Gummy goodness
February 2, 2020
The girls soccer team is currently in season and are 10-1. The team is ranked eighth in the state. Passing down the gummy bear jar at banquet is among many of their traditions. During their banquet, the girls also pass down a band-aid to the player who suffered an injury.
Senior Sarah Hill was lucky enough to inherit one of varsity soccer‘s most precious traditions. At their banquet last year, when the girls reflected on their successes that season, they also passed down to her their most highly honored gift — the jar.
Every year, one girl is chosen to carry around a semi-transparent jar full of gummy bears. At the team’s first game, they all pick a number and a color of gummy bears to eat before every game, like Hill’s two red.
“Everybody eats whatever they choose …You just grab some and they have to be the same as our first game,” Hill said.
According to Hill, there are several other passed down items, but none are taken as seriously as the jar of gummy bears.
“Some people are superstitious about it and they have to get theirs,” Hill said.
This tradition has been part of the team longer than head coach Chad Hobbs, who is in his 10th year at the school.
“If it’s something that can get them in the right frame of mind or take a little bit off and create some levity, then sure, I’m good with that,” Hobbs said.