Swoosh, the ball went through the net. As we were warming up for a tough semifinal game against our rival New Berlin Eisenhower to get to the championship game against Beaver Dam The horn blows and we go to our benches, time for a pep talk. My mind reminds me that before warm ups every other team didn't believe in us, they had all said to us… “Of course you're not going to win…” but I knew we still had a chance. Our coach say “okay, Hanke you are face guarding Nikki and Kelly you're guarding Alexis or Abbie. Now we have to be strong on defense and Hanke don't let Nikki shoot or drive and if she does you have to help on defense.” “Northstars on 3, 1….. 2….. 3….. Northstars!” Our team shouts, as the gym falls silent. Game time. I slowly walk
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I wipe it on the purple of my jersey making sure it doesn't get on the white. I try to play but it's still bleeding, so I go over to the bench saying “I'm bleeding I need a band-aid.” As I stand on the sideline, our coach tells Abby to hop in for me as I stop the bleeding and get a band-aid. After, the band-aid is secured onto my hand I walk up to the middle of the court were the score table is and squat down waiting patiently to go back into the game. As the refs call me in I call “Abby” and she runs off of the court as I high five her. As the game continues it's a back and forth game between us and our competitors as the score is tied at halftime, we walk to our benches out of breath as we had just chased down Nikki and stopped her from making a layup. Our coach starts by telling us what we did good and how we can work on stopping easy lay ups from happening like helping on defense and leaving the people who don't shoot 3’s in the corners. As the referees blow their whistles we scream “North!” At the top of our lungs and run
I wipe it on the purple of my jersey making sure it doesn't get on the white. I try to play but it's still bleeding, so I go over to the bench saying “I'm bleeding I need a band-aid.” As I stand on the sideline, our coach tells Abby to hop in for me as I stop the bleeding and get a band-aid. After, the band-aid is secured onto my hand I walk up to the middle of the court were the score table is and squat down waiting patiently to go back into the game. As the refs call me in I call “Abby” and she runs off of the court as I high five her. As the game continues it's a back and forth game between us and our competitors as the score is tied at halftime, we walk to our benches out of breath as we had just chased down Nikki and stopped her from making a layup. Our coach starts by telling us what we did good and how we can work on stopping easy lay ups from happening like helping on defense and leaving the people who don't shoot 3’s in the corners. As the referees blow their whistles we scream “North!” At the top of our lungs and run