Battle of the Eagles
Sportsmanship wins out
March 23, 2022
The bell rings. Students pour into the hall and hurry to their next class. A baseball player passes a football player. The football player stares at him, but the baseball player looks straight ahead.
The football player has had enough. He confronts the baseball player. The football player accuses the baseball player of staring at him menacingly. BOOM! Phones come out. Tension is in the air. A fight is about to commence.
There has always been tension between the baseball team and the football team. Part of the tension was caused by the two teams sharing practice space. Baseball would have a game and football would still be on the field, so the baseball coach would get mad and yell at the football team to get off the field. Football wouldn’t have a good practice due to the fact that every other minute a baseball would be hit onto their field and sometimes they worried that they would get hit. Also, baseball would make fun of football for having terrible seasons for many years.
Everything got worse when baseball made fun of football because they went 1-11 in their season. Football also got mad when a baseball player posted an Instagram story calling the football team a “sorry ass team.” That’s when the baseball player started mad-dogging the football player.
The football player had enough and decided he wanted to do something about it. He decided to tell his teammates about the mad-dogging and they wanted to confront the baseball player. Some football players who were friends with some of the baseball players told them to warn the baseball player about the potential conflict.
The baseball player stopped mad-dogging the football player once he got notified about the trouble.
That’s what led to the standoff in the hallway, where it looked like backpacks would come off and phones would come out.
But no fight happened.
Why?
The baseball player didn’t want to jeopardize getting kicked out of the team during the season. The football player respected that decision.
Both players came to an equal decision: they would let the drama between them die down.
“I’m happy that calmer heads prevailed,” Restorative Justice Coordinator Leo Casañas said.
The players made the right decision. Fighting would get them kicked off their teams. Fighting each other would not get them anywhere. There are no pros in fighting, all cons. Because of their devotion to their teams, they settled on an agreement.
That took a lot of sportsmanship.
Agustin • May 24, 2023 at 2:54 pm
Sportsmanship should be utilized on and off the field. True sportsmanship is not merely about winning or losing but about having respect in all situations. It is the ability to acknowledge and appreciate the talents and efforts of opponents, treating them with kindness and courtesy. Thus sportsmanship will always win out.
Agustin Armas
Mrs.Vargas
Period 2
Cesar Becerra • Apr 20, 2022 at 11:54 am
I see a bright future in you kid!
Keiren Moreno • Apr 21, 2022 at 11:41 am
Thanks Cesar!
Desaily Martinez • Apr 19, 2022 at 3:07 pm
I really like how you took the time to explain a little bit about our struggles in our school in the sport, but do you think it would be different if we had more space between the sports at practice? Would things would be different? I also like how our school is competitive.
Andrew • Apr 19, 2022 at 3:04 pm
In my opinion it came out really good on what has been going on. You could have kept going on with it. I really liked reading it, but when the end happened I got sad about it. Like always, there has been tension between baseball team and football team. I would like to read more about them.
Keiren Moreno • Apr 21, 2022 at 11:51 am
No need to get sad, more stories about sports coming soon!
Leilany Villa • Apr 19, 2022 at 2:49 pm
In my opinion it’s a well written article. I like the way you gave us a story in the beginning.
Keiren Moreno • Apr 20, 2022 at 12:02 pm
Thank you!
Anthony • Apr 19, 2022 at 1:55 pm
It is good to read something that I think many people should do. Being able to talk it out with one another means for sure good communication and not acting immature about it. That is one step into becoming an adult, which is to be mature and get along with one another, no matter the tension. Always be ready to talk it out and come to an agreement, especially since there may be dire consequences.
Keiren Moreno • Apr 20, 2022 at 12:00 pm
The way how they resolved the issue in the end is what made me write the story.
Firulias • Apr 19, 2022 at 12:25 pm
I enjoyed reading about the backstory on the drama! I’m glad you guys handled it like mature teenagers and squashed the beef.
Keiren Moreno • Apr 20, 2022 at 11:58 am
I’m glad you enjoyed!
Cruz • Apr 19, 2022 at 12:10 pm
What an incredible story by an incredible man.
Keiren Moreno • Apr 20, 2022 at 11:57 am
Appreciate it Cruz.
Jess • Apr 19, 2022 at 9:46 am
In my opinion it’s really good you could have kept going I wanted to keep reading when it came to an end. I would like to read more of your work.
Keiren Moreno • Apr 19, 2022 at 11:17 am
Thank you Jess! I really appreciate it. More stories coming soon.
Jimmy • Apr 19, 2022 at 9:45 am
I see great things in your future!
Keiren Moreno • Apr 19, 2022 at 11:18 am
Thank you Jimmy!