Southwest Academic Playoffs

Academic League

by Stephanie Luna

The last game for Academic League was held on April 13^th, with Varsity playing against Otay Ranch and Hilltop. Varsity prepared so much for these final games by practicing daily and having scrimages against the JV. The day of the games the whole team met up in front of the school after lunch and got on the bus to the San Diego Office of Education in Linda Vista. The team wasted no time and they kept on studying before the first game against Otay Ranch began. With a bit of an even start, SOH league soon sped up the pace and dominated the toss ups. The ending score of 71-32 looked good for Southwest led them to play the final game against Hilltop High School.

Going into the game, the Varsity players really wanted to beat Hilltop since last year they took the victory from the JV team. The game started off slow for Southwest, as by the halftime Hilltop led with a score of 40-23 but halfway into the second half, they began to gain momentum and were within shooting distant of evening out the score. Unfortunately, time was not on their side and Hilltop got the laast two tossups thus securing their lead . Although the end result was not what the team hoped for they were still glad to be once again be South Bay Academic League Champs. The season for Varsity was an exceptional one having no loses until the last game (13-1), and JV holding their ground too, even though the last two games went against them (10-2) but were still the division champion for JV for the 10th year in a row.

This year was a great one for Academic League, with a whole new batch of players, a new coach and even more motivation. Congradulations on your continous success and Southwest hopes for even more in the following years.