Personal Narrative Essay: The Last Game

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Five long months all lead up to today. They had beat us in regular season, but we were back and we had revenge to seek. You could feel the hope radiating off my teammates, and the determination that filled my coaches. However, teamwork was the gas that kept our car running. We wasn’t just playing for a win we were playing for the opportunity to continue our season.
Starters took the field in number order placing me between Madysen Snyder and Alissa Wells. I knew we were all ready to prove we were superior over Leo, but Maddy in particular was motivated to take this win. She had missed the game losing penalty kick after we had gone into overtime and would therefore have to complete a shoot out. That game had stuck with all of us and it was

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