Sports

The Most Varied Team in High School Sports

Massimo Ciaschetti, Editor • April 23, 2024

Evan Craner running at a cross country meet

Football players, basketball players, wrestling players, and of course cross country and indoor track players: all these athletes are part of one of the biggest high school sport teams at Grantsville high school.

As every year the Grantsville track team is very numerous, in fact athletes from every sport participate to keep in shape for their next season.

There’s only two rules: attend at least 75% of the practices, and, most importantly, have fun.

The team trains every day at 3 in the high school running track, and everybody is welcome to go and try out this very healthy sport.

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The season is already halfway through and the track team couldn’t be looking better, with better results every new meet.

Tuesday, 9th of April, was a really long day for the team, as they participated in an Invitational meet at Tooele High School, as preparation for the upcoming regional meets.

18 total events, going from the 100 meters dash to the javelin throw.

A lot of new records were set, and the athletes from Grantsville high school collected the great result of 22 spots on the podium between all the events.

3 of them were on the highest step, with a gold medal won on the 200m boys dash, on the 400m girls dash, and on the mile run; at the same time the Cowboys stood 10 times on the second highest step, and 9 times on the third step.

Cliff Richardson, junior part of the track team, said, “The track meet was amazing; we didn’t have everyone available because of many injuries but we collected many personal record and we are all looking forward to the meets in the near future.”

The whole team is now already practicing for the next meet, valid for region, that will be on the 10th of April, at Ogden high school.

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About the Contributors

Massimo Ciaschetti

A new school year has came, either you are brand new to a high school or you might be returning for another year, or if your this specific student then you might have traveled the world to be able to come to America to try high school in the American view. Massimo Ciashetti is a foreign exchange student that is from Italy. He has come to Grantsville High School all the way to Utah to try highschool in the American way and see how things are different here than it is in Italy. He decided that he wanted to try something new and come to school here in America. When he and his family went on a family vacation to America they went to Los Angeles and visited the Grand Canyon. After they got back Massimo was interested in coming to school here in America to try something different and he thought that it would be an amazing experience. Him and his family found an agency that is for foreign exchange students and they got all of his information and put him on the website for any family in America to choose him to come live with them and go to school in America. A Family in Grantsville Utah chose him to come live with them and go to school in Grantsville. I asked him, “Why did you choose to come here? There is seriously nothing here. He said, “ I was put on a website for foreign exchange students and a family here picked me and that's why I came here” He can’t choose where he gets to go. He got picked by a family and then he traveled all the way from Rome, Italy to New York to Chicago then to Salt Lake to meet his new family in America. He still has been trying to get used to everything.

Rhylee Clark

A young child runs screaming around the house as she is chased by a dinosaur the size of her. Her family laughs as they play with the remote control. The young child is shy and introverted, but very kind. Scared of the world around her. Growing up in Magna, she had many friends, despite her quiet nature. That changed when she came to Grantsville. “Grantsville got me out of my comfort zone. I originally joined the wrestling team and it changed me drastically” She moved in the fourth grade, and her personality changed and grew into who she is today. The shy introverted girl became loud and boisterous. She did not gain as many friends but the ones she did have drew out her sunshine nature. Though her personality changed for the better, she was forced to grow up sooner than a child should. Her loud personality carried through the rest of elementary school into her teenage years. Through middle school she made new friends and lost old ones. It was there she met a boy named Gabe. She met him in gym class and describes her thoughts as, “He was just the cutest boy I had ever seen.” High school began and she made a few questionable choices. She became rather flirtatious and got into a very toxic relationship. Despite the many boys she pursued, there was only one she really wanted. The boy she loved was the one whose heart she broke. When she realized her mistake, he broke her heart. Despite all of this, they found their way back to each other. They began a relationship that has yet to break, and probably never will. Her outgoing personality and extroverted nature has become such a stark contrast to her child self, near unrecognizable. The shy young girl afraid of the world has become a fearless leader capable of things many never believed she could do. She became a wrestler, getting offers from eight different colleges. She joined soccer and grows in skill each day. Her life and personality has changed throughout the years, but she will always be that kind young girl at her core.