1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,560 Welcome to Students Incorporated, a podcast exploring the topics of business, education, 2 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:16,160 technology and design. 3 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:17,600 I'm your host, Mr. Jason. 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:23,960 Join me weekly as my team and I produce content that's informative, positive, fun and uplifting. 5 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:28,440 Episodes include student conversations, interviews with thought leaders and inspirational stories 6 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:29,800 with an international flavor. 7 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:34,000 This podcast is created and produced with the help of students from the International 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,960 Community School of Bangkok. 9 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:38,960 Hello and welcome back. 10 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,360 I'm Mr. Jason and I'll be your host. 11 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:46,480 Our two co-hosts for the first segment will be Chanya and Premi and we are joined by several 12 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:52,400 special guests from the ICS Varsity Girls Basketball team and one of their coaches. 13 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:57,060 We've asked them to come in and talk about the topic of what it takes to be a champion. 14 00:00:57,060 --> 00:01:02,220 And for segment two, we'll continue with part five of our story, the secrets of Valdorado. 15 00:01:02,220 --> 00:01:06,080 But first, let's hear our quote of the day and get some headline sports news. 16 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,320 Hey everyone, our quote from the day comes from Patty Burke. 17 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:12,120 She said, what does it take to be a champion? 18 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,800 Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win. 19 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:21,640 This quote emphasizes that being a champion requires a strong desire to succeed as well 20 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,800 as the unwavering dedication to one's goals. 21 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:29,600 Determination and concentration are key components in achieving greatness, along with a strong 22 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,720 will to win and overcome challenges. 23 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:36,240 Overall, this message highlights the importance of winning mentally and the relentless drive 24 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:37,240 to succeed. 25 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:38,240 And that's our quote of the day. 26 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,360 Now, onto some headline sports news. 27 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:42,360 Thank you. 28 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,660 Here's some headline sports news from around the world. 29 00:01:44,660 --> 00:01:46,600 Are you ready for the Olympics? 30 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:52,920 With just over 100 days until the opening ceremony, the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will take place 31 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:54,520 in Paris, France. 32 00:01:54,520 --> 00:02:00,000 There will be 41 venues scattered throughout France, accommodating 41 different sports. 33 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,880 Four additional sporting events have been introduced in these games. 34 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:08,240 They are skateboarding, surfing, breaking and sport climbing. 35 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:13,920 The competition will be spread out over 19 days from July 26th to August 11th. 36 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:19,880 There will be a total of 10,500 participants with the hopes that over a billion people 37 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,820 from around the world will be watching. 38 00:02:21,820 --> 00:02:26,820 For the sake of the Olympics, some of Paris' landmarks have been incorporated into competition 39 00:02:26,820 --> 00:02:31,360 venues in order to put Paris on display for the world to see. 40 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:37,240 Additionally, the French Development Agency has also partnered with Paris 2024 in order 41 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:43,840 to form an incubation program that will provide support and funding to 20-some elite athletes 42 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,160 for environmental or entrepreneurship projects. 43 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:52,300 Before watching the Olympics, you'll have plenty of European football to watch in June. 44 00:02:52,300 --> 00:02:56,800 This year's Euros soccer tournament will be held in Germany where there will be a total 45 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,420 of 24 teams from qualifying countries playing. 46 00:03:00,420 --> 00:03:04,760 As the host nation, Germany will be playing in the opening match in bracket A against 47 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:09,240 Scotland at the Munich football arena on the 14th of June. 48 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:13,920 Bracket match play will continue until the finals which will be on the 14th of July at 49 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:16,060 Berlin's old Olympic Stadium. 50 00:03:16,060 --> 00:03:21,700 There are many prospective winners this year since a number of the teams boast strong performances. 51 00:03:21,700 --> 00:03:27,580 And finally, from the United States, the annual NCAA Division I college basketball tournament, 52 00:03:27,580 --> 00:03:33,080 also known as March Madness, just wrapped up this week with one men's and one women's 53 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:34,980 national championship team. 54 00:03:34,980 --> 00:03:35,980 The results are in. 55 00:03:35,980 --> 00:03:40,960 For the men, UConn Huskies beat the Purdue Boilermakers 75-60. 56 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:47,020 And for the women, South Carolina Gamecocks beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 87-75. 57 00:03:47,020 --> 00:03:51,160 It's worthy to note that South Carolina's women's team had a perfect season this year 58 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,840 winning 38 games with no losses. 59 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:59,960 Iowa women's overall season record this year was 34-5, led by arguably the league's 60 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:05,660 most prolific scorer who broke record after record this year, Kaitlyn Clark of Iowa. 61 00:04:05,660 --> 00:04:10,980 She will be heading to the WNBA next year as the number one overall draft pick. 62 00:04:10,980 --> 00:04:16,140 And that ends your headline sports news from around the world. 63 00:04:16,140 --> 00:04:20,040 We are back for our first segment of this episode and we are joined by Coach Mike and 64 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:25,320 several varsity girls basketball players who just ended their senior basketball season. 65 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:29,960 They're here to talk with us about the topic of what it takes to be a champion. 66 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,040 Premi will get us started with our first question. 67 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,600 Hello and thank you so much for coming on the show. 68 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,400 Could you please introduce yourself, tell us what grade you're in and what position 69 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,040 you play on the basketball team. 70 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:43,760 Hi, my name is Proud and I'm in 12th grade. 71 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,360 I am point guard on the basketball team. 72 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:51,120 Hi, my name is Pun and I'm a senior and I play post and wing. 73 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:57,680 Hi, my name is Emma and I'm a senior at ICS and I play center, post or whatever you like 74 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:58,680 to call it. 75 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:00,400 All right, nice. 76 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,520 And we welcome one of your coaches. 77 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:04,180 Hello Mr. Mike. 78 00:05:04,180 --> 00:05:09,080 Could you introduce yourself and tell us how long you've been at ICS and what you do? 79 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,840 Yeah, so I've been at ICS for almost 15 years now. 80 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:17,720 I've been teaching elementary PE during that time and coaching basketball the entire time 81 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:19,040 as well. 82 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,160 But I haven't coached girls the entire time. 83 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,240 I started coaching girls basketball in 2018. 84 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:26,240 That's great. 85 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,020 Our next question is for the basketball girls. 86 00:05:28,020 --> 00:05:32,400 Can you share us some of the most memorable moments you've made this past varsity basketball 87 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,000 season and what makes these moments so special? 88 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:41,400 I have to say the most memorable times for me have been spending time with my teammates 89 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,840 at ACSC in Hong Kong. 90 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:48,520 Of course, the championship game and winning that was very memorable, but I feel like the 91 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:55,720 small talks in the rooms at night and just hanging out, having fun and laughing and spending 92 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,880 time together was one of the most memorable times I've spent. 93 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:03,080 Not just for this season, but for my basketball career in general. 94 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,280 So for me, it's pretty much the same as proud. 95 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:12,320 The most memorable one would be the ACSC tournament because I think it's the first time that this 96 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,600 batch of girls goes overseas. 