bkgirlssports: THREE-SPORT ATHLETES IN SEARCH OF 50th WIN OF 2008-09 Not too many high school athletes compete at the varsity level in three sports, but at Bishop Kelly there are least four girls who can make that claim. And all four of them are striving to reach a special milestone as the spring sports season comes to an end. The milestone? A  total of 50 wins in a single school year. The four athletes are seniors Cassie Brunelle and Mariah Adcox and juniors Sarah Hassell and Michelle Violette. The four have been teammates for the entire 2008-09 school year, competing in volleyball, basketball, and lacrosse for the Knights. As three-sport athletes for all four years of their high school careers, Brunelle and Adcox have learned to balance academics (Adcox is a 4.0 student, Brunelle carries a 3.98), student leadership positions, and the all important social lives along with the wins and losses. Hassell and Violette are following directly in their footsteps and have been alongside their senior teammates all year long. The 3-Sport Foursome led the Knights to a 13-6 record in volleyball and a trip to the 4A State Tournament, a first for BK since 2003. An 18-5 record and 4A SIC Championship in basketball came next, though Violette missed the final five games of the season with a knee injury and Brunelle was forced to watch a stunning season-ending loss in district due to illness. Now the Fab Four are members of the undefeated (16-0) lacrosse team, and need to run the table in postseason to become Idaho’s 2009 State Champions — and pick up their 50th win in the process.   In an era of specialization, where kids pick a specific sport and play for traveling club teams rather than competing in multiple sports for their school, it’s refreshing to see BK athletes playing — and winning — all year long for their school teams.

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THREE-SPORT ATHLETES IN SEARCH OF 50th WIN OF 2008-09

Not too many high school athletes compete at the varsity level in three sports, but at Bishop Kelly there are least four girls who can make that claim. And all four of them are striving to reach a special milestone as the spring sports season comes to an end.

The milestone? A  total of 50 wins in a single school year. The four athletes are seniors Cassie Brunelle and Mariah Adcox and juniors Sarah Hassell and Michelle Violette. The four have been teammates for the entire 2008-09 school year, competing in volleyball, basketball, and lacrosse for the Knights.

As three-sport athletes for all four years of their high school careers, Brunelle and Adcox have learned to balance academics (Adcox is a 4.0 student, Brunelle carries a 3.98), student leadership positions, and the all important social lives along with the wins and losses. Hassell and Violette are following directly in their footsteps and have been alongside their senior teammates all year long.

The 3-Sport Foursome led the Knights to a 13-6 record in volleyball and a trip to the 4A State Tournament, a first for BK since 2003. An 18-5 record and 4A SIC Championship in basketball came next, though Violette missed the final five games of the season with a knee injury and Brunelle was forced to watch a stunning season-ending loss in district due to illness.

Now the Fab Four are members of the undefeated (16-0) lacrosse team, and need to run the table in postseason to become Idaho’s 2009 State Champions — and pick up their 50th win in the process.   In an era of specialization, where kids pick a specific sport and play for traveling club teams rather than competing in multiple sports for their school, it’s refreshing to see BK athletes playing — and winning — all year long for their school teams.

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