Northwestern University Athletics
5th Grade Winners
1/17/2007 12:00:00 AM | General
Jan. 17, 2007
First Place
Estrella Rodriguez, Reilly School
Showing good sportsmanship at a game is good because if you don't people will think that you just play to win and not just to have fun. You should show good sportsmanship no matter if you win or lose. I've seen games of many kinds and in all those games, I've seen good sportsmanship. If I ever play a game I would always show good sportsmanship, if the other team wins or loses.
The best sportsmanship that I can think of is to say "good game" or "congratulations." No matter if you lose and the team wins you should always congratulate the other team. If your team wins you should never say that the other team sucks, you should just say that they played well. It doesn't matter if you win or lose, what matter is that you enjoyed playing.
Sam Etheridge, Reilly School
Sportsmanship is if someone crowds you when you have the ball and you throw it to someone else so you will not lose the ball. It's important because if you just keep the ball they might take it from you. It is important because you have to work as a team to win the game.
It's important because its not just about you, it is about your team too. It is important because if the coach tells you something if you don't do it you might lose the game.
Second Place
Madison C., Reilly School
Sportsmanship is about being a good sport. Its also about committing to your team. Being a good sport is about not whining when you or someone else loses or taunting and or bragging that you won.
Sportsmanship is also about being committed to your team. Commitment to your team is when you show up for every practice or meeting, and also practice and become better every day.
Sportsmanship is also about good conduct. Conduct is when you work together. Sportsmanship is important and when playing sports cause it sets an example to everyone to be a good winner and to be a good loser.
Here is one example of good sportsmanship. Lets say you won and another person or team lost or vise-versa. You would congratulate the person or people no matter what.
I can't remember the time when I showed good sportsmanship. I really have no example of when I showed good sportsmanship. I'm only 11, but friends sometime get into fights because of name calling in sports. The team usually wins and if we win and congratulate the other team or person. They call us names cause they lost, they call us cheaters and other names. Then we all start fighting then a war begins. That's bad sportsmanship.