97 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:21,320 So I think it's really exciting for us and we were having a really great time. 98 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:27,040 And what stuck out to me the most was when we were losing and then nobody gave up and 99 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:32,280 we decided to keep going and we're getting in this thing together and we're winning this 100 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:33,280 together. 101 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:37,000 So that's just one of the most memorable things that I remember from this season. 102 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,440 I think I would definitely have to agree with proud and pun, but if I have to say something 103 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:45,040 different, I would say that this team really has a way of making anything memorable, whether 104 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:49,360 that is playing chubby bunny or whether that is crying in our rooms together because we 105 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:53,920 lost or celebrating a win or eating strawberries on the side of the road. 106 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:58,720 This team really has a way to make anything a memory that you're going to take with you 107 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,360 forever. 108 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:07,680 So I think that just the girls on the basketball team are my favorite part of this season and 109 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:12,120 of the basketball team, just getting to know them and to be really become a family. 110 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:16,000 Those are definitely such fun and unique, memorable moments. 111 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,600 Okay, our next question is kind of a follow up. 112 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:24,960 It is, how do you feel you've grown as athletes and individuals over the course of your time 113 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:26,800 here playing? 114 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:32,480 I've been playing basketball since like fifth grade, but I've been on the varsity team since 115 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:33,480 eighth grade. 116 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:38,200 So it's been quite a long time and I feel like I've grown a lot over this time, especially 117 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:44,520 because I've seen players before me and how they dealt with the team and especially being 118 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:51,040 captain, I feel like listening to others and taking what they have to say into account 119 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:56,320 and making sure that the decisions I make are the best for everyone. 120 00:07:56,320 --> 00:08:00,720 It's not just for this basketball team, but I feel like it's an important skill that I've 121 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,960 learned that will stay with me as I move on to college next year. 122 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:09,360 So for me, I feel like I've also been in the varsity team for like four years, so I feel 123 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,800 like I also have grown a lot. 124 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:17,480 I think that I've matured a lot from the past four years because I have to make decisions 125 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:23,280 on the court and also leading many younger classmates. 126 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:27,500 And also I'm one of the four seniors this year, so I have to act as somewhat like a 127 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:33,560 leader to the younger classmates who show them that, oh, this is varsity girls and this 128 00:08:33,560 --> 00:08:35,160 is what we do. 129 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:39,840 And I feel like as individuals, I feel like I learned how to work as a team and also not 130 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:45,680 just work alone, but also support other people in my team and also care for them and not 131 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:51,360 just like making like winning or losing a game, make them feel depressed or feel down, 132 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,960 also to cheer them up as one of the seniors. 133 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,720 That's some of the things that I've learned throughout my season as a basketball player. 134 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:02,820 I think that if we talk about developing as an athlete in general that goes across many 135 00:09:02,820 --> 00:09:04,160 sports that you've played. 136 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:08,680 So I've played basketball and volleyball at ICS, and I think that this year being co-captains 137 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:13,800 with Proud on the volleyball team has taught me to one, be more culturally sensitive because 138 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:19,440 as a Western athlete, being on a team with Asian athletes tends to be different. 139 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:23,380 The way that you speak, the way that you address things and the way that you handle situations 140 00:09:23,380 --> 00:09:28,600 like losing, like winning and the way that they respond to that has taught me how to 141 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,440 adjust to where I am now and the culture I am now. 142 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:36,000 And I think that also helped Proud to adjust to how I speak and how I handle things. 143 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,900 And that really taught me to be more culturally sensitive and that is something that I'm going 144 00:09:39,900 --> 00:09:48,120 to take into university where it might not be as diverse as ICS but will be similar. 145 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,280 So that is a lesson that I definitely take with me. 146 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:56,360 And also just learning the concept of we over me is something that I've definitely developed 147 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:02,140 throughout playing sports at ICS that when you lose, you don't just lose as an individual, 148 00:10:02,140 --> 00:10:06,700 you don't pull back and handle it on your own but that you actually take it to your 149 00:10:06,700 --> 00:10:09,040 team and that you lose as a team. 150 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:10,880 And you also get better as a team. 151 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,480 Something that my volleyball coach told me was that you're as good as the worst player 152 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:15,880 on your team. 153 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:20,800 And I think that that is something that I genuinely do take with me and have learned 154 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,680 this year more than anything that you need to build each other up because you cannot 155 00:10:24,680 --> 00:10:26,200 win a game on your own. 156 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,520 Yeah, that's definitely some really valuable insights and advice. 157 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,840 So thank you so much for sharing that. 158 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:33,600 Our next question is for Mr. Mike. 159 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,360 Just like your players are part of a team, you're also part of a coaching team. 160 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,200 Could you share with us some of the principles of your coaching team? 161 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:41,200 Absolutely. 162 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,760 So Mr. Jack is the head coach and I'm the assistant coach. 163 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:50,700 And so within a game, we would maybe be referred to as head coach and bench coach. 164 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:54,200 And we kind of have two main principles that we use. 165 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,840 The first has to do with communication with the players. 166 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:01,220 So as head coach, Mr. Jack communicates with the players that are on the court, telling 167 00:11:01,220 --> 00:11:07,480 them what plays are going to run, what defense are going to play and just giving them direction. 168 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,960 While my role as bench coach is to communicate with the players that are out of the game, 169 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,000 the ones that are on the bench, making sure that if they're going in the game, they know 170 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,580 what they need to be doing. 171 00:11:15,580 --> 00:11:20,200 The ones that come out trying to correct mistakes if mistakes were made, if corrections need 172 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:21,200 to be made. 173 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:25,500 And so that's the first principle that we use this related to communication. 174 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:29,000 The second principle has to do with our roles as head coach and bench coach as well, where 175 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:33,320 Mr. Jack is keeping track of what's going on in the game and choosing what strategies 176 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:34,420 we're going to use. 177 00:11:34,420 --> 00:11:38,900 My role on the bench is to also keep track of fouls and make sure that he knows who's 178 00:11:38,900 --> 00:11:42,720 in foul trouble, both on our team and on the other team. 179 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:46,440 And also just paying attention to the game when I'm not communicating with players on 180 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:47,700 the bench. 181 00:11:47,700 --> 00:11:52,440 And then at the right moments, if I feel the need to say something to him, to give him 182 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:56,720 my perspective on how things are working, then I share that with him as well. 183 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,520 Those two roles come together a little bit during timeouts and in between quarters. 