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those years, I witnessed good
sportsmanship, especially when
my team played against others.
Even though we were on opposite
teams, the opposing players would
help us up if we fell. Or if they lost,
they would still be happy for us.
I’ve seen how good sportsmanship
can positively affect youth sports.”
– MALLORY MELANSON,
JUNIOR
“
When I was little, I used
to be really good at rock
climbing. By the time I was 6, I
was competing against 17-year-
olds. At one competition, an
older boy tried to scare me into
doing badly. He told me stories
of the rock wall falling and that
it could happen to me. I was so
scared, I barely made it to the top
of any of the walls and I placed
worse than I ever had before.
But this situation led to one of
the best acts of sportsmanship
I’ve ever seen. The girl who won
third place heard what happened
and gave me her medal. It gave
me so much hope and cheered
me up, and made me feel like
even in an individual sport, we
were all a team.”
– BROOKE
GOODLAND, SENIOR
“
At my little brother’s
soccer game, he
had the opportunity to score
a goal, but someone on the
other team had fallen. He had a
clear chance to score all on his
own, but instead he passed the
ball to another player so he could
stop and help his opponent up.
Later, he told me how much better
he felt helping someone rather
than scoring a goal.”
– ASHER
LAUFENBURGER, SENIOR
“
Growing up with a
basketball player for
a brother, I was at a game
almost every week and I would
witness bad sportsmanship—
not usually from the court,
but always from the stands.
The student section from the
opposite team would pick
certain players from the
home team and call them
names whenever that
player had the ball. You
would think it was just playful
name calling, but many of
the names were extremely
offensive and were meant to
mess with the player and throw
them off their game. Whether
they won or lost, no good
sportsmanship was ever given
from the crowd.”
– VICTORIA
VREDEVOOGD, JUNIOR
