The Rampage

Ellen Bombela News Editor The Southeast Polk girls’ soccer team has had tryouts all week to determine what team each of the girls will be on. Starting on Monday, the girls have been going through a series of drills, conditioning, and scrimmages to help the coaches decide who belongs on each team.  On Monday the focus was a series of different stations that worked on different skills. On Tuesday, practice was moved indoors due to the weather conditions. The focus was small sided games such as 3 vs 3, or 4 v 4, and 5 v 5.  On Wednesday, practice was cut short, but it was full of running and conditioning. On Thursday, players worked on their shooting skills. Friday, the last day of tryouts, will consist of full-filed 11 v 11 scrimmages. The coaches all met Thursday after practice to decide on teams. Varsity will consist of 18 field players and two goalies. Teams are going to be announced Friday after practice, and team meetings will be held at 9:00 a.m. at the high sc...

Drew Brown Staff Reporter           Tryouts are being held for the freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity for both the boys’ and girls’ soccer teams. With lots of competitive players all going for the varsity spots it’s going to be close on who makes it and who doesn’t in the lineup.           “After the parent meeting this week we will hopefully find out who the keeper will be for the [boys] varsity team,” said sophomore CJ Dobbins who is also going for the spot as goal keeper.           “The teams are looking really strong this year and I’m excited for the season to start,” said Dobbins. Competitive teammates will either bond the team together or cause some major drama between the players. “The team’s bond is traditionally strong and we would like to keep it that way for the years to come,” said Dobbins. Try outs are scheduled to end on Fr...