184 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:04,640 At that time when all the team is together, we sometimes will take turns talking to the 185 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:08,240 team and sharing the perspectives and things that we're seeing, things that we think are 186 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,920 going well, things that we think need to improve. 187 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,260 And so there we kind of have things blended together. 188 00:12:13,260 --> 00:12:19,320 But I think that it's really important for us as coaches to have clear principles and 189 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:23,600 clear roles that we use because it helps us make sure that we don't have conflict with 190 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:27,040 each other during the game and to make sure that things run as smoothly as possible. 191 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:28,040 Yeah, for sure. 192 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:29,440 Here's a follow up question. 193 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:30,440 We're curious. 194 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:35,000 Does the coaching team have to adapt each season because the girls basketball team dynamics 195 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,000 change each year? 196 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,960 You know, like for instance, some girls would graduate and move on and then some new players 197 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:41,400 come on to the team. 198 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:42,400 Definitely. 199 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:47,480 So with this group of seniors that's graduating this year, we lose a lot of our post size, 200 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:51,360 a lot of our rebounding, a lot of our defense by the rim. 201 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:56,020 And looking at the players that we'll have next year, we're going to have a lot shorter 202 00:12:56,020 --> 00:12:58,120 team overall. 203 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:03,080 And I think it's really important as coaches not to choose the system you're going to run 204 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:08,720 and stick to it no matter what, but make sure that the strengths of your players are accounted 205 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:09,720 for. 206 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,520 And so already looking at next year, we think that we're going to have to change the way 207 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:18,560 we play and we're going to have to try and run fast, go faster and play a more up tempo 208 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:23,200 game because we're not going to have size to play a half court game quite as much. 209 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:28,520 And so it's definitely important and something that we take into consideration every single 210 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:29,520 year. 211 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:33,200 This next question goes back to the girls and it's about your coaches. 212 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:38,000 We know Mr. Jack couldn't be in the studio with us today, but Mr. Mike is here. 213 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:43,880 So could you share a piece of advice you received from your coaches that had a significant impact 214 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:48,540 on you, not only as a player, but as a person as well? 215 00:13:48,540 --> 00:13:52,320 The piece of advice that meant a lot to me this year that I actually received from coach 216 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:56,760 Mike was to let go of the things that you can't control because the only thing that 217 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:01,960 you can control is how you act on those things and respond to those things. 218 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:06,080 That is a piece of advice that I'll take with me into many things and not just sports. 219 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:11,200 I think that that is a super valuable thing to learn for anyone is that the thing that's 220 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:16,280 in control is how you react with that is in life when maybe somebody does something to 221 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:20,720 you or something happens in your life, you can't control what somebody else does. 222 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:24,280 You can't control in a game what a referee does and you can't control the things that 223 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:25,800 happen to you in life. 224 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,620 However, you can control what you do and your response to that. 225 00:14:29,620 --> 00:14:33,800 So I think that was really valuable to me this ACSE tournament as I wasn't playing 226 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,800 my best basketball. 227 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:43,260 I was able to instead of getting super upset about that to respond with being able to support 228 00:14:43,260 --> 00:14:46,480 my teammates and to contribute in different ways. 229 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:51,060 So one of the many advices that Mr. Jack and Mr. Mind have said throughout the season was 230 00:14:51,060 --> 00:14:56,680 that to have fun while you're playing on the court and not care a lot about winning because 231 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,600 winning doesn't matter and it doesn't mean the world. 232 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,760 It's not like the world is ending or anything but just enjoy your game of basketball because 233 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:05,760 that's what you love. 234 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:11,120 I feel like that's really important because like as in my usual daily life, I like to 235 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:15,880 put pressure on myself and I feel like putting pressure on myself every day is not a good 236 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,320 thing and it's not healthy. 237 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:24,040 So I decided to enjoy whatever life I'm experiencing and also enjoy like whatever events that have 238 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:29,360 come up during my path and also like enjoy everything in my life so that I don't regret 239 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:30,360 it. 240 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,760 Yeah, so that's one of the many advices that I learned. 241 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:39,920 For me, this advice was given by Coach Jack actually to the whole team at a tournament 242 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:43,000 when we weren't playing so well. 243 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:48,400 He was talking about how opportunities in life, they come in and they go and we just 244 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:54,380 need to like learn how to make the most out of these opportunities because the team this 245 00:15:54,380 --> 00:15:56,880 year is actually like really good team. 246 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:02,160 It's like one of the best teams I've played on but when we're not playing our best, we 247 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,600 can look like the worst team I've been on. 248 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:10,280 So when Mr. Jack said this, he was actually really mad but like I took it in a good way 249 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:15,120 and I just thought of how like what he was saying was really true and it also applied 250 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,320 to other parts of my life. 251 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:21,020 When he said that like opportunities will come in and they will go out and we just have 252 00:16:21,020 --> 00:16:26,300 to make the most out of them, I thought of like my college application process as well 253 00:16:26,300 --> 00:16:31,440 and what I'll be doing in like university next year and so I just really thought like 254 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:37,600 that this advice is really valuable because it really like means a lot because like when 255 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:42,280 these opportunities come in and you don't make the most of them, they'll just go out 256 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:46,120 and it'll be like nothing happened but if you're able to like make something out of 257 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,460 it, that's when like better things will keep coming in your life. 258 00:16:49,460 --> 00:16:53,640 So I really like that value this advice that Mr. Jack gave this year. 259 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:58,680 Thank you so much for sharing and that is definitely some great and valuable advice. 260 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:00,780 Here's another question for the girls. 261 00:17:00,780 --> 00:17:03,800 Communication chemistry is crucial in basketball. 262 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,800 Can you talk about how your team has worked together this season to overcome challenges 263 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:08,800 and obstacles? 264 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:13,380 I think the basketball team this year hasn't changed much from last year. 265 00:17:13,380 --> 00:17:19,780 We only lost one senior last year so it was not too hard to get back into the team once 266 00:17:19,780 --> 00:17:24,840 the season started but there were still a few problems that happened within the team 267 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:30,760 and so I feel like a lot of it is just communication and spending a lot of time together and I 268 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:36,000 think supporting each other even though this might sound a little bit cliche but like even 269 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:40,520 though we're not best friends, we're a family and like sometimes family don't like each 270 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:41,920 other but like that's fine. 271 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:46,240 You just have to like deal with it and move on and you still love each other and you still 272 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:52,080 want the best for each other but sometimes it might come out in the wrong way and so 273 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:57,400 you just have to like know how to deal with it and move on with it and I think we had 274 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:02,600 a really fun season this year with the group of girls we had and yeah I really enjoyed 275 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:08,240 it because of like the love and like the bond we were able to create within the season. 