My favorite sports team is Gate City Blue Devils. I like Gate City Blue Devils because they’re the best team in the county. One of my favorite players was Mac McClung but he went to Georgetown. He’s on the team right now.
Sean Epperson, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite sports team is the Vikings. I like to watch them destroy the Saints. I like to watch them tackle the Ravens. I hope they go to the Super Bowl.
Alex McClain, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite sports team is the Tennessee Vols. They have won a football game and I am happy. I like their jersey colors, orange and white. I hope they win a lot of games this year. I am so excited.
Ali-Jo Finch, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite sport is football, I love the Pittsburgh Steelers. I like to watch the quarterback tackle the Bears. My favorite player’s name is Kordell Stewart, the quarterback. I like to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers with my older sister and my older brother and eat popcorn!
Amelia Glymp, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite sports team is the Virginia Tech Hokies. I like to watch them beat Florida State Seminoles. I love when the players run through the tunnel. I hope they have a good season! Go Hokies!
Aubrey Collins, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite sports team is the Alabama Crimson. Roll Tide! I like to watch Alabama play football. I hope they go to the National Championship. I hope they have a good season this year! Go Roll Tide!
Bailey Cox, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite sport is the professional bull riding—PBR! I like to watch them ride bulls. My favorite is JB Mauney. I also like the rodeo clown.
Brayden Odle, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite sports team is the Redskins. I like when they get a sack. They have a good quarterback. I hope they have a good team.
Brennon Weddle, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite sports team is the Twin Springs Titans. I like to watch Twin Springs Titans play their home games on Friday nights. I like Twin Springs because I saw one of the games. I hope that Twin springs will beat Chilhowie next time there is a Chilhowie game at Twin Springs! GO TITANS!
Brittany Hunley, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite sports team is the Tennessee Volunteers. I like to watch them play on the weekends. I like to sing along when they play Rocky Top. I hope they have a good season.
Ella Burke, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite team is the Boston Celtics. I like to watch their 3 point shots. My favorite player is Kyrie Irving. I hope the Celtics go to the championship. Go Celtics.
Graham Steffey, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite sports team is the Dallas Cowboys. I like to watch them play football. I like to watch the cheerleaders too. I hope they do well this year. Woo!
Isabella Guevara, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
I love the Junior Titans because I know some of the team. They’re good at the game and I love hearing them win!
Isabelle Rose, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite sports team is the Patriots. I like to watch the Patriots play football. My favorite player is Rob Gronkowski. I hope they have a successful season! GO Patriots!
Julian Pascual, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite sports team is the Virginia Tech Hokies. I like to watch them play basketball and football. I also like to sing the Hokies chant. I also like their Enter Sandman entrance. The Hokies are the best! Go Hokies!
Maddie Pearcy, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite bull riders are JB Mauney, Lane Frost, and Tuff Hedeman. I was sad because Lane died. I watched the movie 8 Seconds. It was sad, but a good movie.
Mason Culbertson, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite team is the Broncos I like watching them win a lot. My favorite player is Peyton Manning. Now I don’t like the Broncos because Peyton Manning left the NFL.
Seth Pendergrass, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite sports team is the Florida Gators. I like their team because the team plays softball just like me. I really think that they are a really good team. I really hope they make it to the National Championship. Go Gators!
Sophie Scalf, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
My favorite sports team is the Pittsburgh Steelers. I like to watch them play and tackle people. My favorite player is Troy Polamalu. I hope they go to the playoffs and the Super Bowl!
Zachary Sykes, 5th, Nickelsville Elementary, Mrs. Finch
HILTON ELEMENTARY
I would like to be on a Gate City team. I would like to play basketball because I want to learn to shoot the ball. It would be really fun to be on a Gate City team.
Lily Cordery, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
My favorite sports team is VT cheerleaders. They are my favorite sports team because I have always wanted to be a cheerleader. They are the best on earth. I wish I could be a cheerleader because I could cheer for VT. I want to be a cheerleader because I could learn about teamwork.
Anna Brinegar, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
My favorite sports team is Gate City Blue Devils basketball team. I like the team because my cousin plays on it. I like to watch them play. I like to watch the cheerleaders when they come out. I like when they get on each other’s shoulders. They fall and catch each other. I love to watch basketball!
Bryson Hughes, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
My favorite sports team is the Olympic Gymnastics team. The Olympic team is on TV. They do lots of flips and tricks. I love them a lot. My favorite part is when there was a beam and they did a back handspring. I hope I can be like them one day.
Hailey Hagy, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
My favorite sports team is the Blue Devils soccer team. I like soccer because I like to see people kick the ball. The name of the soccer team is Blue Devils soccer team. Some people kick the ball really high in the sky. I see some people kick the ball so high in the sky, I cannot even see the ball. I bet people have fun playing on the soccer team.
Kayllen Lane, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
Virginia Tech is my favorite sports team because they run fast like me. I love to watch them when they go against Tennessee. I like that they have maroon outfits and maroon helmets. I like their song they sing when they come out. This year I want to watch them play.
Trevor Light, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
My favorite sports team is Cowboys. They are the best players ever. They have been my favorite players forever. My daddy has real football field grass. My daddy was a football player. He was the best. I want to be a football player when I grow up.
Rhiley Ball, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
Redskins cheerleading is the best! Redskins are good. They win a lot. My team is the best. Redskins are special. My friends pick me up a lot in the field. The ball games are good to cheer at.
