The inside scoop at Tri-Valley

My name is Danielle Conlon and I am the new sports blogger for Tri-Valley. When I think “blogger” I can’t help but to think of Perez Hilton, the guy who became famous by blogging about celebrities.

You can consider me Tri-Valley’s own Perez Hilton, providing you with interviews, stories, pictures, and the inside scoop of all that goes on within the realm of Tri-Valley sports. After all, high school athletes are celebrities in their own right.

A high school athlete I believe is one of the most noble and influential things you could be. They acquire self-respect, confidence, discipline, emotional and physical strength and fame.  They are looked up to by children aspiring to be just like them, they are discussed at mealtimes by families that come to watch them play, they are read about in the morning paper by community members and are known and constantly thought about by other schools preparing to face them. High school athletes are recognized and remembered through their achievements, are household names in their own and surrounding communities, they are famous and I am here to tell you all about them.

I will be writing about how an athlete feels before a big game, what it felt like to win that match, what it took to push through an injury, how their coach has affected them throughout their season, who they are, what they’re thinking, where they’re hoping to go in their sport and everything else you’ve ever wanted to know about high school athletes. I can tell you this because I am one of them.

I moved to Tri Valley from Long Island in 9^th grade and immediately joined the varsity cheerleading team.  I am now a senior and have participated in varsity level sports every season that I have been in this school. I wish to go to college for English and political science, eventually obtain a law degree and use journalism, politics, and law to aid the efforts in wildlife conservation, and of course I would like to coach cheerleading.

I’m a cheerleader, a lifeguard, a high jumper, run track, play tennis, and I have a brown belt in karate. I am a high school athlete and I am Tri-Valley’s sports blogger for Varsity845.