276 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:13,960 For me I feel like most of our girls we're really close on and off of the court because 277 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:17,920 we've been together for like several seasons like me, Prowl and Emma have been together 278 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:22,800 like for four years and I feel like we know each other weaknesses and strengths and I 279 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:28,840 feel like that is why we tend to play really well together and also we had a lot of practice 280 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:34,620 and a lot of like off season practice and like we can practice so I feel like because 281 00:18:34,620 --> 00:18:41,320 of these practices we tend to grow as a team and we know how like how we play with each 282 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:48,580 other best so that's why our team chemistry is like really good this year and it has been 283 00:18:48,580 --> 00:18:55,920 like like the best like one of the best girls that I've played with my entire life so yeah. 284 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,920 I think that sometimes some of our biggest challenges and obstacles were ourselves and 285 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:05,500 the way that we viewed our own game play and how we viewed the team so I think that a lot 286 00:19:05,500 --> 00:19:10,600 of pressure was put on us by ourselves I think that our coaches definitely yes put some of 287 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:16,120 this pressure because of how good we were this year and how we had definitely had a 288 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:20,920 big chance to win but I think that when the tournament day came the most pressure came 289 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:26,280 from ourselves and so a really big obstacle that we had to overcome as a team was the 290 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:31,160 one loss we had at ACSC if we had not lost that we would only have two games the next 291 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:36,440 day but when we did lose we had four more games to play one that same day and three 292 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:42,800 the next day so this loss was really hard on us and our team actually kind of divided 293 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:47,120 after this loss and it was really hard and we even had a point where we were like we're 294 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:52,920 never coming back from this but that afternoon we all came together and we just spent time 295 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:57,920 together we cried together that evening we talked and we figured it all out but that 296 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:02,000 is just something like proud says that you do as a family like you all know each other's 297 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:06,300 weaknesses and strengths and so you know how to use that for other positive things and 298 00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:13,320 negative things which is why we sometimes clash and sometimes didn't but we all came 299 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:18,080 together that night and we talked through how we were feeling and how we wanted to move 300 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:22,560 forward from this and so I think that surely that evening with the team being able to be 301 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:26,080 vulnerable like that together is the reason that we won ACSC. 302 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:30,760 Thank you so much for sharing and actually Emma what you said kind of connects to the 303 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:36,400 next question that we have and knowing that you guys won a recent tournament which is 304 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:41,600 a huge huge milestone could you talk about the recent tournament you won and what it 305 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:47,800 was like to play that many games in such a short time and then come out as the champions? 306 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:54,800 Well first physically playing that many games is awful we had a massage gun and spray at 307 00:20:54,800 --> 00:21:00,160 the ready on the bench and afterwards so everyone was limping to the airport at the end but 308 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:07,240 at least we had a trophy in hand so that was good however it is also mentally exhausting 309 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:13,080 to play that many games to just every before every game be mentally ready to play and to 310 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,240 well not just play but also to be there to support your teammates whether you're on the 311 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:21,720 bench whether you're on the court and to be able to handle the pressure that comes from 312 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:29,280 your teammates the crowd your coaches it is mentally exhausting as well however of course 313 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:34,760 winning ACSC makes that all worth it but yeah it is super exhausting to do that I think 314 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:40,860 many athletes know that playing many games in a day is tiring but especially after losing 315 00:21:40,860 --> 00:21:45,320 a game you didn't expect to lose it becomes even more exhausting and more of a mental 316 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,120 battle which we had to overcome. 317 00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:51,080 So I feel like it's really pressuring and nerf-racking because we have to win every 318 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:56,280 game and there's no other options rather than winning we cannot lose because if we lose 319 00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:01,240 a game then there's no opportunity for us to get back up so after losing that game with 320 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:07,640 grace everybody was feeling really down and we kind of lost a little bit of hope but then 321 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:11,960 after our talk our team talked during the evening we feel like everybody's not ready 322 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:16,800 to give up yet and that's why the next day we kind of give everything in and put in our 323 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,200 best efforts and that is why we win the ACSC. 324 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:28,000 I think playing ACSC was a very unique experience because of how both like like Pan and Emma 325 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:33,080 said physically demanding and mentally demanding it is it's of course very physically demanding 326 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:38,440 because you're playing like three four games a day when like even professional players 327 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:43,480 they don't play that many games in one day but it's also very physically demanding because 328 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:48,420 of like the things that are going on all around you there's a part of you that's at the basketball 329 00:22:48,420 --> 00:22:52,680 tournament and your mind is there but there's also a part of you that's back in Bangkok 330 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:57,200 thinking about like the classes you're missing the tests you're missing and like you're skipping 331 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:02,000 like four days of school which is like not easy already and then there's also like the 332 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,200 part of you that like you're in another country with like a bunch of your close friends you 333 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:10,640 just want to have fun you just want to go hang out just want to enjoy the nice weather 334 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:17,120 go out and eat some good food but then at the same time you really want to win and like 335 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:21,600 it's just a bunch of emotions and with the game that Pan and Emma have been talking about 336 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:29,000 that we lost we actually lost by two points to Grace which made it all a lot harder because 337 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:34,920 of how close it was and how we all knew that like we could have won that game but some 338 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:41,520 mistakes here and there just didn't like made us lose the game and all of us knew that it's 339 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:46,580 still possible but it would be hard and all of us would have to give it our all both both 340 00:23:46,580 --> 00:23:51,880 physically and mentally and right now we're talking about like four days into our tournament 341 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:58,400 and we've played like six games maybe something like that a bunch of games already all our 342 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:04,320 physical strength and also our mental strength it was all dwindling and like we're all very 343 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:09,560 tired and with this tournament I just think that it was a great experience but it was 344 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:14,120 also very tiring and it also taught me a lot of things along the way thank you so much 345 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:18,440 again for sharing and I think like a lot of times like we'd see in chapel that like you 346 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:23,880 guys won like or ACSC but like we wouldn't know how much effort or like all the obstacles 347 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:28,400 that like went into going to that and Pan you're right like that pressure must be crazy 348 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:33,280 like you only have to win all the games that you're playing on all in one day to it right 349 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:38,680 and then or like the close score I was watching I