Buckaroo Round-Up: Sports Captains

Buckaroo Round-Up: Sports Captains

By Mickey Donovan Posted October 3, 2012

Cortni Welch-Varsity Volleyball

Where were you born?
Here, Winnemucca, Nevada.

How long have you been playing sports at Lowry?
Ever since my freshman year.

What is your favorite part about Lowry sports?
The school spirit is really fun.

Do you plan on playing sports in college?
No.

Favorite year of Lowry sports?
Probably my senior year. The whole team is really fun and it is just fun being a senior.

Are there any advantages of being captain of the team?
Yeah, you can tell people what to do.

What is your favorite part of the season?
My favorite part of the season is probably the beginning when we all get to know each other and see how we play as a team.

Biggest role model?
My biggest role model is my mom because she is really smart and awesome.

Favorite place to play besides Lowry?
My favorite place to play besides Lowry is Fallon. Fallon is a fun gym because the games are really intense.

If you could bring one thing back to Lowry sports what would it be?
I would bring back Betsy Guerrero.

Luis Hernandez- Varsity Soccer

When were you born?
August 7, 1995.

How long have you been playing sports at Lowry?
I have been playing soccer for 3 years now.

What is your favorite part about Lowry sports?
That we get to work as a team

Do you plan on playing sports in college?
Yes.

Favorite year of Lowry sports?
This year, my senior year.

Are there any advantages of being captain of the team?
Holding the team together.

Why?
I don’t get frustrated and I don’t let the team down.

What is your favorite part of the season?
Beating Fallon and Elko because they haven’t been beaten in a long time.

Biggest role model?
I don’t really have one.

Favorite place to play besides Lowry?
Probably White Pine because they have the nicest field.

If you could bring one thing back to Lowry sports what would it be?
I would bring back the alumni players.

Michal Arenas- Varsity Football

Where were you born?
Cottage Grove, Oregon. It’s about an hour out of Eugene.

What is your favorite part about Lowry sports?
Probably the intensity some of the coaches bring like Beck Mule. T-bat and Lucas always motivate and get you fired up.

Do you plan on playing sports in college?
Well, I’m going to give it a shot but I want to go pre-med.

Favorite year of Lowry sports?
It was sophomore year because I got moved up to varsity but, it probably has to be my senior year because I am a captain and it is senior year you know.

What is your favorite part of the season?
Definitely playoff practices because you are in the hunt and everything is kind of more relaxed

Biggest role model?
Definitely, my mom because she is always there for me and she always pushes me to be better.

If you could bring one thing back to Lowry sports what would it be?
Easy Monday practices. In my sophomore and junior year our Monday practices we would go in the auditorium and watch the film then we would go outside in shoulder pads, helmets, and shorts and have a relaxed walkthrough of all the plays but now we go hard on Mondays.

Luis Hernandez- Varsity Soccer
Luis Hernandez- Varsity Soccer
Michal Arenas- Varsity Football
Michal Arenas- Varsity Football