Entry Seventeen: A Great Weekend for Raider Nation

The Iolani Boys Varsity Soccer Team are the State Champions. Chee! That was a good game. That was the first game I ever watched (on t.v. at midnight since I couldn't go the actual game), and I had no idea how sexy it can be.

Also, the Iolani Boys Varsity Swim Team are the State Champions. Chee! A sexy sport as well, due mostly to the attire.

Aside from that, I gleaned that there were certain physics concepts involved in the soccer game. Near the end of the game, Period One Physic's very own Reid Sakamoto ('09) was hit with a vicious shoulder tackle from some Millilani a-hole. This collision was not completely elastic, so momentum and kinetic energy were not conserved. If they were, then we would use the Conservation of Kinetic Energy and Conservation of Momentum equations. What else . . .

The average force of the collision is equal to change in momentum over change in time, or (mvi-mvf)/tf-ti. Although I don't know the numbers to calculate it, the force looked pretty big.

Needless to say, this did not halt our victory. Congratulations to the swimmers and soccer players. It is a good time to be a part of Raider Nation.


This reeks of jealousy.