Varsity boys’ soccer goalie, Anthony Kosis, has started every game for the past four years the same way, with a ritual he started in seventh grade. He taps the side post of the goal, the crossbar, and the other side post, and then he prays. “I don’t really know why I do it. I just started believing that it affected my game play, and I just pray before every game now,” said Kosis. The boys’ soccer team has worked hard to earn their record for the season, 8-7-2. The team has honed their soccer skills by having frequent strenuous practices. They try to not only work hard, but to have fun times as well. Sophomore Justin Boehmer said that his favorite moment on the team was when he and Matt VanDeCar, another sophomore, made funny remakes of songs during practice. Their favorite song to remake is the song “Dynamite” by Taio Cruz. Along with individual players and their rituals, the team itself has a motto: “10 minutes.” They believe that whoever comes out of the gate the hardest for the first ten minutes will win. The same idea goes for the period of time after the end of the half and after each goal is scored. They always scream their motto to get pumped up before they play. The brigade of high school boys don’t give themselves all of the credit, or recognition. The coaches, Bill and Ryan Smith, receive a lot of support from the team. “One thing about our coaches is that they never give up on us, no matter what the outcome of anything is,” said Sophomore Jon Cleek. The soccer team sees a win or a loss as a team effort, unlike a lot of other high school teams. Most of the pressure, though, lies on the shoulders of the goalie. “It depends on the score or how the goal went in, if I blame myself. If we lose by one goal, I feel like it’s my fault. If we win, I feel like it is a team effort, and not one person’s fault.” Some people would like to think that being on a team is like being on an episode of the Brady Bunch, but others think it is just a group of people coming together to play a sport and nothing more. “I think it’s a little bit of both. You know how most families argue and say they hate each other? Well, we’re kind of like that. But in the end, when it comes down to it, we need each other,” said Junior Costa Barlamas.