The Finish to a Great Season

 

 



Athletics and active competition is great.  Team spirit, the thrill of the victory, the learning to lose with honor and hard work, all good things,  are part of the learning experiences.

 

Unfortunately, except for one team in every sport the last game of the season results in a lose.  For the Southwest Lakers this season that is true in Football, Soccer and Volleyball.  Each team in its own way  had a unique and wonderful season and each also suffered disappointment.

 

Two runners in Cross Country on continuing on and swimmers and divers are competing but for the majority of participants in those individual sports, the end of the season was its own finish.  Girls tennis finished another season with a strong bunch of younger players.

 

Football players and their families saw the installation of the lights and for the first time in the history of the sport at Southwest could experience Friday Night Lights.

 

Girls Soccer was an up and down season with numerous young players seeing opportunities for the future.

 

Boys Soccer rode the wave of victory and made stellar come-backs and outstanding wins.

 

Volleyball was another strong team with players looking to move on to major colleges to continue their sport and winning another city championship.

 

Cross Country runners, Tennis players and Swimmers and Drivers struggled with their personal best and practiced daily to improve their skills and share in the victories.

 

Now we are approaching the end of the fall sports season.  There is much to celebrate and share in the joys of success.  There are moments of reflection and what could have been.  We have seen the heights of success and the despairs of disappointment.  Let's move from this season to the next with celebration and praise.  We did our best and we were there.  We stood by in the good and bad moments.  We held the flags of competition and hard work high as we exhibited our best.

 

Thank you for a wonderful season and tons of memories.