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Red Sox, Patriots And Lyons - Nov 23, 2007 | 11:33:42
posted by: Josh
Wheaton (Massachusetts) basketball player Jennie Pleat shares her excitement about the upcoming season. The Sox won the World Series for the second time in four years! Growing up just north of Boston, I was raised living and dying with Boston sports teams. Unfortunately, the 1990s were not the best years for the Sox, Celts and Pats. However, the turn of the millennium boosted morale for New England fans. The Patriots are winning their way to the top once again, the Red Sox ended the infamous curse and the Celtics landed two superstars. Nonetheless, my fingers are still crossed! There???s nothing like watching one of your favorite teams win it all. Wheaton College became a chaotic red blur as soon as Papelbon threw the pitch to clinch the clean sweep. Between horns, screams, chants and the faint sound of ???Sweet Caroline,??? half of my friends jumped into the filthy, scummy pond on campus. Halfway across the country, watching the Red Sox players celebrate the win, smiling, cheering and yelling ???number one!??? gave me the chills. My thoughts drifted to that same feeling I experienced first hand in high school, when my basketball team won the state championship two years in a row. There???s really no feeling like it in the world. The only thing on your mind at that moment is ???we did it!??? Pure happiness, relief, accomplishment and confidence ensue. On October 21st, three coaches, thirteen players and three hours of practice marked the beginning of a Wheaton fight for that exact feeling. Now, we are four weeks into our basketball season and I could not be more excited for games to begin. We graduated three valuable seniors last year, but the bulk of the team lies in the sophomore and junior classes. We have one freshman, as opposed to seven last year, which allowed us to pick up where we left off last season. Between lane 6-4-6s, squat holds and lane slides, my teammates and I are getting into the ???game shape??? we worked for throughout the rigorous preseason workouts. We will represent the school we love dressed in Wheaton blue, playing the game we love. All the while, we are family, making memories on and off the court. It???s the beginning of another irreversible season of playing the sport we have loved since elementary school. Together we will strive to achieve our ultimate goal: a championship. To me, pouring your heart and soul into what you love to do is what being a student-athlete, and what life, is all about. With a little inspiration from the Red Sox, the next time we huff and puff back on defense in practice, we can be reminded of that ultimate elation we are working tirelessly for. 
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It means that two very good teams with very good coaches made it to the final game.
- Marie
   
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