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Girls’ Volleyball Battles for a Win Against Danbury

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Photo by Amina Abdul-kareem

The girls were prepared on Friday night to keep their 7-1 record. A few weeks ago, Greenwich beat Staples with a close score of 3-2. With motivation and determination, the girls came back with three consecutive wins.

“I think the team performed very well. They had a rough start but as usual, they picked themselves back up and played hard,” said Shannon Cardoza ’15.

The first game was slow, the audience was still, but the girls kept the score close, ending the game with a score 22-25. “One of the worst moments was when the girls kept getting aced because it got them discouraged and then the energy was very low,” said Allie Mignucci ’15.

By the second game, the audience roared while the girls crushed the ball. Amazing sets were made and the girls dove to save balls that seemed to be impossible.

“We worked so hard in this game and even though we lost the first one, we didn’t let it get us down. We pushed and fought harder in every game,” said Val Kirsch ‘14. “Improving our communication out on the court, definitely helped us win.”

It was clear that the girls came to realization that Danbury came with the intentions of beating Staples. While the feeling was mutual, the girls had no desire to lose this game.

By the third game, the girls were on a roll. The energy in the room was soaring, and they won the third game with an ending score of 25-20, beating Danbury 3-1 overall.

“Danbury was a very competitive opponent. Our team did a very good job of communicating on the court and I believe with more games like this one we will have many opportunities for success,” said Knox McKay ’14.

The next game home game is on Monday October 7th at 5:30pm versus Bridgeport Central.

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Amina Abdul-kareem, Staff Writer
The brutal capture and murder of James Foley shook America, but it has not dissuaded journalists or budding activists from the concept of traveling to unstable countries, especially not Amina Abdul-Kareem. “Danger excites me,” she puts simply, “I think the best reporting can be done when you’re actually at the scene yourself.”  Even at the age of ten, Amina ignored danger to find out if a rumor of cannibalism around her estate in Kenya was really true.  “My uncle told us we weren’t allowed to play outside, but me being me, I snuck out and found out what was really happening for myself.” Amina, a daring and curious senior at Staples High School, was born in Dubai and moved to America when she was a year old.  Even though she had family from many different parts of the world in addition to Kenya, Amina did not always feel very connected to her ethnicity “Growing up, I kinda felt lost, I didn’t have any connection to my Somali roots.”  On the pursuit of finding herself, Amina has taken the Staples African Studies class and dedicated herself to fully appreciating her culture. In an effort to do exactly that, next summer, Amina and her cousin will be traveling around the Horn of Africa to Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya to fully immerse themselves in their African backgrounds.  “We’re both in the middle of an identity crisis,” she says of her and her cousin, “that’s what we call it.” Amina may be in the middle of a cultural “crisis”, but she is very confident in her future career path.  “I want to pursue a job in the medical field so I can go back to Somalia and help the people who are suffering from famine and poverty.”  A very laudable ambition; Amina is set on getting her medical degree in nursing after graduating from Staples in 2015. Somalia is one of the most dangerous places in the world, but Amina’s passion for helping others is stronger than the fear of risking her life.  The real threat of being kidnapped in unstable third world countries does not cause Amina to falter, even considering the circumstances of Tom Foley’s demise.  As Veronica Roth might say, fear doesn’t shut Amina down; it wakes her up.

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