EDITORIAL: Good sportsmanship should be first priority in high school sports
Mar. 28—What's the value in high school sports? Why, in small towns and huge cities across the nation, are millions of local taxpayers' dollars spent on gymnasiums, football fields, swimming pools, hockey rinks and baseball/softball diamonds?
What is the return on that investment? That's an easy question to answer. Playing high school sports instills discipline and accountability.
It fosters leadership. It teaches the importance of teamwork and perseverance. It encourages civic pride and a sense of community.
And athletic competition, like life, isn't always fair. Winning is fun, but losing builds character — or it reveals it. On March 7 in St.
Paul, under the brightest spotlight that Minnesota high school athletes can face, two teams came up short — and not just on the scoreboard. Minnetonka and Hibbing/Chisholm lost in the Class 2A and 1A boys hockey championship games. Both contests were fast-paced, hard-hitting, back-and-forth overtime thrillers, with the final score in each being 5-4.
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