Hockey is one sport that we do not have here at Freedom. The baseball and softball teams are getting their seasons underway, along with the track team, but what about hockey? If you look over that hill of the student parking lot you just might see some kids playing down there. There are many Freedom students that like to play hockey. It’s a great pastime and something fun to do with your friends. You don’t have to play on a team, just go out and have some fun with it. When asked why he enjoys the sport, A.J. Nigro said, "I’m competitive and love to blast slap shots past the goalie. I like physical contact and it is fun to hit people into the boards.” Jesse Sturm added, “It’s a great team sport and something fun to do in your spare time.” There are a lot of students that play roller hockey for fun but are interested in playing on a team. Many students try to play at least once a week over on the court below the school. Mr. Campos recently held a meeting for students interested in playing ice hockey for Ambridge next year and there were about 25 kids that showed up. This would be a great thing for Freedom to do if Ambridge was willing to allow it. However, some kids can’t afford the ice time and there would be more kids interested in playing roller hockey. A number of kids think Freedom should get a team of their own. “I think Freedom should try to get a roller hockey team because there is a lot of potential for talent. We have all the aspects of a hockey team and strong players for each position,” said Dan Wesolowski. Hockey has been growing in popularity locally in the past few years; a lot of it has to do with the success of the Pittsburgh Penguins. A hefty handful of students became interested in hockey around the same time the Penguins got Sidney Crosby the team and started to get better. I feel that hockey is a sport that just not a lot of people know too much about; the sport needs more advertisement. If you are interested in hockey at all, you should go out and give it a try. You just might find it as fun as I do. Sturm said, “I think we should get a [roller hockey] team because hockey is something that a lot of people enjoy at Freedom and many people will never play if it is not a school sport.” Nigro added, “I think roller hockey would be good at Freedom because there are so many kids enthused about playing it."