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Never before has a little girl beaten up a big boy so bad
It was something of a bet. The football team got assigned volleyball players, a pushup for every score they did. I came out badly.
By Alex Brick –
I’m officially beat up.
I was assigned Riley Gonzales in Thursday’s volleyball game. For every time she aced a serve, I was punished with two pushups. If she hit an unreturned ball, it was one pushup. This is how the football guys supported the girls, each player was assigned pushups from a designated player on the court.
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Riley started the game – with 8 aces.
Ugh. Right from the start, I had to do 16 pushups.
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This is probably the only time ever that a 92 pound girl beat up a 240 pound lineman.
I was supposed to be rooting for the Saints, but as the pushups kept adding up, I secretly wished she would miss.
Eventually, the girls let Riley down and didn’t return a ball. I was freed!
Actually, all the guys began to cheer for the other team because it meant less pushups for us. We were all getting sore.
Lighthouse Christian Academy of Santa Monica made hot work Thursday of the Panthers, dispatching Pilgrim School of Korea Town 25-7, 25-13, and 25-20.
Riley, a 5’2” freshman, was on a hot streak.
“My motivation is seeing my sister and how good she is,” she said. “I hope one day that I can be as good or better than her.”
Her sister is fighter pilot Dahlia Gonzales, whose aerial firepower is only excelled by Israel’s dominance over Lebanon.
Dahlia has made a 4-year high school career of making opponents cry.
Allie Scribner, whose playmaking scrambles opponents, took a back seat as Shayla Papik, who set the whole match.
“I was happy with the girls because they didn’t lose their intensity,” said Coach Jessica Young. “We were able to run the one hit, the quick set. The girls on the bench need to get stronger, hopefully they learned that.”
Coach was happy, and the football players were happy.
I was happy. Happy and sore.
Read more about LCA volleyball: the Jill Chills (Game 1). Sharp shooter Shayla (Game 2), No return policy (Game 3) , Abigail is Elsa (Game 4), God Balls (Game 5).
About this reporter: Alex Brick studies journalism at the Lighthouse Christian Academy in Santa Monica.
