Personal Narrative: My First Out Of Town Tournament

It was an alluring Spring weekend and it was my team’s second season of traveling basketball, although this was my first season with the team because I joined after some other members had quit. We had not won one game since we became a team a season earlier, In fact we hadn’t even come close to winning a game. Although it was our first season so we know we would learn and develop and eventually would win a game. Soon we would figure out if we were adequate enough to in Aberdeen, South Dakota where my team had a tournament. It was my team's first out of town tournament, and also my first out of town tournament. I recall we left from school in the afternoon and me and my friend Joe were carpooling there, it was my first time going to Aberdeen. Along the way we stopped …show more content…
We played a decent game against them but as the final buzzer sounded we came up short. The team was a bit chapfallen because we no longer had a chance at taking first, but we were still content, considering we still had a chance to take 3rd. After the game we went out to eat and rested up for our next game later that afternoon. Our final game was against a team named the Golden Eagles, who were also from South Dakota. This game was tight up until the very end, but we did end up pulling off the victory by about 5 points. Our team was ecstatic because it was the 2nd game in 3 games we had won after losing about 30, plus it was also the first time we ever placed in a tournament. We ended up getting some pretty daunting medals, which just added to the excitement we had from actually achieving something as a team for once. After finishing up the tournament the whole team went out to a Mexican restaurant to cap off the trip. The Mexican place was real authentic and in the top it contained a store with professional sports memorabilia. After we finished eating, we hopped back in the car and took off for a 3 hour trip back to