remember like watching that game in JCH out 350 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:42,400 I remember watching it it was like like you were like like like Grace was winning and then 351 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,400 you were winning and it just like went on and on yeah that's crazy so thank you so so much 352 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:51,600 for sharing I think it's like we understand a lot more now or like what goes into that 353 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:56,000 and it must be so so pressuring so a shout out to you guys for doing all of that and 354 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:01,280 still winning and here's one more question for the girls before we ask Mr. Mike the same 355 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:07,460 question what advice would you give to younger athletes who aspire to pursue a varsity sport 356 00:25:07,460 --> 00:25:11,760 during their high school career so a piece of advice that I would give to younger athletes 357 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:16,040 is don't give up I know that sounds cliche because people always tell you to never give 358 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:20,400 up but I genuinely mean it whether it is you don't make the team the first time you dry 359 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:25,120 out or the second time or the third time it is okay I think that all three of us have 360 00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:30,560 experienced some sort of failure some maybe not getting as much playing time or not making 361 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:36,320 the team or feeling like you're working so hard and not getting what you deserve on the 362 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:43,680 court and just the approval from your coaches however I truly encourage you to keep going 363 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:48,600 because it does get better I promise you coaches will start to see your hard work you will 364 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:54,760 get to playing time that you deserve and you will begin to see that the work that you're 365 00:25:54,760 --> 00:26:02,920 putting in is coming out and you're gonna see results so yeah I genuinely think that 366 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:08,980 that's a piece of advice that I would like to give to younger athletes once you made 367 00:26:08,980 --> 00:26:14,520 it to the team I think one of the advice that I want to give younger athletes is that put 368 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:20,040 in your best efforts because when you prove to the coaches that you deserve being on the 369 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:26,540 team you kind of have to show that you really deserve to be here and just kind of be eager 370 00:26:26,540 --> 00:26:33,520 to always play to always come to practices and put like dedicate your time into practicing 371 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:38,880 and like practice and like training and all that because because you have like this one 372 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:45,120 shot to prove yourself that you deserve to be a part of the varsity team so you kind 373 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:51,280 of have to have like some dedication and also enjoy every moment you play on the court during 374 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:57,640 a game because you only get one one shot to like perform your best so not not like one 375 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:03,880 shot like just get your chance to shine so I feel like you have to enjoy every bit of 376 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:09,280 moment you have on the court because because you enjoy basketball you love basketball and 377 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,920 that's why I have to show that through your performance so that is just some of the advice 378 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:21,240 I want to give so my advice is kind of two things connected to each other first I 379 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:27,560 wanted to say that like it's never too late to try something new so if you want to try 380 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,760 out a sport it doesn't have to be varsity it could be like club sports or something 381 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:39,320 that just go and try it out and the second part of my advice would be to be really coachable 382 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:44,920 be willing to listen when other people who are better than you tell you like give you 383 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:52,400 advice and like be ready to ask questions and like Emma and Pun said like it's not 384 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:57,920 easy when you're on like varsity team but if you don't think you're getting what you 385 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:05,280 deserve be ready to ask questions and so you can figure out what you need to work on it's 386 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:09,760 never really too late to try something new but when you do start it give it your all 387 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:15,560 and like be ready to learn not go there with the mentality of like you already know what 388 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:22,520 you're doing so yeah like just listen to others and ask a lot of questions and there's nothing 389 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:26,600 you can't do if you like really put your mind to it so yeah. 390 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:31,440 Great I would just like to add one thing a story about my first time I got flanks I'm 391 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:36,960 on the varsity team so when I was a freshman I made the team full-time for the first time 392 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:41,040 and I remember it was a really good team it had glory Caroline some of the best players 393 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:47,560 that this program has seen and it was the finals of the NIST tournament and I don't 394 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:55,720 know why coach Jack decided to put me in during that game but he put me in and I stood on 395 00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:01,160 the court and Caroline was passing in the ball and I was wide open so she gave me the 396 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:08,960 ball and I turned around and I started dribbling the opposite direction towards the other team's 397 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:15,680 basket and this I was wondering why no one was coming to guard me but I quickly understood 398 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:22,640 why Mr. Jack yelled my name and told me to stop so I dropped the ball it went out of 399 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:28,660 bounds and I got subbed back out right away that was my first experience on the varsity 400 00:29:28,660 --> 00:29:38,000 team and now my last year and last year I've been playing full games scoring points and 401 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:43,400 really making a contribution to the team so genuinely I encourage you indeed to not give 402 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:49,200 up because it really really does get better and the more longer that you stay on the team 403 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,320 the more it's gonna pay off. 404 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:55,440 I love that I feel like this whole episode we've just had like great advice after great 405 00:29:55,440 --> 00:30:02,520 advice. Okay and finally Mr. Mike as a coach what advice would you share with younger athletes 406 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:06,560 who want to join the varsity women's basketball team at some point? 407 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,520 What I would say is really a bit of a combination of some of the things the girls have already 408 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:20,320 said which is hard work the effort that you put in is noticed the coaches see it the other 409 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:24,880 players see it they see how hard you work they see whether you're working hard or whether 410 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:29,760 you're not and that's something that will serve you well in life. Certainly if you're 411 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:33,360 trying to make the basketball team it's my advice for you but it's a character trait 412 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:39,280 that's going to serve you well beyond the basketball court so first is working hard 413 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:46,920 and then I would also say like Proud said is being coachable that's huge as a coach 414 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:51,040 when I have players that listen to me when I have players that are willing to take my 415 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:59,440 advice and try and do the things that I think will help them it really makes a big difference 416 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:05,640 and to kind of put those things together I think it's really important in that hard 417 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:10,560 work don't just play basketball during the basketball season you know if you've never 418 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:15,440 played before that's the place to start try and make the basketball team but playing 419 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:19,620 basketball in the offseason is really really valuable and that's really the best place 420 00:31:19,620 --> 00:31:25,300 for you to work on your individual skills so I would encourage you to set a smart goal 421 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:30,960 for yourself it doesn't have to be big or complicated but it anything something something 422 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:35,960 that gives you a goal something that gives you something to aim for and then discipline 423 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:42,860 yourself to stick to it I think you'll find that that really will have a big impact by 424 00:31:42,860 --> 00:31:47,460 doing those things and it will help you become a better basketball player and and that's 425 00:31:47,460 --> 00:31:51,640 going to be something that will help your chances of making a varsity team in the future 426 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:55,440 