Calaveras Enterprise sports reporter Guy Dossi met up with Calaveras High School head track and field coach Doug Avrit Monday afternoon before practice. Dossi spoke with Avrit about the recent spring break, the Stanford Invitational and about two basketball players who are new to the team. CE: Well, we are almost at the halfway point of the season. There is still a lot on the line, so what are your thoughts of how the team is performing up to this point? DA: We’ve got a lot of talent and we are trying to bring it all around and get ready for the pugh through April. We don’t have a cluster this week, but we start next week with our MLL clusters. I feel good, for the most part. We are trying to get people healthy so we can be at full strength. But a lot of kids are competing, running well, throwing well, jumping well, so we just hope that coming that two week break that we can get the team back together where we are practicing at regular times. We are looking forward to the home stretch. …show more content…
That’s a lot of time to be away from school. In that time I imagine some kids left town on vacation or had other obligations that kept them away from practicing. How did you handle the spring break? DA: The difficult thing is that we are a rural school. Kids live 20 miles away and not 10 minutes. For some kids, that becomes a challenge. You have kids that families go on vacation. We had good turnout, but it still wasn’t everybody that could make it here every day for practice. I think we do a pretty good job, but yes, it’s a difficult thing. It could be 16 or 17 days that a kid could miss and that could have a significant impact. If we know some kid is going to be gone, we talk them about another way they can train, but it’s not the same as coming to practice and getting the work in. CE: You had some of the members of your girls team compete at the Stanford Invitational over the weekend. How’d it
“We feel good after the win.” Coach Kylie Whaley said, “We have worked on playing together as a team, we’ve struggled with that in some areas throughout the season, so I think we’re finally getting to the point where that’s all coming together.”
The excitement and happiness are what we wanted to feel when hopefully lifting up a trophy. We needed to prove that not one person can talk down about us without there being a consequence. Every day for hours we pushed ourselves and each other. We became stronger individually and as a team. It was time for preseason, and this is where we must justify our position in our division. We played in one of the hardest group divisions in the whole country, which was exceptional because that left no room for failure, it just left room for us to
“We’re beginning to get all of the rosters together and get the coaches lined up, so it’s starting to buzz and get exciting around here,” she said. “We offer several programs in the fall, so it seems like there’s always something going on.”
I hope that everyone's season is off to a good start and that you guys are excited for the upcoming month of "Movember."
I'm doing well and I had a relaxing Thanksgiving break. I hope your break was good as well.
Spring break is supposed to be one of the happiest times of the year: families go on vacation, students and employees can finally relax after months of hard work, and the horrible cold months are finally turning into beautiful, lively new ones. This is how most people would describe spring break, but for me and my family in April of 2010, this was not the case.
I can’t believe my first college semester is almost over. Key word is “almost” because the weeks following thanksgiving break will be critical for me. Even though it’s almost over, I must finish strong. I wouldn’t want all my hard work to go to waste. All the A’s that I earned so far must remain A’s for me in order for me to be happy with my academic performance. These next 3 weeks are going to be hectic, but also relaxing.
In Panama City Beach, Florida, drinking on the beach during Spring Break is illegal, but that is only one month out of the year. Panama City Beach is a tourist town and it relies on people coming from all over the world to visit. The busiest months are during Spring Break and when summer vacation starts. Right now, the law only states drinking any kind of alcohol on the beach during March is illegal and bars that are on the beach front must close at 2 am. The law should be changed to include drinking on the beach during the summer months illegal. If drinking on the beach during Spring Break and the summer months was made illegal fewer people would end up dying while vacationing, less sexual assaults, it will cut down on underage drinking, and the crime rate.
With the Christmas tournament aside, we entered the post-season without a loss. We had a plan for each playoff game from districts to regional. We never deviated from the plan, keeping our eye on the target –
We are on target this week. Leslie has completed the problem statement, Merari has completed the Target Demographics/Population, and Dwayna is on schedule to have her slide on the impact of the Problem completed this week. Our communication this week has been outstanding. We had several email conversations as well as our scheduled Skype conversation Thursday evening. We have worked well together to ensure our presentation would reflect a common theme. At this point in time I do not foresee any issues that will prevent us from successfully completing our team
Many schools take the week off for students to repose which is called Spring Break. I really like spring break because it lets me take time off from school, and it lets me catch up with sports.
Our baseball season has definitely been a rebuilding season, but through the first 3 games of the season, we are 2-1. Over .500. I am really proud of our teams contributions and how be have been hitting the ball, everyone in the lineup is hitting the ball. Our coach has been happy with the improvements and when the coach is happy, the team is happy, and when the team is happy, the fans are happy, and when the fans are happy, the whole team atmosphere is happy. I really am having a fun year, and I will take you through it.
All of it has prepared us for what lies ahead in this game. Remember the fun times we had with team dinners and get-togethers. Not only were these a great time, but they made our team stronger. The losses we suffered together... as a team. The wins we celebrated together… as a team. The silent bus rides we endured after a tough loss. The party bus’ we enjoyed after a great win. All of this again just adds to the depth of our family theme. We have each other’s back, we fight for one another. We don’t do what’s best for ourselves we do what benefits us, as a team. An injury isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a sign that you’re part of the team, putting yourself on the line for the team, for the family. All these experiences have led up to this moment. We knew it would come to this. We knew we were in the middle of the table, and now we have to fight for our playoff spot. Now is the time to
The team was ready, we had been working extremely hard for the past seven months for this. We were all in great shape and very rested. A few of the returning players were meeting me at my house to carpool to the final game of the state championship tournament. Everyone knew that the hard work had paid off when we won the semi-final game the preceding day.
Have you ever been on a vacation? To me a vacation is a time to be with friends or family. When I think of vacations, I think of packing, the flight or drive, and relaxation. Not only is it very exciting to go on a vacation, but you get closer to the people that go with you.