Narrative Essay On Basketball Game

The game ended with one swing of the bat. We had just won a regional title. None of us knew what this meant for us but who cared, we were winners. After basking in our glory for all of 10 minutes, we were told to pack a bag because in the morning we left for Yountville, a small city in Northern California where many retired vets stayed. It was here that we would would play for the state championship over the next three days, as well as be our first stepping stone to an undefeated trip through state, Super Regionals, and finally placing 4th in the Nation. It would all begin with getting in some pretty tremendous trouble. The first game came and went also it seemed to take the longest time ever after a 18 to 2 loss. We put it behind us and decided to leave our sweat filled barracks we were staying in and explore the surrounding areas, mostly trees and a few hidden lakes. We faced elimination …show more content…
Another team had found our hidden jewel over the hill and had the same idea to hike up her after everyone had gone to sleep. Although, they were the first ones caught. After more questions than a standardized state test, and numerous threats of being thrown in jail and kicked from the tournament,we were told to go back the way we came and our coaches would be informed of what we did. On our way back we learned the team out their with us was the team we had a game against in less than 2 hours. As we approached our barracks all the coaches on both sides already knew and boy did we hear abut it. Sleep was a mere fantasy at this point, we were lectured up until the first pitch about how we should be kicked out and were a disgrace to the tournament. The most important thing he said though is that we would never win another game out their. We huddled as a team, feeling the greatness about to ensue. We didn't want this summer to end, we knew it was just beginning. We whispered one line, “It’s game time