I responded “nah that’s a tough pass this close to the goal line, let's just go with a slant to Login since they are double teaming Derek”, Coach Morris finally agreed and said “alright let's do it”! “Come on let's do this” I remember saying in the huddle, then we got set for potentially the last play of the season. I was nervous because the game and the season was literally in my hands. I had the ball in my hands and Logan came open on the slant so I fired it in there and it sailed off his fingertips. The…
I could feel the cold, crisp air seeping through my jersey as I watched our struggling defense. Who were jaded and bittered, letting up more than 28 points this game. As our opponent’s defense let up only 24 points. I could feel the tension in the crowd, and in our own teammates. “Touchdown Gators!”…
It was August 11, 2016, the start of the first Varsity football practice. Before I even knew where I was, I was being taken out and being thrusted onto the feet of my athletic master. I was feeling a combination of nervousness, excitement, and determination because this was my moment.…
“The First Shot Fired” It all started when I went to my nephew’s birthday party at a gun club when I was 12. my nephew’s grandpa told me to bring my shotgun, so I did and when we got there he told us that he owned this gun club. After we were done eating and opening presents he told me “get your shotgun, we’re gonna see how good you are.” When I got my shotgun we went up on to the wobble stand he told me to say pull when i’m ready.…
Jakob Frickson Personal narrative I expecting a hard fought game and it was. The score went back and forth, touchdown after touchdown; we fought hard, exhausted and cramping up, the siren sounded the end of the game. We lost. Even though we lost i was still happy, happy to see how fThe time was 9:30, friday night, november of 2015. I’m on a knee looking up at the barely visible stars, i hear the siren go off behind me, that siren represents the end of my high school football career.…
I’m starting over again anew something different now. The last run was great while it lasted. Day one back at practice was pretty rough, hitting balls endlessly at the range brought upon old bad habits. It made me realize how far away I was from my former swing, the consistency, strength, and concentration it had brought me. I had now found myself with a rugged backswing and an upbeat tempo.…
My recurrent shoulder dislocations were a constant battle, but a battle in which I’d always won. After a dislocation, all it took was a couple weeks of physical therapy before I could return to the baseball field. Although, after my fifth dislocation I ended up sitting in the hospital awaiting the results of my MRI with an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach. My surgeon soon returned with news that my injury required a season-ending surgery. Thus, I had a Bankart Repair on my throwing shoulder, and afterwards, although devastated, I supported my teammates from the sidelines for the entirety of the season.…
Adrenaline It’s first down and I’m on offense, I’m also our running back. Quarterback gets the snap and hands it off to me, I start to run. Then there was their biggest player.…
so I got a chance at kickoff on varsity and I ran hard down the field and made tackles. I rotated at that position for a few varsity…
The opposing team had the ball. We were so nervous. If we didn’t pull this game of we would be done our season and we also wouldn’t be going to the championship. I knew what I had to do. I stepped in as linebacker right before they snapped the ball.…
A whole season of hard work and commitment had brought us to this chance to move into a first place tie in the conference. Moreover, with a few winnable games left, we had the chance of an outright conference championship. For me, this game meant a lot more. I was feeling validated for the hard work I had been putting into practice even though I was not a starter. I was showing strong teamwork and helping the offense run better with strong fundamentals and understanding of the coach’s desired offensive approach.…
and I formed a huddle with our quarterback and waited for him to say the play coach suggested. We run to the line of scrimmage, I check in with the referee to make sure a foot is on the line. As I look at the kid across from me i know he’s thinking what i’m thinking and that is we are about to go to war and the best man will come out”alive”.…
It was the day before our first game. We had our normal practice then we all came into a big group on our knee. “This is the part i hate” said coach Beenken in a light voice “this is the time when i'm giving you boys your team.…
Last Thursday I had a chance to play on one of my friends flag football team called “ Back to Back”. The game started at eight pm, so got there a minute after eight. The first thing I noticed while playing Flag football was how different it was from regular football. I played regular ball for about ten years and it felt a whole lot easier than flag. Refraining from creating contact is way harder than how it sounds.…
I wish I could live this day over and over again. It makes me feel like I could’ve done something to make my life a little better, (from going to hating it to knowing it will never come back.) This changed everything for my whole family. It was January 29, 2014, I went to school (thinking that I was going to go hang out with my girlfriends after school.)…