Sports

Ashlee Ciora on a golf course.

Ashlee Ciora was living in downtown Los Angeles when her life coach told her repeatedly, “I see green in your future,” Ciora says.

Plymouth is home to some of the youngest talents in freestyle skiing, an extreme sport that resembles gymnastics on skis.

Since his earliest days on skates at the age of 5, Plymouth resident Timo Pelto has displayed a knack for hockey.

Twin sisters Ally and Ashley Wiitala have done their part to make Wayzata High School girls’ hockey coach Becky Wacker’s job easier this season.

You probably don’t come across too many rugby players in your daily routine. It isn’t exactly the most popular sport in America. It is, however, a sport with a tight-knit community of players, and one that three former Wayzata High School students use to travel the world.

For most of us, table tennis—also known as ping pong—is a Forrest Gump reference or a game we played in a friend’s basement when we were younger. Plymouth’s Macartan Commers, a senior at Benilde- St. Margaret’s, calls it his high school sport.

High school senior Amanda Kautzer’s favorite activity was once an alternative training exercise for the Norwegian military.

Few athletes can say they’ve competed on the national stage. Soccer player Addison Clark has had the honor of competing with the top players in the nation on the U.S. Under-15 Girls’ National Soccer Team—and she’s only 14 years old.

Very few people know what it takes to compete at the highest level of any given thing. Certainly it’s a combination of commitment and passion, fortitude and hard work—sometimes with very little reward.

Endorphins make you happy. In fact, they are said to cause a sense of euphoria. Although their release can occur in a variety of states, perhaps most notable is during a strenuous and prolonged period of exercise.

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