner, junior, Kearns High School

"High-school sports possess a guise of ability when in reality they hide an ineptitude to excel in the arts and sciences." -- Rusty Bogart, junior, West

"High school sports aren't bad. Although we tend to lose, I have fun watching with friends. And really, who really watches anyway? Games and the like are more social activities than anything else." - - Celia Pietsch, junior, West

Hannah Owen is a junior at West High School, Danielle Neeley is a junior at Kearns High School and Kristen Nielson is a senior at Bingham High School. All are members of the Deseret Morning News Pulse team of high school writers. If you are a Utah high school student and have a topic you would like to see covered, please e- mail pulse@desnews.com or write to Susan Whitney at the Deseret Morning News.