State Tournament
Roster
Cpt. James Greene (Sr.)
Cpt. Stephen Oleski (Sr.)
Tom Yunus (Jr.)
Saul Tobin (Jr.)
Steven Davidovitz (Soph.)
Alex Friedman (Fr.)
Jang-Hoon Yoon (Fr.)
Yong Hoon Yoon (Fr.)
Results
Belmont - 0 Amherst - 15
Belmont - 4 Needham - 15
Belmont - 6 Masconomet - 13
So as you can see, the results are pretty depressing. However, the scores simply fail to tell the whole story. First, the roster we have is not what I would call an all-start team. What it is, is a collection of dedicated, hard working kids. Despite being out-manned and overpowered, no one on the team gave up, and everyone gave it 100% each and every point. Words cannot express just how proud I am of my teammates.
On a more personal level, my participation in the State Tournament is my own private triumph. Many of us, I believe, let society dictate what is and isn't important to us. To wit, high school graduation is held as an necessary rite of passage that everyone must experience. It is somehow essential to being a complete person, a hallowed ceremony that marks ones passage into adulthood. And I disagree. I believe a true mark of maturity is dictating your development on your own terms. Although I wasn't in the gym, wearing a cap and gown, (which look pretty silly anyways) I did graduate. The State Tournament was my graduation. Though it may not be recognized by society as a whole, that is beside the point. I'm the one living my life. I am the one that deserves to dictate what is a real "graduation" and what is just an anthropological construct.
Cpt. James Greene (Sr.)
Cpt. Stephen Oleski (Sr.)
Tom Yunus (Jr.)
Saul Tobin (Jr.)
Steven Davidovitz (Soph.)
Alex Friedman (Fr.)
Jang-Hoon Yoon (Fr.)
Yong Hoon Yoon (Fr.)
Results
Belmont - 0 Amherst - 15
Belmont - 4 Needham - 15
Belmont - 6 Masconomet - 13
So as you can see, the results are pretty depressing. However, the scores simply fail to tell the whole story. First, the roster we have is not what I would call an all-start team. What it is, is a collection of dedicated, hard working kids. Despite being out-manned and overpowered, no one on the team gave up, and everyone gave it 100% each and every point. Words cannot express just how proud I am of my teammates.
On a more personal level, my participation in the State Tournament is my own private triumph. Many of us, I believe, let society dictate what is and isn't important to us. To wit, high school graduation is held as an necessary rite of passage that everyone must experience. It is somehow essential to being a complete person, a hallowed ceremony that marks ones passage into adulthood. And I disagree. I believe a true mark of maturity is dictating your development on your own terms. Although I wasn't in the gym, wearing a cap and gown, (which look pretty silly anyways) I did graduate. The State Tournament was my graduation. Though it may not be recognized by society as a whole, that is beside the point. I'm the one living my life. I am the one that deserves to dictate what is a real "graduation" and what is just an anthropological construct.