Hard news story questions

Interviews:

• Jordan Wipf

1. Whats different about the season this year as opposed to last year?
"What's different about the season this year as opposed to last year is that we've got a lot of young talent who have really stepped up to fill the shoes of all the players that graduated last year. Plus, we've got two girls that bring a new aspect to the team."

2. How has the season been going?
"The season has been going very well so far. Everyone shows up every day ready to hustle and get better with practice. There's a lot of good team chemistry which makes having fun and doing well pretty really easy."

3. How is having lots of new players on the team? How are they doing?
"Having a lot of new players is awesome. Of course it starts off pretty slow because we've still got to get all of them familiar with the game, but once they understand, i am excited to see the team just get better and better."

• Joe Nelson (Captain)

1. Whats different about the season this year as opposed to last year?
"This season zEUs is really a new team built on a solid foundation. Last year we had a team full of players who had been on the team since it started in 2008. Our team is fairly inexperienced in the sense that only a handful of us have been playing for 3 years."

2. How has the season been going?
"So far our season has been going extrememly well. We have played teams that were ranked as the best in the state and beat them."
3. How is having lots of new players on the team? How are they doing?
"The majority of our team is new and we have been working very hard, practicing almost every day. They are learning very quickly and i think zEUs will be a force in the games to come."

Game Schedule:
Thursday, April 28th: zEUs vs. Hopkins @ Hopkins
Thursday, May 5th: zEUs vs. Apple Valley @ Home

• Kaitlyn Brennan

1. What made you decide to try out for zEUs?
"My friend talked me into trying out by bringing it up constantly in study hall and badgering me to try out at the least. But I am glad he did!"

2. Is it tough being one of two girls on the team?
"It's not really tough being one of two girls on the team. I mean, I'm not the most talented player on the team but I'm improving because all of the guys are really supportive and are more than willing to help out! They don't treat us differently just because were girls!"

• Annalise Peck

1. What made you decide to try out for zEUs?
"I love frisbee and Ranji told me to try out for the team. I decided to give it a go since I'm always tossing a frisbee around anyways. I couldn't be happier with my decision to give zEUs a try!"

2. Is it tough being one of two girls on the team?
"I don't think it's tough being one of two girls on the team because I like being with all the guys. On girls teams, there is usually a lot of drama and it's a nice break to get away from all of that. I'm definately not on of the best players, so it's difficult sometimes, but they make it fun and worth while!"

3. What do you think being a girl brings to the team?
"Being a girl on an all guys team brings on a differnt perspective. Diversity has it's advantages in any type of group or team."