Sports are beneficial to students’ lives because they keep them active. Some of the fall favorites at the Springs School are tennis, soccer, and cross-country.
Springs doesn’t have a swim team, but that doesn’t mean Springs kids can’t swim. In fact, in the last East Hampton High School varsity swim meet, the eighth grader Avienne O’Shea was named swimmer of the meet for the girls team. Her captains said that she has proven to be a tough competitor and they were impressed by her fearlessness.
The school’s soccer coach, John King, said it is a lot of fun to coach and teach kids the basics of the game. “I don’t like losing but sometimes they [other team] just plays better.”
Cross-country challenges kids as they run long distances on rough terrain. At a meet earlier this month, the seventh grader Natalia O’Brien came in seventh. “I felt very accomplished because these meets were my first and I have never run cross-country before so I felt very proud to do so well,” Natalia said. For the boys cross-country team, Wyatt Musser placed sixth and Dylan Sheades came in seventh. Both are in eighth grade.
Tennis is also in full swing. “What made me join the tennis team is that I wanted to try a new sport and I thought tennis would be a good choice,” said one player, Emory Prado, who said she likes playing with different people and competing against different people.
Sports fans, clear your calendars and come cheer for Springs athletes. Tomorrow, the girls soccer team will play a home game against Hampton Bays at 4 p.m. On Tuesday, the girls tennis team will face Pierson at Mashashimuet Park in Sag Harbor. On Wednesday, the boys soccer team has a home game against East Hampton at 4 p.m.
By Colin Stone, Sawyer Prado, Henry Sullivan, and Novella Dunham, Grade 6