Winter High School Sports Give Us a Boost

Upsets, Title Runs and Even the Tough Losses Keep Us Coming Back

There’s something in the air and it has the not-so-subtle aroma and sound of a gymnasium, but don’t we just love it?  Wood floors, steel beam ceilings, and hard bleachers make for noisy atmospheres, raucous cheering and boy, oh, boy we’re ready.  Yep, it’s time for high school sports to come indoors for a few months.  All across the land basketball and wrestling are cranking it up and we are excited to them roll around to their season again. 

There’s something soothing which reaches down and gets after you when you walk into a gym anticipating a great game or match.  Coaches stand in the corners sharing secret plans with their assistants.  Cheerleaders run around waving at family and friends.  Parents make way to their favorite, and lucky, seats.  Everybody’s eager for the match-up and craning their necks for a first glimpse of the squads as they emerge from their dressing rooms.  The place drips with expectations.   

Granted, sometimes we get out of our cars and walk through the cold air toward the front doors knowing that the outcome isn’t going to be all that pretty for the team we’re cheering for, but then again you just never know, do you?  Upsets happen and one could happen tonight.  It may be one chance in a million, but why not tonight?  We give a quick look up toward the sky and think, Maybe tonight…

Then there’s the pure exhilaration of experiencing the home team methodically building a championship run.  Watching the athletes come together, improving with each outing, and feeling the momentum gather as the season advances.  Seeing them overcome injuries, fighting through the toughest part of their schedule, and bearing down when everything is on the line–as others fall away, our team has the heart, the will, the character…to win it all. 

Is there anything better?