Enjoying the Winter Olympics

Feature

By Jon May

Husky Herald Reporter

   Both the summer and winter Olympics are a time of year when it brings all nations of the world together. These series of Olympic sports do this by allowing the nations to compete for the bronze, silver and gold medals.

    Every 4 years there are a Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, but they alternate every 2 years. In the year 2014 the Winter Olympics also known as XXII Winter Olympic games were held in Sochi, Russia. In total there are 15 sports that are in the Winter Olympic Games.

   I was pondered with one question. “What is Port Huron Northern’s most watched Winter Olympic sport?”

I interviewed several people to answer this question.

   Joe Zappa (’15) said “I pretty much watch anything that’s on.” This is a general statement that  people responded with. However Joe (’15) also said “If I had to pick a favorite though, I would say Hockey because I love hockey”.

   I also interviewed some woman to find out their opinion on the Winter Olympic Games. Haley Siem (’14) said “I watch Hockey the most. I also really like to watch Freestyle Skiing; it’s cool to see all the jumps.”

   Megan Lynch (’14) answered my question by saying “I really only watch Hockey. Otherwise just what is on then Olympics”.  Some people enjoy watching everything but a few sports.

    Emily Gates (’14) watches almost everything except one sport. “The only thing I don’t really see people watching is curling.” “I really don’t like Figure Skating” said Siem (’14) “It doesn't entertain me; I usually change the channel when it’s on.”

   So what does the general opinion of Northern say about the Winter Olympics? That basically they all enjoy the Olympics.

   The Olympics has an astounding 15 sports, including  biathlon mixed relay, women's ski jumping, mixed-team figure skating, mixed-team luge, pipe skiing, ski and snowboard slope style, and snowboard parallel slalom.

   Now there is still one un-answered question “What is Port Huron Northern’s most watched Winter Olympic sport?” Based on the opinions given, the most watched Winter Olympic sport is Ice Hockey.

   Does this mean that the other Olympic sports aren’t just as equally watched?  No, it just means that amongst these people, Hockey happened to be the favorite