Waipahu High School has been known for its variety of extracurricular activities since it was founded in 1938. Within those activities, the sports program has become one of the most popular.
With a bundle of different sports, including basketball, softball, volleyball and so on, football has been one of the biggest and most well known.
Over the years, both our Varsity and Junior Varsity team have worked hard to make our school proud and create a long lasting legacy, which will hopefully continue to live on through future generations.
However, despite both teams’ hard work, it has become evident that the Varsity team has gotten the more positive side of all the feedback, while the Junior Varsity team has received the more negative side. As a result of this observation, a few students, including players on both teams were asked to share their personal opinions on JV.
David Tuihalangingie, a senior in the Academy of Industrial & Engineering Technology and a player on the Varsity football team, stated that he had a lot of positive thoughts about the Junior Varsity team.
“JV definitely helps you prepare for Varsity. It helps expand your skills on the field and gives you more experience,” He said, and also declared his support for this year’s team by saying, “They’ll get better with more time as long as they keep putting in the effort.”
Katelyn Aloang, a freshman in the Academy of Professional and Public Services (APPS), also expressed her positive opinion, “I think the JV team is okay, they’ll probably get better with more practice and experience.”
However, a freshman student , who wished to remain anonymous seemed to disagree. They voiced their belief that the team should focus on bettering themselves.
Every student has the right to their own personal opinions, but what about the people that these opinions are about? After interviewing and gathering the different opinions from those students, I asked a player from the Junior Varsity team what he thought about his team, as well as what he thought about some negative statements from his peers.
Mayson Rogers-Mauia, a freshman in APPS and a player on the JV Football team, shared that he both agrees and disagrees with the negative feedback.
He stated, “I think we’re good, we could improve on our defense because it kind of sucks.”
Overall, it is clear that many students, including players, all have their own opinions on our Junior Varsity team whether it is positive or negative.
