Riverside Fall Sport Senior Q&A: Part 2

School is back in full swing and so are high school sports!

Two sports in general are back on the field: Soccer and Football.

Senior athletes in both sports offered perspectives on the season ahead and their plans for the future.

This is part two of a two part series featuring Riverside High School seniors in fall sports. [VIEW PART 1]

Soccer: Maggie Hardin

Credit: Jim Hall (jhalls photos.com)

How many years have you been playing soccer? I’ve been playing soccer for 15 years

What is your favorite part of soccer? My favorite part of soccer is being with my team and being successful with them and coming out of a game on top with a victory.

How have you and your team been getting ready for the new season? We have been working very hard conditioning and training in the off season more than ever.

Who do you feel is your biggest rivalry this upcoming season? Our section is pretty much equally competitive, I would say our biggest rivalry this season would be Mohawk.

What is one skill you have learned from soccer that you will utilize in your future and how? One skill that I learned in soccer that I will use in my future is that you can’t put the blame on one person when something goes wrong. It’s a team sport, when we don’t come out on top, it’s nobodies fault, it’s a team effort.

What are your future plans after graduation? Will you continue to play sports after high school? My future plans after high school include going to a 5 year physician assistant program. I am still open to possibly playing soccer after high school.

Soccer: Chase Grinnell

Credit: Jeff Grinnell

How many years have you been playing soccer? This will be my 12th year playing soccer.

What is your favorite part of soccer? Creating a lot of friendships and memories with my teammates. I also love the atmosphere on the field of high school games.

How have you and your team been getting ready for the new season? We started in the winter playing in an indoor league and then practicing three times a week throughout the summer.

Who do you feel is your biggest rivalry this upcoming season? I feel like Sewickley Academy will be our biggest rival this season.

What is one skill you have learned from soccer that you will utilize in your future and how? That everyone has to work together and everyone can be a leader. Trying to do something indvidually when your with a team will not lead to success. I have learned this through soccer because when we work as a team we have a higher success rate.

What are your future plans after graduation? Will you continue to play sports after high school? Attend college and major in Neuroscience. I will most likely try out for a club team at college.

Football: Ben Hughes

How many years have you been playing football? I have been playing football for 11 years

What is your favorite part of football? My favorite part about football is the atmosphere of a game because there is nothing else like it

Who do you feel is your biggest rivalry this upcoming season? Our biggest rivalry this year is Ellwood

What is one skill you have learned from football that you will utilize in your future and how? The ability to not give up and to push threw l tough times and it will help with all things in life

What are your future plans after graduation? Will you continue to play sports after high school? I plan to attend college to study sports management and statistics and I am trying to play football in college