Friday, September 26, 2008
FV vs. Chaminade 9/25/08
Last night Field Hockey played Chaminade High School at Chaminade's home field. The game started at 6 PM which is unusual, but the two hour long bus ride that the girls had to take to get there helped them to get pumped for the game. Also adding to the excitement of the game was the fact that the girls happened to see Will Smith and Alfonso Ribeiro leaving their sons' football game that took place on the field that the girls played on afterward. With all of this excitement in the air the Lady Barons started from the first blow of the whistle to put everything that they had on the field. Within five minutes Jackie O. a sophomore on the team and a second year letterman scored a goal. The referee took the goal away by saying that a foot foul occurred; however, Jackie answered back by scoring again two minutes later. Throughout the rest of the half, Jackie scored another goal as well as Priya, a senior on the team, and Taylor Merickel, a sophomore. So at the end of the first half the score was 4 to 0 and it remained that way for the rest of the game thanks to the Baron's strong defense and amazing goalie Susie Toumanian. This is the second preseason win in a row that these ladies have had so their preseason record is two wins and three losses. The field hockey girls start league play next week against Westminster High School at Westminster's home field.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
FV vs. Bonita 9/24/08
Last night the FVHS Field Hockey team played Bonita High School at Bonita's home field. Although the weather was staggeringly hot we came ready to play. When the game started we immediately started to apply pressure to their defense. Jennifer Schultz scored a goal within the first five minutes followed by Ashley Woody, who usually plays defense, scoring one about twenty minutes later. So at the half we were up by two and determined to win our first game of the season. When the second half began Bonita began to fight back with the desire to win. They managed to score a goal after a momentary break down, but Jackie Matthews answered back with a goal five minutes later. So at the end of the game the score was 3 to 1 Fountain Valley. Some other key players were goalie Susie Toumanian who made some amazing saves throughout the game and Taylor Merickel who played center mid and made some great passes. The JV team played immediately afterward and won 1 to 0.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
The Truth of Field Hockey
If you happen to walk to or from the Valley Vista Parking Lot on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m.., you may notice a stream of Lady Barons making their way around the track and field hockey field repeatedly. At first glance these girls may appear to be from soccer or cross country, judging by how much they are running, but in fact they are the school’s little known field hockey team, working hard as usual.
As the co-captain of the varsity team, I know how hard the team works. Unfortunately though, I often hear comments such as “Is field hockey even a sport?”, “I heard all the field hockey girls are lesbians.”, and even “Field hockey players aren’t real athletes.” And although there are many angry and inappropriate responses a player could make to these accusations, I always answer calmly and firmly.
First of all, field hockey is as much of a sport as any other the school offers. The girls work harder than anyone will ever know and the amount of determination and dedication each one has is staggering. Field hockey takes a tremendous amount of effort. It involves skill, agility, and a lot of practice ,and it is definitely not just a bunch of little girls running around in skirts chasing a ball.
To the other comment about field hockey players all being lesbians, the answer is a definite, “No!” This is a very degrading rumor and I don’t know how it was started. However, most of the girls have a boyfriend or are trying to snag that hot boy from their science class. But even if they didn’t though, why would it matter if one of the girls was a lesbian? We’re all athletes and the only thing that should matter is how we play.
The fact that people believe that we are not athletes is the most upsetting rumor that I’ve heard. As I said before, we work just as hard or even harder than many of the other athletes at the school. A typical practice includes starting out running anywhere from two to three miles, followed by an hour and a half of strenuous drills, and ending with a seemingly unbearable amount of sprints. If these activities could be done by just anyone then the entire school would be on the team! This is not meant to try to make it sound like field hockey is the only real sport in the world because I know by playing soccer as well that all of the teams at FVHS work hard; however, to me it seems that field hockey is the only one that has this bad reputation attached to it.And although we may not be the best team on campus, we try very hard each game. Our record may be a losing one at the moment, but I believe this year will be different. We have the talent and determination to make it to CIF finals if we will just believe in ourselves. Maybe then the rest of the world will take field hockey seriously
As the co-captain of the varsity team, I know how hard the team works. Unfortunately though, I often hear comments such as “Is field hockey even a sport?”, “I heard all the field hockey girls are lesbians.”, and even “Field hockey players aren’t real athletes.” And although there are many angry and inappropriate responses a player could make to these accusations, I always answer calmly and firmly.
First of all, field hockey is as much of a sport as any other the school offers. The girls work harder than anyone will ever know and the amount of determination and dedication each one has is staggering. Field hockey takes a tremendous amount of effort. It involves skill, agility, and a lot of practice ,and it is definitely not just a bunch of little girls running around in skirts chasing a ball.
To the other comment about field hockey players all being lesbians, the answer is a definite, “No!” This is a very degrading rumor and I don’t know how it was started. However, most of the girls have a boyfriend or are trying to snag that hot boy from their science class. But even if they didn’t though, why would it matter if one of the girls was a lesbian? We’re all athletes and the only thing that should matter is how we play.
The fact that people believe that we are not athletes is the most upsetting rumor that I’ve heard. As I said before, we work just as hard or even harder than many of the other athletes at the school. A typical practice includes starting out running anywhere from two to three miles, followed by an hour and a half of strenuous drills, and ending with a seemingly unbearable amount of sprints. If these activities could be done by just anyone then the entire school would be on the team! This is not meant to try to make it sound like field hockey is the only real sport in the world because I know by playing soccer as well that all of the teams at FVHS work hard; however, to me it seems that field hockey is the only one that has this bad reputation attached to it.And although we may not be the best team on campus, we try very hard each game. Our record may be a losing one at the moment, but I believe this year will be different. We have the talent and determination to make it to CIF finals if we will just believe in ourselves. Maybe then the rest of the world will take field hockey seriously
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