Willpower, intrateam competition fuels Broncs defensive success

 

SHERIDAN — At the end of nearly every Sheridan High School boys soccer practice, a handful of offensive and defensive players line up to simultaneously try to score and try to prevent a score as part of an intrateam competition that decides which players have to run lengths of the field. The Broncs defenders forced junior Frank Sinclair’s final attempt to sail high above the net Tuesday, prompting celebratory leaps from the defenders watching the action.

Four members of Sheridan’s defense claim the Broncs don’t keep score of how many times each position has won the intrateam competition, though they boast the defense has won more often. As a show of team camaraderie, however, the upperclassmen veteran defenders ran alongside their offensive counterparts to finish Tuesday’s practice.

The Broncs defenders say their refusal to lose, coachability, adaptability and selflessness have led to their success this season.

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