The Visor

Soccer trainers Hale and Bell play key role in the background

September 9, 2009

Amy Yakubowski

       Most people know the girls soccer team, know the coaches and know the key players.  But who are the people behind the scenes?  Who takes care of the injured athletes?  

       Just look beyond the girls soccer team in their bright yellow jerseys to find trainers Makenzie Bell and Danielle Hale walking the sidelines.  

       Both trainers have worked with the girls soccer team since the beginning of last year and continue to work with them everyday.

       “I want to go into medicine, so I started to train,” senior Makenzie Bell said. “I wanted to get involved and I thought that this would be the best way.”

       With 44 girls on jv and varsity soccer squads, injuries surface early and often.

       “There are usually reoccurring injuries,” senior Danielle Hale said. “Each girl has their own routine.  Both Makenzie and I have our own specific girls we help before each game and practice.”

       Being a trainer takes many hours out of the days, but they’re in it for the girls and for the team.  Long nights on busses, like last week’s NDCL trip, are par for the course for the dedicated trainers. 

       “I’m so busy with student council, school and work, but it’s worth it,” Bell said.

       “I wasn’t going to come back, but some of the girls kept asking me if I was staying and I couldn’t refuse,” Hale said.  “They are like our children.”

      “It’s funny,” Hale said. “Some of the girls even call us ‘mom’. We’re like a family.”   

       “We feel like we are part of the team,” Bell said.  “From all the stuff that happened last year to team bonding breakfasts, we are always there.  I love it.” 

       The trainers in will be in action as the girls take on the Doylestown Chippewa Chips at 7:00 P.M. next Monday at home.

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