WHOOSH! That’s the sound of the opposing team scoring one of many excruciatingly painful goals. Last year my lacrosse team entered an All Star tournament in Wilmington, North Carolina unknowing the fatal consequences. Don’t get me wrong, our team was good but nowhere near All Star status and our record shows crystal clear that we were not ready for the ocean of skill but rather showed we should stick in our quiet, desolate puddle. My theory on why my team’s numb skulled coaches entered us is that most of our divisions rivals were in the tournament so they thought, “hey this is our chance to show our worthiness, why not prove ourselves.”
First we played the legendary Cavaliers, a team from Charlottesville with a rather fitting name. It was summer and 70 degrees at 6 o’clock in the morning and my team was beat to the bone with no sleep whatsoever. With my team of younger U11s, 10 year olds, against some of the older U13s it was pretty unfair considering that they could practically step on us like an arachnophobic stepping on a spider. Towards the end of the game they decided to run up the score to be ranked number 1 in the age bracket. They accomplished this by …show more content…
The team we played next was from Richmond and was such a small club that they only had U9 team, but also they were so small in fact that I don’t even remember their name. This was our opportunity to win, like a heavenly gift from God. We started off to a great start in the first half. I contributed to the lead by having 5 assists and we were leading 6-1. Just like last game going into the fourth quarter we blew our 6-1 lead to a tie at, 9-9. It was like we couldn’t keep a lead ever even if our life depended on it, but that all changed very quickly. Situation rundown: goalies ball, 9-9, fourth quarter, and 20 seconds left. I yelled violently to my teammates “COVER YOUR MAN
First we played the legendary Cavaliers, a team from Charlottesville with a rather fitting name. It was summer and 70 degrees at 6 o’clock in the morning and my team was beat to the bone with no sleep whatsoever. With my team of younger U11s, 10 year olds, against some of the older U13s it was pretty unfair considering that they could practically step on us like an arachnophobic stepping on a spider. Towards the end of the game they decided to run up the score to be ranked number 1 in the age bracket. They accomplished this by …show more content…
The team we played next was from Richmond and was such a small club that they only had U9 team, but also they were so small in fact that I don’t even remember their name. This was our opportunity to win, like a heavenly gift from God. We started off to a great start in the first half. I contributed to the lead by having 5 assists and we were leading 6-1. Just like last game going into the fourth quarter we blew our 6-1 lead to a tie at, 9-9. It was like we couldn’t keep a lead ever even if our life depended on it, but that all changed very quickly. Situation rundown: goalies ball, 9-9, fourth quarter, and 20 seconds left. I yelled violently to my teammates “COVER YOUR MAN