Fall Sports

Joe Korn                                                                                    Fall Sports

 

As another fall passes, so does another season of Sterling’s Fall Sports and boy was it a good one.  The girls’ volleyball team won another division title, their fourth in just five years while the Boys and girls soccer each won championships for the first time in 1986. That’s 28 years of no championships and no reasons to celebrate; however, that didn’t stop Mr. Maryls or Mrs. Caracciolo because they went out this year and brought home their own individual achievements. The boys’ team captured their division, the Liberty Division, and made progress in the playoffs while the girls’ team went all the way and won the South Jersey Group II title. Meanwhile , Cross Country put together a 15 and 3 record this season and Senior Sean Macpherson won the SJ and State Group II Championships, something that no Sterling runner has done in a long time. Football continues to excel with the help of Devon Tucker, who set personal and school records this year with 1400 rushing yards. No team ever wins a championship without loss and struggles though and even if teams like the Girls Tennis and Field Hockey didn’t make the playoffs this year, they have shown great promise. First year coaches Mrs. Rella and Ms. Ehret, respectively, are trying to build up their teams and hopefully become the team that they are hoping for. Regardless of wins or losses, each team performed admirably on the field, showing great sportsmanship and respect to the other teams. Last year, we actually won the Colonial Conference Sportsmanship award. This award recognized that we play the game the correct way and that we play with class every time, win or lose.

Individually, we performed as well as we did as a whole. Over twenty of our best athletes made All Conference this year including Devon Tucker, Sean Macpherson, and Jelani James. Every year, our athletes give it their all and those twenty that made it this year are living proof of that statement. We may not be a “Haddonfield” or a “West Deptford” but we are Sterling High School and we should be proud of our teams and what they have accomplished this year. All of the athletes who took part in our fall sports did great and should be proud to be part of sterling’s athletic program. What we might lack in terms of championships or titles we make up for heart and spirit.