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tense LEAGUES

,katers, kickers, dribblers and spikers competed in aggressive and pressure-free seasons.

While running around the track is hea rt Th e hockey team ended the regul ar seaso n
pumping, and throwing a pigskin up and with 20 wins and 4 losses, and for the first time
down a 100 ya rd field is ex hilarating, nothing in MN hi story, the team won state. Th e boys
matches the ad renaline ru sh of MN hockey. battled through an intense ly close ga me, once
"Th e best thing about hockey is how fast- aga in beating Papillion 3-2 in sudden death.
paced and intense it is. Plu s, you get to hit Hockey is not the only non-NSAA sport
people. It's on ice, too, so it's different from offered at MN. With a se lect number of spots
most other sports, and not everyone ca n play ava ilable on sc hool teams, basketball, volley-
it," se ni or Kyle Conway sa id. ball and socce r intramurals all owed students to
Throughout the seaso n, although they play without stress from parents, coaches, and
encountered many tough teams, they were themse lves.
able to hold their own while enj oyin g the "I liked how intramurals gave us the chan ce
long ride. to play with our friends and have fun. There
"In our first ga me aga inst Papillion, they wasn't any press ure from fans, and we could go
were winning 2-1. W e pulled our goa lie to out and just do whatever we wanted," freshman
try to sco re aga in, but Pap illion threw th e intramural socce r playe r Matt Gaebler sa id.
puck down and won. It was a close ga me, All of the seaso ns ended with a flourish of fun
and si nce they're such a good tea m it was and activity. So me sports had more pressures
important," sop homore John Roberts sa id. than others, but that's all just part of the ga me.
H ckey and Intramural