Grace Paparo and Lily Loewenguth Staff Writers<\/p>\n
This season, Jamesville-DeWitt High School\u2019s Varsity Girls and Boys Soccer teams have come very far in very little time. Both teams rank in the top three, with the girls team ranked first and the boys team ranked third in the Salt City Athletic Conference. Both teams have high hopes of making it to, and winning, sectionals this year despite their losses.<\/p>\n
This year, the Lady Rams moved into the Salt City Athletic Conference and so are now playing teams who they wouldn’t usually play. Despite this they started off strong with a record of 8-2, losing only to West Genesee and Fulton. Their biggest rivals this year are Fayetteville-Manlius, East Syracuse-Minoa and West Genesee. \u201cGoing into the season, the girls set goals and each player concluded they all want to communicate better and become better players as a team and individually,\u201d said Head Coach Haley Nies.<\/p>\n
Since they have set these goals, \u201cthere has been a lot team bonding,\u201d says sophomore Grace Dimkopoulos. \u201cAlong with becoming better, the team also wants to make it to sectionals. In order to make it that far they want to continue to work as a team and use scoring opportunities wisely,\u201d says sophomore Sydney Baker. Although past loses have had an impact on the team, they decided to not let it affect how they play. \u201cWe\u2019ve decided to fight harder and become more competitive.\u201d says senior captain Lainey Foti.<\/p>\n
The experiencing of losing in states two years in a row has motivated them this year because they know what losing feels like after making it so far and they don\u2019t want to feel like that again. In the face of losing many \u201ccontributing\u201d seniors and last year’s top scorer, Foti says the team had to do a lot of adjusting. But they are now \u201clooking good\u201d and have their eyes on winning a state championship. \u201cThis year we\u2019re going to win,\u201d said Dimkopoulos and Baker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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