When you think varsity sports at Seaholm, you think seasoned veterans who have been through the junior varsity and/or freshman teams. However, a number of standout freshmen, are breaking the mold and starting on their varsity teams.
Reed Davidson (soccer), Paige Neuenfeldt and Annie Sevec (volleyball), and Jack Howard (cross-country), all freshmen, are on their respective Seaholm varsity sports teams. This makes for a very bright future for Seaholm sports.
“We are going to be a great team for four years, at least,” said volleyball head coach Heather Lippert. “There are even kids in the 8th grade that are good that are coming up.”
The same is true for cross-country freshmen standout, Jack Howard, who is the little-brother of graduated Seaholm track star Ted Howard.
“I just look at what my brother accomplished” said Jack Howard, “and I set the bar at that.”
Jack’s time for the 5k is faster than Ted’s was when he was a freshman, and Ted went on to set the Seaholm record in the same event; which means Jack’s running career may surpass that of his brother.
Though some freshmen would have trouble adapting to the quick pace and tougher opponents on varsity, the same does not seem to be true for Seaholm’s freshmen.
“The level of play is the same to what I’m used to,” said Davidson, who plays year-round for various travel teams.
Some even enjoy the difficulty of varsity.
“The best part about being on varsity,” said Neuenfeldt, “is the competitive games”.
According to the freshmen, the upperclassmen have all been very supportive of them, even, in the words of Coach Lippert, “Adopted them as them their own”
“They’ve all been really nice” said Sevec of the upperclassmen.
The next three years are looking good for Seaholm varsity sports.
“It’s going to be exciting to see how good the freshmen will be in a couple of years” said Sevac.
The whole student body will have the privilege of watching as these four athletes progress into the seasoned veterans who will bring in a whole new batch of freshman prodigies.
