{"id":1158,"date":"2016-11-30T13:39:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2016-11-30T13:39:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:39:43","slug":"crushing-the-complications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=1158","title":{"rendered":"Crushing The Complications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By\u00a0Monica Fee, Kelsey Parker &amp; Dominic Pavone<\/strong><br \/>\nEcho<br \/>\nGrand Blanc HS<br \/>\nDivision 1, Yearbook<br \/>\nSports Feature Writing<\/p>\n<p>It was nothing special. Smelling like a cross between old tires and dried sweat, the locker room, where the soccer teams laced up their cleats, seemed like a typical meeting spot, with the exception of what hung over their heads. Old pairs of running shoes that belonged to the best graduated soccer players Grand Blanc had to offer, hung only by their laces. But the essence of those shoes was more than what met the eye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people that tied their shoes up on the ceiling, I think, are some of the better players for Grand Blanc,\u201d junior Caleb Lounds said.<\/p>\n<p>The shoes held great significance, creating the feeling of inspiration and motivation behind the walls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shoes signify that Grand Blanc is a family,\u201d freshman Justin Ballard said. \u201cAnd that players who played before you give you lots to live up to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former players ensured that their legacy would hang over the heads of future varsity players, and younger players heeded the message.<\/p>\n<p>The shoes created goals that the players could work on achieving while they became closer as a team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to put my cleats up when I graduate, to keep the tradition going,\u201d Ballard said.<\/p>\n<p>Carrying on this annual tradition, the players followed the footsteps of the veteran players, graduates who left their legacy behind within the shoes themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shoes are up there so all the other players could be remembered,\u201d freshman Joshua Ray said, \u201c I would want to be remembered just like how they were, for inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Current J.V. and freshman players were inspired by the legacy and were determined to create the future of the soccer program, tradition or no tradition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will tie my shoes up to show the next teams that I played for Grand Blanc,\u201d freshman Chase Clark said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Monica Fee, Kelsey Parker &amp; Dominic Pavone Echo Grand Blanc HS Division 1, Yearbook Sports Feature Writing It was nothing special. 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