all right thank you so much for joining us again and thank you so much for that great 427 00:31:55,440 --> 00:32:00,520 advice and for telling us all about the stories thank you so much again at that end segment 428 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:05,080 one of this episode thanks again for taking time to come on our podcast and share some 429 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:09,960 of your own personal thoughts on the topic of what it takes to be a champion and thanks 430 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:15,020 for providing our listeners with some valuable advice and insights as the principles learned 431 00:32:15,020 --> 00:32:20,360 can go far beyond just sports okay stick around as we continue with part five of our story 432 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:26,380 in our second segment part five is titled the secret society we'll be right back after 433 00:32:26,380 --> 00:32:38,300 the short PSA attention all ACSC girls soccer players and fans the tournaments have already 434 00:32:38,300 --> 00:32:44,660 started from Wednesday April 10th to Saturday April 13th teams from across Asia will battle 435 00:32:44,660 --> 00:32:49,860 it out for the coveted championship title come cheer for our ics eagles show school 436 00:32:49,860 --> 00:32:55,340 spirit and witness some of the most skillful and exciting soccer matches you'll ever see 437 00:32:55,340 --> 00:33:00,420 whether you're a soccer fanatic or just looking for a good time this tournament is not to 438 00:33:00,420 --> 00:33:05,940 be missed so mark your calendars gather your friends and get ready to experience the thrill 439 00:33:05,940 --> 00:33:13,100 of ACSC girls soccer at its finest for the last part of our PSA join us from Thursday 440 00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:20,620 April 25th to Saturday April 27th for our tri sports tournament at ICS tri sports are 441 00:33:20,620 --> 00:33:26,500 a test of endurance determination and skills our students have been training hard to showcase 442 00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:32,220 their abilities for all of you so grab your friends wear your school colors and come cheer 443 00:33:32,220 --> 00:33:39,060 on our athletes as they play volleyball basketball and soccer let's create a fun and energetic 444 00:33:39,060 --> 00:33:44,860 atmosphere to motivate our athletes and celebrate their accomplishments your cheers and encouragement 445 00:33:44,860 --> 00:33:49,980 can make a world of difference in their performance see you at the tri sports event and let's 446 00:33:49,980 --> 00:33:55,820 show our school spirit together we are back for our second segment and we continue with 447 00:33:55,820 --> 00:34:01,420 part five titled the secret society this is part five of the larger story titled the secrets 448 00:34:01,420 --> 00:34:19,500 of El Dorado but first Chania will give us a quick recap of part four from our last episode 449 00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:25,340 in the last episode the team delves into the area's history uncovering legends and stories 450 00:34:25,340 --> 00:34:30,260 that suggest a pattern of mysteries while they were exploring the past the team also 451 00:34:30,260 --> 00:34:35,540 found a connection between the past events and the current disappearance suspicion and 452 00:34:35,540 --> 00:34:41,580 tension rise as some members start to suspect professor Hawthorne thank you Chania and without 453 00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:47,260 further ado let's dive back into our story where we join Ava Lily Sierra Ethan and the 454 00:34:47,260 --> 00:34:57,420 professor once again 455 00:34:57,420 --> 00:35:01,980 we find Ethan and the professor on Rob's Peak as they have discovered something on 456 00:35:01,980 --> 00:35:07,100 the video from the drone Ethan had flown into the first mine location they were exploring 457 00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:13,380 together they are both looking down at the drone footage on the tablet Ethan is holding 458 00:35:13,380 --> 00:35:18,980 Ethan blurs is all professor is that what I think it is yes it looks like it the professor 459 00:35:18,980 --> 00:35:24,020 responds the drone's high-definition camera had captured something etched into one of 460 00:35:24,020 --> 00:35:30,780 the side walls in the mine shaft right to the left of the sealed off vertical shaft 461 00:35:30,780 --> 00:35:34,740 this was the same place the professor was standing for a few moments before the drone 462 00:35:34,740 --> 00:35:39,540 caught up with him professor Hawthorne says as he looks up at Ethan I couldn't see that 463 00:35:39,540 --> 00:35:44,740 symbol etched in the rock wall when I was there it looks to be quite an old etching 464 00:35:44,740 --> 00:35:50,060 not very deep into the rock and very faint and small in appearance it looks really old 465 00:35:50,060 --> 00:35:55,380 and it also looks similar in the style to the Chinese symbols on both the note and the 466 00:35:55,380 --> 00:36:00,620 manuscript either replies it looks at the same style of Chinese character that's on 467 00:36:00,620 --> 00:36:06,900 the note from each end and in that old manuscript you have the professor nods his head in agreement 468 00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:12,580 as he says yes it does Ethan speaking out loud the professor says the camera on that 469 00:36:12,580 --> 00:36:18,340 drone must be super sensitive to be able to capture those small details if we had cell 470 00:36:18,340 --> 00:36:23,260 service out here we could look up the meaning of that symbol I bet it comes from the same 471 00:36:23,260 --> 00:36:28,860 cipher chart as the other symbols professor Hawthorne asked Ethan to save the image to 472 00:36:28,860 --> 00:36:33,180 his device and suggest they make their way to the second and third mine sites before 473 00:36:33,180 --> 00:36:38,140 the day gets away from them the professor looks at Ethan and says all right buddy hope 474 00:36:38,140 --> 00:36:43,380 you are ready for some rugged trails the paths to the second and third mines are not easily 475 00:36:43,380 --> 00:36:49,420 accessible as the professor turns around and gestures to Ethan to follow him he says but 476 00:36:49,420 --> 00:36:55,100 hey it's part of our adventure today Ethan takes a deep breath and thanks to himself 477 00:36:55,100 --> 00:37:01,660 great don't think I signed up for this type of event of adventure today though the two 478 00:37:01,660 --> 00:37:05,380 move further into the rugged mountain terrain towards the second mine which is on the west 479 00:37:05,380 --> 00:37:15,300 side of the mountain and at a slightly lower elevation from the current location about 480 00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:19,220 20 minutes later the two reach a clearing on the west side of the mountain and take 481 00:37:19,220 --> 00:37:24,940 a quick break to catch their breath eat a snack and drink some water the professor looks 482 00:37:24,940 --> 00:37:30,100 over at Ethan who is finding a place to sit down and says the elevation can get you if 483 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:35,700 you're not used to it we need to stay hydrated as well the professor notices Ethan digging 484 00:37:35,700 --> 00:37:40,740 around in his backpack for his trail mix as he continues the second mine is just over 485 00:37:40,740 --> 00:37:46,140 that small ledge beyond the clump of trees we are almost there maybe another 5-10 minutes 486 00:37:46,140 --> 00:37:51,740 max once we get there I'll check it out again and see if the front metal gate is open the 487 00:37:51,740 --> 00:37:56,360 entrance of the mine is usually closed up and locked up I'm not sure I'll have access 488 00:37:56,360 --> 00:38:01,380 to it like the first mine I guess we'll see when we get there Ethan is snugging on some 489 00:38:01,380 --> 00:38:05,820 trail mix he made at the cafe while listening to the professor talk about the plan for the 490 00:38:05,820 --> 00:38:10,740 second mine shaft if it's alright with you professor I'll just stay outside the mine 491 00:38:10,740 --> 00:38:15,420 and test my drone again I want to gather some data at this altitude and get some more footage 492 00:38:15,420 --> 00:38:20,380 of this side of the mountain sounds good okay let's get going the professor says as he 493 00:38:20,380 --> 00:38:27,260 turns and starts walking in that direction as Ethan is standing up and staring at the 494 00:38:27,260 --> 00:38:32,660 wall he hears a ding from his phone he thinks to himself oh sales service must reach this 495 00:38:32,660 --> 00:38:37,100 side of the mountain from the valley below good I can check to see what the symbol stands 496 00:38:37,100 --> 00:38:41,780 for from that old Chinese holographic color sheet I found online and I can check out my 497 00:38:41,780 --> 00:38:46,420 cafe to see how things are going hopefully sales are up after a few minutes the two reach 498 00:38:46,420 --> 00:38:50,940 the second mine site professor Hawthorne steps up to the entrance of the mine something that 499 00:38:50,940 --> 00:38:57,300 can't be seen from the rough trail because of the un-overgrown underbrush as he pushes 500 00:38:57,300 --> 00:39:01,500 his way through the underbrush the professor turns his head and shouts back to Ethan who 501 00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:08,100 is following him yep just like I thought looks like the gate is shut and padlocked oh wait 502 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:14,220 the padlock is either broken or it's been cut hmm that's interesting Ethan looks up 503 00:39:14,220 --> 00:39:18,980 as he brushes some dirt and thorns off his pants and says that doesn't seem normal maybe 504 00:39:18,980 --> 00:39:23,780 some tourists got a little carried away yeah definitely is not normal not many people know 505 00:39:23,780 --> 00:39:28,240 about this site especially the tourists and not many people want to hike all this way 506 00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:33,300 anyway well I'm gonna go walk into the mine a little ways with my flashlight and see what 507 00:39:33,300 --> 00:39:38,900 I can see you wait out here is I'll only be a few minutes if my memory serves me right 508 00:39:38,900 --> 00:39:44,620 this mine is not very deep so I won't be but a few minutes as the professor removes 509 00:39:44,620 --> 00:39:49,740 the broken padlock opens the metal gate and enters the mine Ethan gets on his tablet and 510 00:39:49,740 --> 00:39:54,740 checks if there's cell coverage he discovered there is a weak coverage but just enough to 511 00:39:54,740 --> 00:39:59,940 retrieve the image of the telegraphic code chart he saved to his cloud storage device 512 00:39:59,940 --> 00:40:04,500 as he pulls up the code chart he notices that the symbol he and the professor found in the 513 00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:09,220 first one translate as a minus symbol Ethan makes a mental note of it and then see the 514 00:40:09,220 --> 00:40:14,140 notification pop up on his tablet the notification is from his custom tracking software that 515 00:40:14,140 --> 