Fall Season Sports

David Zhang

Students are excited to cheer on Hamber’s volleyball, cross country, girls field hockey, aquatics, and boys’ soccer teams as they kickstart their fall season.

“The sports this year should be exciting! There is lots of stuff going on!” says Gigi El-Hommosani (9), who is hoping to catch one of the soccer games this fall.

However, COVID-19 has led students to be a little more hesitant in joining some of the sports, especially since this year is the first regular athletics year since COVID began.

Despite that, there are about 200 students involved in the fall athletics this year according to Mr. I. Sehmbi (Athletics Director). Sehmbi told The Nest that the number of students involved is, “a really big improvement considering Hamber hasn’t been able to run a football team for the past two years.” He thinks it is amazing to have so many grade 8s involved in the sport.

Sehmbi says that most of the teams are working towards the Sea to Sky competitions. This includes boys’ volleyball and girls’ volleyball at the senior level, girls’ field hockey at the senior level, cross country, and aquatics.

Since the big zone meets are coming up, many students are hoping to watch their friends play. There is expected to be a big turnout to cheer on the teams since spectators are al lowed to watch the games this year.

“I hope that the fall sports teams do well this year and win all their games!” says Kierra Chiu (8).