Excitement Builds for Sheldon Game

Nneka Nwaobi
October 15, 2009
Filed under Student Life

Anticipation is filling the walkways here at Monterey Trail High School. The campus is abuzz with the mounting tension the Monterey Trail versus Sheldon football game is sure to bring. The Monterey Trail Varsity football team has been bringing the heat in recent games; their four and one record is the best MTHS has seen in a while. Without a doubt, this upcoming game is the most anticipated of the season, although it does not have the same publicity that the Elk Grove game had.

Our opponent Sheldon has proven themselves as a worthy adversary, having not lost a single game thus far. With all this excitement in the air, students can’t help but chatter about the game. Voices from the Trail caught up with a few students and asked them about their thoughts on the big game.

Voices from the Trail first caught up with Valore Zambrano; the bubbly junior who smiled brightly as she admitted “I don’t think it’s going to be as exciting as the Elk Grove game, but I’m [very] excited.”  Later Voices from the Trail caught up with seniors Poonam Naidu and Nick Fetherston and sophomores DeEricka Ford and Rachel Gardner. Nick Featherston gave some words of advice to the team – he believed that they should “work on [their] running game”; while Poonam Naidu excitedly exclaimed “Monterey Trail is going to kill Sheldon”. A supportive Rachel and DeEricka both share the sentiment that MTHS is going to “smack Sheldon”.

With this overwhelming support, the stands are sure to be filled with people rallying behind the Monterey Trail High School Mustangs, cheering them to a sweet victory.

Interviews by Zarnab Saeed and Valore Zambrano