Well, perhaps they moved before he could tryout in town A and got to Town be after tryouts were done.

But wouldn't that make it decently likely he'd be on a team as a freshman, if he'd been participating in sports since junior high?

It could? I think it depends, and in real life, playing in a community league and playing for a school team are different, as in anyone can play in the community league but on the school team you have to make the cut.

I think I see Sam as more bookish than you do, especially since he was doing theater and stuff, too. And I don't actually see him as a team player as much of a loner athlete, like ... running track, maybe.

perhaps they moved before he could tryout in town A and got to Town be after tryouts were done.

But Dean managed to make team captain in the same time?

Also, these are AUs, so moving around is rarely an issue in the scenarios where Dean is king of the school. It wouldn't make sense.

Amy that story was fantastic. Lisa's pov was so touching and made me choke up a little.

If only something like that could play out in canon (without the wincest of course).

I love that version of Lisa.

playing in a community league and playing for a school team are different

Why do you assume it was community league? It was a division championship trophy--I associate those with high schools, but it's not like I've ever, you know, been to one of yours.

I don't think you can be a division champion without being a bit of a team player.

Wasn't it gorgeous, ehab? It made me a little misty, too.

When she's telling Dean that it's okay to think of Sam, to fantasize, it just broke me.

ita, in this AU, like you said, where they've lived in the same town forever, it simply read to me that Sam was eager to try all the new things high school had to offer. Also, in this *particular* AU, I think the author was taking the easy way out in making Dean the athlete, and Sam, as the younger brother in his shadow, carving out his own path with other things.

I can certainly see Sam being an athlete in another story, but in this one it didn't bother me. And it also provided a way for him to interact with Cas -- if he'd been off at practice all the time, that wouldn't have been possible.

ita you have read the thunderhappens story. I picked up the link from you here. [link]

Why do you assume it was community league?

Because at twelve, he's most likely going to be in sixth grade, i.e. elementary school, and elementary schools don't have competitive sports.

Sixth grade could be middle school, but in my experience schools that are 6/7/8 don't allow sixth graders to play sports.

But you're right --he could have been in seventh grade, and playing on a school team. It's just a little less likely.

I can certainly see Sam being an athlete in another story

Thing is? I've never seen it in AU. I'm not picking on this story, I'm picking on the lack of variety in the genre. Sam, whose canon points to successful team athlete, rarely on a team (I can only think of that Depression baseball AU). Dean, with no such indicator, usually so.

Baseball doesn't have a captain or a quarterback or a team lead, does it? I think of Dean as an established leader, so it's easier for me to see him as team captain or equivalent than just another guy following someone else's lead (unless John is coach).

Ah, ehab. Thunderhappens is blualbino. So confusing. Whiskers. I liked it, but you have so much good reading ahead of you!

Because at twelve, he's most likely going to be in sixth grade, i.e. elementary school, and elementary schools don't have competitive sports.

Whatever it was, he got a trophy for more than participation. I come from a sports hungry country, so we're playing for blood by 12, so I lack the correct cultural cues.