Gateway High School - Olympiad Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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fewfrozemlfr ' ' 'ik' 'O' ' ' 'Q' ' Blood, Svveot, ond Teorsi Oftentimes while porticipoting in o sport you hod to tolse the risls of on injury, An injury thot could even put on othlete out for the seoson, moybe even life. Athletes experienced such things os bloody noses, bruises, brolsen bones, ond muscle injuries. Any sport vvos dongerous to o certoin degree but the othlete vvos willing to tol-xe thot risls, They gove TOOCZ, for themselves, their teoms, ond thot criticizing cooch. Sports were difficult ond ony othlete hod to put forth o lot of hord vvorls. Proctices seemed to lost forever. Often- times while running the sguore, lifting vveights, or doing exercises, we would be totolly exhousted. Even ofter the point of exhoustion, the othlete would push on, give thot second effort, ond breols through l'the vvollf' Our moth- ers begon to resent vvoshing svveoty shorts ond TfShirts every night. Why do you thinl-2 they coll them 'lsvveot suits onyvvoy? lt didn't motter to the othletes though, we were dedicoted. Sports ore not olvvoys pleosont, there ore times when you won't olvvoys get everything thot you vvonted. After losing o big competition othletes would feel lilse crying, ond sometimes they even did. lt is o hord feeling to occept when you hove given your oll, but thot wosn't good enough. Losing could be depressing, but when you did win, it vvos domn well vvorth it. The thrill of winning vvos o wonderful feeling, but vve oll leorned how to occept the ogony of defeot through our efforts in othletics.

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VFWRSITY FGGTBHLL ON OUR WAY TO STATE. lr was a season ro remember, rhe Vorsify foofboll feam lsepr alive a long eighr game winning srreals vvirh very close vicfories, vvirh exciting finishes. We never gave up, fhis ream has a lor of confidence in rhem- selves and never felr they were bearen by anyone, said Mr. Dulse Iverson, summing up his feelings abouf fhis year's reom and rheir We never gave up,- rhis rearn has a lar of Conhdence in rhemselves and rhey never felr rhey were bearen by anyone. incredible season, No mafrer how bad rhe sifuafion looked, we come bacls and won some prerfy imporranr games. The season srorred vvirh bacle-ro-back losses ro Arapahoe and Fairview before rhey monaged ro sneols by Douglas Counry 24-17. The Olys played 0 terrific firsf half and led ar rhe end of rhe rhird period 24-O. However, 0 less rhan enrhused foorball reom gave up 17 fourrh quarfer poinrs. 110 Varsiry Foorboll