Speaking of Sports Column Archive

Speaking
of
Sports

by
Bernie
Fratto

Catching Up
and Re-Starting

1/2/2006

Before we head indoors for some exciting HS Winter sports, congratulations to A.W. Stanek, Marc Checcobilli, and Trey Love for their outsanding achievements in Varsity Men’s Soccer this past season. All 3 were recently named to the All-Metro Team in competitive soccer-rich Southeastern Michigan.

Now that fall sports like Soccer, Football, and Cross-Country have concluded, it’s time to turn indoors for exciting contests involving Volleyball, Gymnastics and Competitive Cheer on the women’s side, and basketball, hockey, and wrestling on the men’s side. Both men and women compete in bowling during the winter.

For seniors they’ll be winding down their HS schools and graduation will be here before you know it. For avid fans, HS winter sports offer a great way to navigate through long, trying Michigan winters.

Indoor sports take on a different dynamic, and since there are so many multiple sport athletes it gives one a chance to see their favorite players up close and personal. Add to the great success Novi Wildcat teams have had the past few years in KVC competition as well as non-league and District Play, it makes for a nice segue before the Spring seasons take shape and we go back outdoors.

In that sense there are three seasons in MHSAA sports. Fall, Winter, and Spring.

But for avid fans like us, there is one long season that always seems to deliver top-flight athletic competition and a great family experience.

That of course would be,

Wildcat Season!

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Bernie Fratto is a freelance writer, radio personality, and motivational speaker. His passion for sports comes in part from his experience as a former Cincinnati Red farm- hand. "Behind every sports story lies the hearts and minds of real human beings" said Fratto. "These athletic endeavors often serve as a metaphor for the game we call life."

Bernie is also on the broadcast team at Live 97.1FM talk-radio, and is a frequent co-host on the popular "Parker & The Man Show," a nightly sportstalk show which airs Monday-Friday from 7-11pm.