J Yost

School-sponsored soccer teams would be good for Hutchinson for many reasons: opportunity for athletic kids to play a fall sport whose skills are best used in soccer and who otherwise would sit on the bench or play minimally in another sport; draw people to Hutchinson whose kids grew up playing soccer elsewhere and wish to continue developing those skills if they were to move to Hutchinson (and who may choose to move elsewhere due to no soccer here); open up more college scholarship opportunities for Hutchinson graduates; offer a sport that builds a strong cardio-vascular system, physical coordination, and team work; offer a fall sport that, due to similarities in the two sports, can prepare hockey players for a stronger season; bring Hutchinson to a place in sports competition that other school districts arrived at 10-20 years ago.