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This is, unfortunately, a statement that I know many parents and athletes will disagree with me on but it's true. All students have the right to try out for any sport, that's definitely true. All athletes deserve the chance to play on a team but that's only true to a cer- tain extent. Too many times it seems that athletes feel the fact they are seniors or played on varsity the year before makes them auto- matic varsity players for the next year and that's just not true, especially for teams that want to have winning records. Only the athletes who show up for practice, work their hardest, do what they're told to do and play as team players deserve to be on varsity. And even then, when the coach sends those varsity athletes to a position they don't normally play, they need to recognize the fact that the coach had reasons for moving them to the new position and keep their complaints to them- selves. A difficult part of being a coach is dealing with un- happy parents and I think that most of the time, the complaints regarding where an athlete is placed on the field comes from the par- ents, not from the athlete and this is just wrong. Parents need to realize that trying to fight their kids' battles by arguing with a coach's decisions will not do their children any good. Some par- ents who are influen- tial an cer- tain com- munities By EMILY feel that HANSON they are m charge of the team and the coach is just the fig- urehead and that's not true. Parents should have no say regarding what happens on the field or in practice beyond making sure their children are being coached to play the game safely and are being treated fairly. For clarification, simply not playing an athlete because they haven't earned the po- sition or because someone else on the team is more talented is not treating that athlete unfairly. If both of those require- ments are met, parents should really keep their comments to themselves and focus on supporting the entire team, not just their own child. A successful team is like a clock. For the clock to work, the cogs need to move in rhythm and har- mony, working together. For a team to be success- ful, the coach needs to un- derstand the sport and how to coach it properly, the athletes need to listen to their coaches and play by the rules and the parents need to raise their children to understand success is not about getting every- thing their own way, but about working as a unit. Perhaps if all of these pieces came together and people stopped worrying about what they deserve and focus on what they've earned, more success could be found not just on the ath- letic fields and courts but in the world beyond high school athletics as well. SHS boys' golf splits By EMILY HANSON and their No. i kid (Dom emily@masoncounty.comFranks) is going to Stun- ford to play golf," Jensen said. "¢¢e didn't play well The Shelton boys' golf and part of that was the team split its matches conditions." last week. He said the team On April 17, the High- started their match off climbers defeated Mt.slow but that Alec Mar- Tahoma 59-3 at Meadowtinson came back and Park GolfCourse. golfed the final seven "There wasn't much holes well. competition." SHS head "A few kids had trou- boys' golf coach Markble keeping their balls on Jensen said. "We played the fairway," Jensen said. some kids in different Martinson led the spots and put in a kid Highclimbers with a (Nick Guyer) who doesn't score of 38 for 16 points. play much." The Highclimbers' Grant Cation was the next match is scheduled leading golfer for Shelton for 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday with a score of 40 for 14 at Fircrest Golf Course points, against Bellarmine. On April 19, Olympia "Bellarmine will be defeated Shelton 73-63 one of the top teams at Tumwater Valley Golf in the league." Jensen Course. said. "It'll be a real tough "Olympia is the de- match for us and we'll be fending league champion on their course." Tennis to play at 3:30 p.m. to- morrow at home against Continued from page (-3 South Kitsap. The Narrows League playing Stadium away Preliminaries are sched- and with Klokkevold out uled for 2:30 p.m. on with a strained shoulder. Wednesday at South Kit- The team is scheduledsap. !! i;i;!?i;i !;i'!!,!;i:!] iii:ii i::i ::: ;i i iiii ~%~=~