You know it’s sections time when the boys swim and dive team have the best hair cuts in school.
Sophomore Tommy Peterson struts his stuff down the hall with his half Adidas head half striped head. Even though some students may give him looks he owns the fact that he is a swimmer.
“It’s just something fun to do with the team, ” Sophomore Peterson said.
Every year right before sections the team shaves their heads in various pattern and shapes. It’s been a tradition going for years. None of the boys know why they shave their heads though.
“Yeah I have no idea why we do it but it’s really fun.” sophomore Josh Polzine but they have a blast doing it and it’s a great way to spend time together and get pumped up for section time.
Each boy picked a different style, ranging from a completely shaved head, to the Addidas sign, to the underarmor sign.
Sophomore Adam Skelly even asked his girlfriend to prom with the back of head head, having “Prom” shaved into it. Sophomore Josh Fischmann went with a different approach by doing his hair like his favorite artist Macklemore,
“I think I’m going to keep my hair like this for a while, it’s going to look funny after I get out of the pool though,” Fischmann said.
It was unanimous that all the swimmers favorite style was senior Ian Warpula’s. Warpula’s hair was described as a line of hair going down the middle of his head leading to the mullet in the back.
“Ian’s hair was super funny but kind of weird at the same time, ” Peterson said.
After getting the fun of haircuts done and sections out of the way 5 swimmers and divers are heading to state and 4 alternatives are there to back up the team. Participating in State are, Jack Elliot, Gunner Shwanke, Hunter Brings, Joshua Muntefering, & Jordan Dick. Alternatives are Joseph Dick, Dustin Green, John Czeric, and Connar Mann.
