Crack !-Personal Narrative

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One defender, two defenders, three defenders!
“Crack, Crunch, Thump!” they all hit me, but my legs kept churning. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, the yards kept building up, four, three, two, one. “Crack!” We stopped for a water break our practice was getting intense. The water was refreshing, cold as a mountain stream. Tyler walked over. I was sweating like crazy. “Good Tackle.” I told him. “Thanks.” he replied. We walked back over to the coach who happened to be my dad. “We’re gonna go over some more plays.” he said. I groaned We always do this! I thought When can we do something actually fun for once! We walked over to where we I Always! Review plays. I lined up next to Reese, our quarterback. “24 lead on one!” he called “Down,

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