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Sliding into the Olympic spirit

Students dream of Sochi as Winter Games set to begin

Fair Street School third-graders Nathalie Gonzalez, right, and Cynthia Aguilar, both 8, participate Friday afternoon in a game of hockey inside the school’s gymnasium as students get fired up for the upcoming Winter Olympics. Students at the school have also entered a video into a competition for a chance to meet Erin Hamlin who is competing in the luge event.

0201olympics1 — Fair Street School third-graders Nathalie Gonzalez, right, and Cynthia Aguilar, both 8, participate Friday afternoon in a game of hockey inside the school’s gymnasium as students get fired up for the upcoming Winter Olympics. Students at the school have also entered a video into a competition for a chance to meet Erin Hamlin who is competing in the luge event.

Jonquavies Drinkard knows what’s most important in winning. “Today we’re playing hockey,” the 9-year-old said. “We gotta cooperate to win this game.”