{"id":43170,"date":"2024-01-12T10:38:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T14:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/?p=43170"},"modified":"2024-01-12T10:38:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T14:38:05","slug":"athletic-superstitions-within-the-north-penn-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/sports\/2024\/01\/12\/athletic-superstitions-within-the-north-penn-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletic superstitions within the North Penn community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Jordan wore his UNC shorts under his uniform every game, and Serena Williams wore the same pair of socks during a winning streak. Mysterious superstitions, like these, are prevalent throughout professional sports and can often be a mental way of determining their success.<\/span><\/p>\n

Preparing in superstitious ways can often drive athletes’ level of performance. But, this is not just the case with just the professionals. Many athletes who live and play within the North Penn School District are the same way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Keira Sparango – <\/b>\u201cI have to put my left sock on before my right sock and my right cleat on before my left cleat. I also always eat peanut butter crackers before a game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Keira Sparango takes a shot with the power of the peanut butter crackers. (Submitted Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2. Laura Albert – <\/b>\u201cBefore every high school game I drink a light blue Gatorade.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Laura Albert hydrates, replenishes, and refuels with Gatorade. (Submitted Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. Katie Harkins – <\/b>\u201cI have to wear the same yellow hair tie in every high school lacrosse game and I have to wear my socks on opposite feet: so if it\u2019s labeled right, it goes on my left foot and visa versa.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Katie Harkins goes out in style with her yellow hair tie. (Submitted Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4. Gardenia Mikhail – <\/b>\u201cI have to have my hair in either 2 or 3 braids that go into a ponytail.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gardenia Mikhail tackling her opponent. (Submitted Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

5. Jackie Diaz – <\/b>\u201cWhen I get ready, I put on my socks first, then my jersey, then my sliding shorts, then my pants and belt. I also have to sit in the same place on the bus and throw with the same person in the same spot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jackie Diaz waiting for the ball after fulfilling all of her pregame superstitions. (Submitted Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

6. Brady Dolder – <\/b>\u201cBefore every away game, I take a nap on the bus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Post-nap, Brady Dolder prepares to catch. (Submitted Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

7. Ryan Bocklet – <\/b>\u201cFor lacrosse, I always sit with my sticks on the way to games, and for football, I always set my pads up on a chair and lay out my cleats.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ryan Bocklet living a double life with double the superstitions.
(Submitted Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

8. Grace McGeehan – <\/b>\u201cI have to wear my hair in two braids and then have two bubble braids in my ponytail.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Grace McGeehan\u2019s hair movin\u2019 in the hair as she drives down the field. (Submitted Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9. Vedanth Krishna – <\/b>\u201cTo win my match, I have to wear a bucket hat.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Captain Vedanth Krishna swinging his racket during a North Penn tennis match.
(Shane Rothman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

10. Brian Scott – <\/b>\u201cI drink a gallon of water on game day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Brian Scott is about to kick the soccer ball towards a goal. (Madison Sharp)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Jordan wore his UNC shorts under his uniform every game, and Serena Williams wore the same pair of socks during a winning streak. Mysterious superstitions, like these, are prevalent throughout professional sports and can often be a mental way of determining their success. Preparing in superstitious ways can often drive athletes’ level of performance….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[],"staff_name":[1341],"class_list":["post-43170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-top-stories","staff_name-maddie-cimino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43170"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43185,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43170\/revisions\/43185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43170"},{"taxonomy":"staff_name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/staff_name?post=43170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}