Reese Stallard, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
My favorite sports team is Rocky Top. Rocky Top has the best players in my opinion. They run fast and their throws are so good. I know they got beaten by the other team, but that doesn’t matter to me. They matter to me so much I don’t care that they lose. I just care that they are having fun.
James Osborne, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
My favorite sports team is the Gate City Blue Devils basketball team. I like the Blue Devils, and my cousin even plays. I’ve only gone to one game. It was pretty interesting. We lost. It was sad. I like hearing the cheerleaders cheer. I would go again if I had a chance.
Maddie Watts, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
My favorite sports team is Blue Devils football. My dad played for the team and still has one of the footballs from one of the wins. I love when we go and watch them. They have awesome cheerleaders! I wish I was a Blue Devil cheerleader. When they start the game, my brother says, “Touchdown”. I love the Blue Devils!
McKenna Bentley, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
The Redskins are good players. They are really fast players. The players are really good. I love the Redskins so much.
Cole Amburgey, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
My favorite sports team is Gate City Blue Devils football. I love to watch it on Friday nights. My whole family comes with me to see it. Football is the best team sport.
Hunter Salyer, 2nd, Hilton Elementary, Mrs. Edwards
MOUNT CARMEL ELEMENTARY
My favorite sports team is Volunteer Falcons. My brothers went there. It is my future high school. Falcons are my favorite kind of birds. Go, Falcons, Go!!
Abby Ragle, 2nd, Mount Carmel Elementary, Mrs. Short
My favorite sports team is soccer. I like soccer because you get to kick the ball. Soccer is my favorite sport because the ball is black and white. I love soccer very much. I want to become a soccer player one day.
Amethyst Faurot, 2nd, Mount Carmel Elementary, Mrs. Short
I play on the Falcons. Falcons are very nice. Falcons are a good sports team. The coaches are very nice. The Falcons are the best team!
Jake Cappetto, 2nd, Mount Carmel Elementary, Mrs. Short
I love the Falcons. The Falcons are a football team. Falcons are the best team. Falcons are the best!
Nevaeh Neeley, 2nd, Mount Carmel Elementary, Mrs. Short
My favorite football team is Tennessee. I like it because it’s our state. Football is the best. My brother plays with me. I love football because I can kick the ball.
Silas Shelton, 2nd, Mount Carmel Elementary, Mrs. Short
I love the Falcons. I have been cheerleading. Guess what? My cousin was teaching. Cheer was the best ever. I even got to watch the ball game. I loved it so much. Someday I want to be in the Falcons cheerleading. I love the Falcons!
Maddison Jennings, 2nd, Mount Carmel Elementary, Ms. Spradlin
My favorite team is Tennessee Vols. They are my favorite team because they are a college team. Their first game was on September 1, 2018. They have a mascot, a dog named Smokey. They have a fight song, Rocky Top.
Gaige Crawford, 4th, Mount Carmel Elementary, Mrs. Morelock
My favorite football team is the Little League Falcons because the Falcons beat the Chargers. We haven’t beat the Raiders yet. That is why the Falcons is my favorite football team.
Tori McKenna, 4th, Mount Carmel Elementary, Mrs. Mowell
What’s your favorite sports team? My favorite sports team is the Falcons. They are my favorite sports team because they are good at their games. They also have good players. Some of the boys at my school play on the kids’ Falcons team and we have some girls that go to my school and cheer for the Falcons. What’s your favorite sport?
Autumn Smith, 4th, Mount Carmel Elementary, Ms. Tipton
MILLER PERRY ELEMENTARY
My sports team is the Chargers. I am a cheerleader. GO BIG RED! Our team does not just play at our school we go to others schools too. Most of the time we play at 5:30 to 6:00. Our home team is the Colonial Heights Chargers. My friends are Emma and Maddie that are on my team. We are on the JV team. I love my team. So if you want to come remember to wear red. GO CHARGERS!
Abigail Berry, 4th, Miller Perry Elementary, Ms. Jeffers
My favorite sports team is football. Florida Gators because I think it is cool watching football. Usually I don’t watch it if it is on a school night unless it is a certain football team. Florida Gators or Patriots. I think it is cool because it is fun and silly. There are cool shirts, cool shoes, cool water bottles, cool helmets, and cool pants. Now you know all about my favorite team and why.
Annie Walker, 4th, Miller Perry Elementary, Ms. Jeffers
My team was the best team. We were the dog. We won all the games but I was the bases on the team but that is ok. We were pink AND I LOVE PINK. And I loved my team and my teammates. I will be doing volleyball this year. I hope I get on the volleyball team.
Bella Fergison, 4th, Miller Perry Elementary, Ms. Jeffers
My very awesome team I picked is Tennessee Vols! I love them very much! I have been a Vols fan for a long time. I have a bunch of cool stuff from them! When they play, I’m in head to toe Tennessee stuff! My dad was on a work trip one time and bought home a Tennessee bear (it’s stuffed). I was so happy. I named it T-Bear; I take him to all the Tennessee games I go to. I love the Vols very much!
Blake Frazier, 4th, Miller Perry Elementary, Ms. Jeffers
Baylor Bears is my favorite team this is why. I like JaMycal Hasty. He is Baylor’s running back. I also like them because I like the jersey. They are the coolest team ever. Baylor is the coolest team ever this is why.
Bo Burdine, 4th, Miller Perry Elementary, Ms. Jeffers
Georgia was in the championships last year. It almost beat the other team, Alabama. It will beat all teams this year. Georgia is the best team ever. I’m glad that Georgia is my team.
Christian Young, 4th, Miller Perry Elementary, Ms. Jeffers