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"First one to the jungle gym and back gets my brownie at
lunch! ..... GO!" I remember a certain overconfident little first grader
who loved to race around the blacktop at Summers Elementary and
show off her speed to the boys playing basketball-especially the cute
short brown-haired boy who kept looking her way. As she rounds
the jungle gym pole and makes her way back to the first yellow paw
print painted on the floor, she became distracted by the little brown-
haired boy taking a shot at the prize and didn't see her best friend,
Natalie, already sitting on the designated winning paw print. "IWIN!!!
I get Sarah's brownie at lunch!" I hear my best friend scream at coach.
Shocked and panicking in fear of losing my only source of chocolate,
I run to Coach Whiteside and plead my case that "crossies don't
count!" That was my favorite phrase as a kid: crossies don't count.
Remember when we would cross our fingers behind our back and
make a deal? And that way, when the results didn't fall in your favor,
you had your excuse and the deal was off. It was our childish way of
saying "the deal is on, but not really."

Although we used that excuse as kids, the idea of "crossies
don't count" still lives on today-even in the high school: the fact that
organizations or groups of students are competing ... but not really.
We see it often times in October when graduating classes compete
against each other for the victory of homecoming activities, such as
building floats. But, when you take a step back and look at the big
picture, we are all graduating from Columbia High and so we are on
the same alumni team. This term can also come into play within an
organization, such as the band. There are two wind "families" within
the band: the brass and the woodwinds. The brass have the ability to
play music at extreme volumes so that they can be heard whereas the
woodwinds are more technical and can outdo the brass on the speed
of thirty-second note runs. Although we are always competing on who
truly is the best, both families make up the core sound of the band.

So when it comes to Columbia High and our rivals, let's make
a point that we don't hate anybody or any team. We become " "
only when we compete and then once the competition is over we
become " lends fo e er".

-Sarah Reichert (11) and Cassie Lents (12)

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