Article Written By Liv Benedetto Coro
An Inter-House competition is a Newton tradition in which the Newton houses compete with each other. Each must compete within their own houses. The Inter-House competitions can either be sport, artistic, or academic.
When the Inter-House Basketball competition for Year 7-9 was announced, students rushed to sign up.
On Friday the 16th of December, many students were excited to shoot some hoops- but to our dismay, it had rained and the court was wet, making playing quite risky.
The entire Newton campus was covered in large puddles giving the school a slippery sheen. Both the hard-floor football pitch and basketball court were dangerously wet and the AstroTurf's grass was soaking.
The students had to call it quits and go back to their current classes. This wasn't the game we were looking for Newton...
We had it coming though. The highest temperatures on Friday were 16º C / 60º F and the lowest was 8º C / 46º F. Even though the game had been cancelled due to the court conditions that morning, many student watched from class windows in excitement as a group of hardworking girls cleaned the court and a temperate sun broke the clouds.
The girls were greeted into the basketball court during Period 4 and the first game was Calcutta against King. The ball was thrown into the clouds and Claudia Coves (Year 8 Alpha, Calcutta) snatched the ball- the game was on!
Marta Alarcón (Year 9 , Calcutta) scored a sweet goal- 1 point for Calcutta!
There was constant action and amazing sportsmanship.
We had another amazing goal scored by Marta Alarcón (Year 9 Omega, Calcutta)
Aurora Maciá (Year 8, Calcutta) scored an impressive goal, more points for Calcutta!
Unfortunately, the weather turned worse again leaving the court in risky conditions. However, football is always a better option rather than class, isn't that right kids?
I'd like to thank Carmen Agullo (Year 8 Omega, Lincoln) for the cleaning crew pictures.
Newton hopes for better weather!
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