BY GABRIELA GARCIA
When it comes to playing Judson, it always comes back to the same question: what's the focus in playing against the rival school?
For some, like sophomore soccer player Ashanti Pettit, it's nothing too complicated: "To play aggressively and make goals!" In other words, just play the game. In fact, despite the obvious rivalry against Judson in the past, these girls see it as just another game. "We take every game equal," Pettit said. "Nothing specific."
These girls all get along and play together as if they were protecting family. Of course there are down sides to the excitement on the field, like losing, like getting hurt.
For the boys' soccer team, even though they lost, "support is everything to us," junior Skye Zales said.
It can be daunting playing a rival, and losing to any team can be even more so. But freshman Pedro Esparza takes it as a learning experience, something that the team can grow from.
"We lost 3-1," Esparza said of the team's recent game against New Braunfels. "It should have been 2-1, but one of our players was trying to clear the ball away from the goal and accidentally got it in the other goal. We were upset at first, but, you know, everyone makes mistakes. That's how we get better."
When it comes to playing Judson, it always comes back to the same question: what's the focus in playing against the rival school?
For some, like sophomore soccer player Ashanti Pettit, it's nothing too complicated: "To play aggressively and make goals!" In other words, just play the game. In fact, despite the obvious rivalry against Judson in the past, these girls see it as just another game. "We take every game equal," Pettit said. "Nothing specific."
These girls all get along and play together as if they were protecting family. Of course there are down sides to the excitement on the field, like losing, like getting hurt.
For the boys' soccer team, even though they lost, "support is everything to us," junior Skye Zales said.
It can be daunting playing a rival, and losing to any team can be even more so. But freshman Pedro Esparza takes it as a learning experience, something that the team can grow from.
"We lost 3-1," Esparza said of the team's recent game against New Braunfels. "It should have been 2-1, but one of our players was trying to clear the ball away from the goal and accidentally got it in the other goal. We were upset at first, but, you know, everyone makes mistakes. That's how we get better."