The quick news is the Women's Volleyball lost to Wyzata in Sectional 6AAA play Thursday night 3 games to 1. The games were close and in each game the lead went back and forth. Being sectional Runner-up is the furthest the volleyball has ever advanced in the state tournament. Congratulation Lady Lakers on a great season!
That the sport's news. But the real news of these past few weeks may be the character and support victors. In the last three men's Soccer games the Southwest fans outnumbered it's opponent by a bunch. Even in the championship round the Southwest students in attendance outnumbered the students from Apple Valley. And if you want to talk about sportsmanship and language and general rudeness -- Southwest was the victor in all those categories.
Tonight the volleyball team played Wyzata. The Lakers weigh in at around 1,800 students. Wyzata has over 3,000 students. The Southwest student fans crowded two full bleacher sections and had to number at least 250 and was not counting the Men's Soccer team who came late after their second in the state place finish at the Metrodome.
You can probably guess where this is headed. Southwest has 1,800 students and over 250 students supporting other students. Wyzata with is 3,000 students barely had 40 students in attendance for support of it's volleyballs team. The Southwest students support one another. They care about each other. They cheer, attend the events, travel to away games ,come to the plays and applaud the efforts of their friends and classmates.
Sometimes we may not be pretty. And sometimes our buildings aren't as cute as theirs, but we got community. The final scores end up in the paper and there is nothing wrong about winning, but at the end of the day which is the true mark of real winners? What do we really need in life to make it all work? We stand together. We stand tall and we are proud... Of our individual efforts and those of our team mates and classmates.
This is a great place. This is a great community. We are Southwest!
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