00:40:19,540 is connected to the tracking devices that he was testing earlier interesting intending 516 00:40:19,540 --> 00:40:25,180 to himself as he pulls up the tracking software app on his tablet because the coverage is 517 00:40:25,180 --> 00:40:30,380 so terrible at this location the high resolution map he's using in the software is loading 518 00:40:30,380 --> 00:40:36,580 very slowly he taps his fingers on the tablet as he patiently waits come on come on Ethan 519 00:40:36,580 --> 00:40:42,140 says softly as he watches the map slowly load on the screen meanwhile professor Hawthorne 520 00:40:42,140 --> 00:40:46,820 makes his way down the narrow mine shaft of the second mine site turning on his flashlight 521 00:40:46,820 --> 00:40:52,060 as the passageway gets darker and darker as the professor is looking down at the ground 522 00:40:52,060 --> 00:40:57,780 so as not to stumble on any loose rocks or other debris he notices footprints to in some 523 00:40:57,780 --> 00:41:03,700 of the softer areas of the path he makes a mental note of it and keeps moving the professor 524 00:41:03,700 --> 00:41:09,260 comes to a y intersection in the mine shaft there's an option to veer left on the path 525 00:41:09,260 --> 00:41:14,140 or veer right on the path both of these paths lead deeper into the mountain and the professor 526 00:41:14,140 --> 00:41:19,720 is not equipped to go any further so he decides to turn around and head back out of the mine 527 00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:25,180 as he is turning he flashes his flashlight on the rock walls and right away notices the 528 00:41:25,180 --> 00:41:30,060 same symbol etched into the wall that Ethan had discovered with his drone in the first 529 00:41:30,060 --> 00:41:35,260 mine they explored the professor pulls out his phone and takes a photo of it before walking 530 00:41:35,260 --> 00:41:40,700 back out of the mine and back out the gate and broken padlock as the professor exits 531 00:41:40,700 --> 00:41:45,900 the mine he yells out to Ethan who's standing a little distance away hey Ethan I found another 532 00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:50,940 one of those symbols sketched into the rock it looks like the same symbol we found at 533 00:41:50,940 --> 00:41:56,060 the first mine the professor walks over to Ethan and shows him the photo he took of the 534 00:41:56,060 --> 00:42:03,260 symbol and asks so what do you think it's the same symbol right Ethan replies yeah that's 535 00:42:03,260 --> 00:42:08,060 the same symbol while you were in there I was able to get a weak cell signal I pulled 536 00:42:08,060 --> 00:42:12,420 the telegraphic coding chart to see if that symbol was listed and sure enough the symbol 537 00:42:12,420 --> 00:42:16,700 appears to translate to the minus sign so what was the first mine and the second mine 538 00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:20,940 have the symbol carved into the wall of the shaft and they are both closed in proximity 539 00:42:20,940 --> 00:42:26,220 to the entrance of the mine Ethan could tell the professor was thinking by the expression 540 00:42:26,220 --> 00:42:31,980 the professor had on his face while Ethan was talking so even as what is it what are 541 00:42:31,980 --> 00:42:38,900 you thinking about I think that symbol actually translates to negative even though the telegraphic 542 00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:45,180 code chart has it listed as the minus sign I believe it's like a marker or message and 543 00:42:45,180 --> 00:42:50,260 it means negative you know the opposite of positive I think it's a sign that communicates 544 00:42:50,260 --> 00:42:55,780 to anyone who comes into the mine that this mine produced negative results the professor 545 00:42:55,780 --> 00:43:00,780 goes on as Ethan listens so my assumption is that there was no gold found in this mine 546 00:43:00,780 --> 00:43:06,700 similar to the first one by this time and Ethan into professor's conversation Ethan 547 00:43:06,700 --> 00:43:12,380 noticed that the map had loaded on his tablet and Ethan said it gets even more weird check 548 00:43:12,380 --> 00:43:18,220 this out Ethan went on to explain to the professor that he stuck one of his small paperclip tracking 549 00:43:18,220 --> 00:43:23,860 devices in Lily's backpack as she left the cafe yesterday he goes on according to the 550 00:43:23,860 --> 00:43:29,300 software I built for my small tracking devices it works up here as well the tracking software 551 00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:35,380 is showing that Lily's backpack is located at the reservoir the Ethan finishes the last 552 00:43:35,380 --> 00:43:40,420 part of his statement as somewhat of a question although this other dot on the map here is 553 00:43:40,420 --> 00:43:45,900 us this is the device that's on the old manuscript you brought with us Ethan says this very excitedly 554 00:43:45,900 --> 00:43:50,540 as he is very pleased in the range and power the small tracking devices contain the professor 555 00:43:50,540 --> 00:43:55,580 looks up from his phone after finding he has weak cell service and says okay well maybe 556 00:43:55,580 --> 00:44:00,380 the trio decided to go check out the second set of coordinates they did take a photo of 557 00:44:00,380 --> 00:44:05,020 Chen's note yesterday before leaving the cafe I mean if Ava is a journalist at the 558 00:44:05,020 --> 00:44:11,420 Sacramento Bee then she's probably doing some investigating herself the professor continues 559 00:44:11,420 --> 00:44:16,340 it's getting late so let's go check out that third mine site I don't want to be hiking 560 00:44:16,340 --> 00:44:21,060 out here in the dark he points toward the direction they need to go and says it's actually 561 00:44:21,060 --> 00:44:25,580 not far from here maybe about a 10 minute hike mines two and three are much closer in 562 00:44:25,580 --> 00:44:31,300 proximity together than mine one Ethan grabs his gear and follows the professor as they 563 00:44:31,300 --> 00:44:37,780 head south toward the third mine site as they are walking Ethan asks the professor so professor 564 00:44:37,780 --> 00:44:43,020 what do you think this all means the professor stops for a moment takes off one of his hiking 565 00:44:43,020 --> 00:44:48,660 shoes and as he is shaking out several small pebbles from his shoe he says I'm not sure 566 00:44:48,660 --> 00:44:54,740 yet what this all means I mean all of it seems to be connected in some way at least the evidence 567 00:44:54,740 --> 00:44:59,380 seems to be revealing that to us in these types of moments I try to stick to my archaeological 568 00:44:59,380 --> 00:45:04,260 principle which is to allow the evidence to point us to the truth and hopefully it will 569 00:45:04,260 --> 00:45:08,700 help us solve whatever mystery we've stumbled upon especially with the disappearance of 570 00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:13,820 Chen oh that reminds me when we get back to town I need to stop in at the county sheriff's 571 00:45:13,820 --> 00:45:19,620 office and file a missing persons report about Chen and notify them about the broken padlock 572 00:45:19,620 --> 00:45:24,940 and the footprints I discovered at the second mine site several minutes later the professor 573 00:45:24,940 --> 00:45:29,700 and Ethan arrive at the third mine site this site is different from the other two in that 574 00:45:29,700 --> 00:45:34,580 the entrance is larger in size and the mineshaft seems to be wider and taller than the previous 575 00:45:34,580 --> 00:45:38,860 two Ethan looks over to the professor and says since there's no gate and padlock on this 576 00:45:38,860 --> 00:45:43,380 mine why don't you let me fly the drone into the shaft and see how far it goes that should 577 00:45:43,380 --> 00:45:47,340 save you from having to walk in there again we can just sit outside the entrance of the 578 00:45:47,340 --> 00:45:52,660 mine and study the drone footage the professor responds yeah good idea my feet hurt anyways 579 00:45:52,660 --> 00:45:57,580 plus the drone can cover more ground and faster the professor glances up and watches as the 580 00:45:57,580 --> 00:46:02,540 drone whizzes over his head toward the entrance of the mine and then watches as it disappears 581 00:46:02,540 --> 00:46:09,140 into the black hole in the mount several minutes later he hears Ethan yell out hey professor 582 00:46:09,140 --> 00:46:13,900 I found something check this out Ethan sends his drone into the mineshaft about 100 yards 583 00:46:13,900 --> 00:46:17,980 similar in distance of what he had done for the first mineshaft Ethan switches back and 584 00:46:17,980 --> 00:46:22,900 forth between regular infrared and black light mode on his camera he's trying to capture 585 00:46:22,900 --> 00:46:27,420 as many features as possible Ethan birds out and there it is another civil edge into the 586 00:46:27,420 --> 00:46:32,200 rock and it also appears there are about three different directions the shaft leads they 587 00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:37,260 all slope down toward the center of the mountain Ethan could not send his drone down any of 588 00:46:37,260 --> 00:46:41,620 the three shafts as he seated not wanting the connection to be interrupted between his 589 00:46:41,620 --> 00:46:46,420 tablet and the drone he was unsure of the distance and didn't want to risk losing his 590 00:46:46,420 --> 00:46:51,460 drone and the connection broke so he flew the drone back out and denied it safety at 591 00:46:51,460 --> 00:46:56,180 his and the professor's feet right outside the entrance the professor asked Ethan so 592 00:46:56,180 --> 00:47:01,580 is the symbol the camera captured the same as what we saw in the first and second mines 593 00:47:01,580 --> 00:47:07,340 no it's different Ethan answers Ethan pulls up the code chart again and finds the symbol 594 00:47:07,340 --> 00:47:11,860 on the code chart look at this the symbol from the third mine translates to the plus 595 00:47:11,860 --> 00:47:17,940 symbol the professor interrupts and says yes and no Ethan yes it's a plus symbol but it 596 00:47:17,940 --> 00:47:23,120 translates to positive that's what that means the first and second mine sites indicate a 597 00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:28,740 negative and the third mine site indicates a positive this kind of makes sense then I'm 598 00:47:28,740 --> 00:47:33,540 thinking out loud here as I'm making some assumptions from our findings but it's quite 599 00:47:33,540 --> 00:47:38,580 possible that the reason there are only three mines on this mountain is because the third 600 00:47:38,580 --> 00:47:44,300 mine was dug was the mine that ended up producing all the gold so why dig more mines if you 601 00:47:44,300 --> 00:47:50,500 don't have to I mean back then and at that time remember this is back in 1849 digging 602 00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:55,900 a mine was hard and laborious work if they struck gold veins in the rock in this third 603 00:47:55,900 --> 00:48:01,500 mine then why dig a fourth or fifth or sixth if you didn't have to right right that makes 604 00:48:01,500 --> 00:48:06,260 sense Ethan replies professor there's