Whether it’s to get ready for a big game or just trying to improve team chemistry, traditions improve team chemistry and connect the current players to their past team.
While an annual banquet is held by most TCHS teams, some sports have their own special traditions.
The annual doubles tournament is what the tennis team does for fun. Alumni, players and friends of players can join by paying a small price that goes towards the prize for the winner.
— Junior Victor Lin
“Our team would go out for lunch before games. We’ve got a lot of people but it always helped us bond and pumped us up before games. I honestly feel that the dine out before games helped us calm down and helped out team feel like family.”
— Sophomore
Andrew Flores
“We have team pasta dinners the night before every game. Everyone takes turns hosting and during the dinner we pray to the soccer gods for a good game the next day.”
— Junior Erykalynn Santana
“We try to go to dinner the night before a game. We did it once or twice last year, but I see us doing it a lot this year because we’re way closer as friends than last year’s team.”
— Senior Dylan Stratis