8th Grade Sports

8^th grade sports

 By: Haiden Shroyer

          As an 8^th grader I start to wonder why we don’t have many sports to choose from. I do think that we deserve to have many more sport options other than volleyball, basketball, and football. Many are not interested in those sports leaving those students inactive. I do understand that it can be expensive, but you could require each player to pay for things such as jerseys. I really think that we should have an 8^th grade cheerleading, soccer, softball and baseball team. I think that would prepare student for the high school teams and make our teams a lot better with more productive and experienced players. I know that this will make players better because I play competitive softball throughout fall, spring, and summer, and we start practicing towards the end of winter. So I know the more you play the more they learn about the sport but for the other players that don’t get to play that much it could really affect our team’s playing abilities.  Things like this could help students behave better and also have more things to put on their college applications. Colleges scout for players from around 8^th-12^th grade. I know this because there our almost always scouts at my softball tournaments taking notes on our players abilities, attitude, and whether they listen to their coaches or not.  This could help the people that can’t afford to pay for college because they could get a scholarship to college because of their abilities.