something else in the video that you might want to look 605 00:48:06,260 --> 00:48:12,120 at I switched back and forth between several camera features regular infrared and black 606 00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:16,700 light mode well when the camera was on the black light mode it picked up some features 607 00:48:16,700 --> 00:48:22,780 in the rock at the entrance to the first inner shaft I didn't fly the drone into any of 608 00:48:22,780 --> 00:48:26,460 the free inner shafts but at the entrance there seem to be some features or element 609 00:48:26,460 --> 00:48:31,860 in the rock that stands out it doesn't appear to be rock as the professor is looking at 610 00:48:31,860 --> 00:48:36,540 the video of what Ethan is talking about he reaches into his side pants pocket and pulls 611 00:48:36,540 --> 00:48:41,380 out a pocket knife and tells Ethan wait here and I'll be right back I need to scrape off 612 00:48:41,380 --> 00:48:47,120 a sample whatever substance is in that rock I've not seen that before the professor walks 613 00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:52,300 into the mine with a small empty snack baggie he got from Ethan's backpack his pocket knife 614 00:48:52,300 --> 00:48:58,460 and his flashlight about seven minutes later the professor emerges from the mine entrance 615 00:48:58,460 --> 00:49:03,060 the sun already starting to go down holds up the baggie which contains small shards 616 00:49:03,060 --> 00:49:08,780 of what looked like an off-white substance and says Ethan we have an interesting discovery 617 00:49:08,780 --> 00:49:14,380 here that I have not seen before on any of my past digs it kind of looks like salt I 618 00:49:14,380 --> 00:49:19,460 scraped some samples from the rock wall the best I could do with my pocket knife but it 619 00:49:19,460 --> 00:49:23,900 should be enough to get it tested at the lab and see what it is it's getting dark and we 620 00:49:23,900 --> 00:49:30,900 need to hike back 621 00:49:30,900 --> 00:49:36,380 Ethan and Professor Hawthorne seem to have discovered something interesting meanwhile 622 00:49:36,380 --> 00:49:41,500 at 7 p.m. Ava meets Sierra at her house and is ready for their own adventure Sierra greets 623 00:49:41,500 --> 00:49:46,180 Ava with a smile before they drive to the reservoir where the coordinates had pointed 624 00:49:46,180 --> 00:49:51,940 to Sierra is driving an Ava Sitch shotgun blasting pop music all while helping Sierra 625 00:49:51,940 --> 00:50:01,580 navigate a little over an hour three playlists and 23 sounds later they reached the reservoir 626 00:50:01,580 --> 00:50:07,020 that's interesting Sierra says pointing to the cars parked as they pull up to the reservoir 627 00:50:07,020 --> 00:50:13,180 spill dam which is situated on the southwest side of the reservoir it's pretty late wouldn't 628 00:50:13,180 --> 00:50:20,820 tourists have left already Ava frowns a little you're right Sierra hmm I wonder why they 629 00:50:20,820 --> 00:50:25,660 don't think too much of it parking Sierra's car a distant away from the group of other 630 00:50:25,660 --> 00:50:30,900 cars parked near the walkway that goes over the dam after they get out of the car and 631 00:50:30,900 --> 00:50:37,300 approach the walkway over the dam they walk past a group of cars Ava notices that several 632 00:50:37,300 --> 00:50:42,140 cars had governmental license plates this made her very curious and she pointed this 633 00:50:42,140 --> 00:50:46,980 out to Sierra as they walk past the cars out of instinct Ava snaps a few photos of the 634 00:50:46,980 --> 00:50:52,180 license plates thinking to herself you never know these photos could be helpful when Ava 635 00:50:52,180 --> 00:50:58,580 points out the license plates to Sierra Sierra's eyes widen you're right Ava Ava responds 636 00:50:58,580 --> 00:51:03,860 just to be safe I took a few photos they could come in handy or they could be used as evidence 637 00:51:03,860 --> 00:51:07,700 or they could just be part of our entrance policy if something were to happen Sierra 638 00:51:07,700 --> 00:51:14,540 shoots Ava a weird and worried look good call I guess I mean I hope we are not in danger 639 00:51:14,540 --> 00:51:20,140 Sierra nods before pointing to the walkway on top of the dam let's go explore that part 640 00:51:20,140 --> 00:51:25,620 oh yeah we should Ava says as they start walking in that direction she continues remember coming 641 00:51:25,620 --> 00:51:30,620 here in high school and just hang out with our friends those are good times over yep 642 00:51:30,620 --> 00:51:36,060 best hangout spot Sierra smiles closing her eyes as she thinks back to the good old high 643 00:51:36,060 --> 00:51:41,160 school days with that Ava and Sierra make their way up to the walkway over the dam chatting 644 00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:45,780 about old classmates and teachers on either side of the dam there were small concrete 645 00:51:45,780 --> 00:51:51,420 buildings with small half windows these buildings have a steel door usually locked and the building 646 00:51:51,420 --> 00:51:57,220 house controls switches and a small office area that is used for operations and maintenance 647 00:51:57,220 --> 00:52:02,060 of the dam this reservoir provides water to the valleys surrounding this area and the 648 00:52:02,060 --> 00:52:07,620 dam controls the flow of the water at different times of the year suddenly Ava spots a light 649 00:52:07,620 --> 00:52:11,540 coming from one of the small half windows of the closest maintenance building up to 650 00:52:11,540 --> 00:52:16,460 the parking lot it's not terribly bright but Ava thinks it's unusual for it to be on at 651 00:52:16,460 --> 00:52:22,100 this time of the night she's never seen workers here at this time in the past Ava stops abruptly 652 00:52:22,100 --> 00:52:27,700 as they're walking Sierra notices this and follows Ava's line of sight she could also 653 00:52:27,700 --> 00:52:35,100 swear she heard something so she asks Ava did you hear that hear what Ava asks you can't 654 00:52:35,100 --> 00:52:40,860 Sierra says repeating the words she hears in a hushed tongue hear listen I don't think 655 00:52:40,860 --> 00:52:47,060 so that's even more risky Ava nods yeah yeah I can now but not so clearly let's get closer 656 00:52:47,060 --> 00:52:51,500 with that the two girls inch closer towards the half window which is open though they're 657 00:52:51,500 --> 00:52:55,300 careful not to make too much noise in case someone heard them they listened for a few 658 00:52:55,300 --> 00:53:01,100 more minutes but the voices had become fainter and fainter until even Sierra herself couldn't 659 00:53:01,100 --> 00:53:07,860 hear anything hmm Sierra mutters underneath her breath wishing there was a way for them 660 00:53:07,860 --> 00:53:14,020 to be able to eavesdrop glancing around Sierra spots a small wooden picnic table she nods 661 00:53:14,020 --> 00:53:18,700 to Ava to help her and they both quickly picked a small table up and move it close to the 662 00:53:18,700 --> 00:53:24,540 window the window sat higher on the side of the building and the two girls could not see 663 00:53:24,540 --> 00:53:29,560 into it without having something to stand on the two girls climb on top of the picnic 664 00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:34,660 table and try to peek in through the window opening they see four or five people gathered 665 00:53:34,660 --> 00:53:40,260 around the table maybe three men and two women they couldn't see very clearly because the 666 00:53:40,260 --> 00:53:45,820 window was dirty and cloudy and wasn't open the entire way but they could hear their voices 667 00:53:45,820 --> 00:53:51,020 very clearly now Ava quickly takes out her phone and opens a voice recording app she 668 00:53:51,020 --> 00:53:55,260 and Sierra are standing there together at the open window listening to the conversation 669 00:53:55,260 --> 00:54:01,940 happening inside this is about to get interesting Sierra sees Ava's recording app open and 670 00:54:01,940 --> 00:54:07,420 gives her a thumbs up together they hear and record the following conversation don't do 671 00:54:07,420 --> 00:54:12,820 that that's not smart we might get caught the first man says as he sit in a way at the 672 00:54:12,820 --> 00:54:19,300 table so his face is turned towards the open window right that's true or you know we could 673 00:54:19,300 --> 00:54:24,300 just do away with them make them disappear make it look like an accident a second voice 674 00:54:24,300 --> 00:54:30,580 brings out deeper this time the first man responds what you mean then he gestures making 675 00:54:30,580 --> 00:54:36,540 a horizontal cut across his neck with his finger what do you think I meant the second 676 00:54:36,540 --> 00:54:43,100 voice says or we could deport them the boy and the girl they're not citizens are they 677 00:54:43,100 --> 00:54:47,740 get their visas revoked and then threaten their families a third voice says and she 678 00:54:47,740 --> 00:54:52,660 sounds more collected and measured that's smart but there's no guarantee they won't 679 00:54:52,660 --> 00:54:58,520 slip up after some time we can't have that the first voice or the second voice Sierra's 680 00:54:58,520 --> 00:55:04,100 not too sure how could anyone find out and what if someone else finds out what are we 681 00:55:04,100 --> 00:55:10,300 going to do then this is the first voice Sierra sure his voice went out several octaves higher 682 00:55:10,300 --> 00:55:16,880 stop stop panicking you fools I'll tell you what to do with the foreign boy and girl Sierra's 683 00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:22,940 eyebrows angled and she exchanged puzzled glances with Ava she could have sworn she heard that 684 00:55:22,940 --> 00:55:28,260 voice before it was a little too familiar Sierra could tell that both her and Ava were thinking 685 00:55:28,260 --> 00:55:34,460 the same thing at that moment which was could they be talking about Chen and who's the girl 686 00:55:34,460 --> 00:55:40,420 they are talking about at that moment the corner of the small picnic table snaps off with a loud 687 00:55:40,420 --> 00:55:46,180 crack from the weight of the two girls standing on it neither Sierra nor Ava knew that the side 688 00:55:46,180 --> 00:56:04,180 of the tabletop was partially rotten when they decided to stand on it 689 00:56:04,180 --> 00:56:12,980 that ends part five of the secrets of El Dorado we are halfway through our story with five 690 00:56:12,980 --> 00:56:17,700 more parts to go again if you missed any other previous parts you can go back and listen 691 00:56:17,700 --> 00:56:23,300 to those anytime starting with episode 55 tune in next episode as we continue with part 692 00:56:23,300 --> 00:56:38,260 six titled the underground network 693 00:56:38,260 --> 00:56:43,000 as we end this episode we again would like to thank several of the girls varsity basketball 694 00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:47,860 team members and coach Mike for joining us on this segment and talking about what it 695 00:56:47,860 --> 00:56:52,440 takes to be a champion and as always this podcast would not be possible without 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