Before the Game

rounders and basketball are similar, however, in basketball, there are four officials whereas rounders only have two. In basketball, all the officials have different roles. The referees move around the pitch having one side to look at each, this way the game is covered. They also watch for fouls. The timekeeper's job is to time how long each quarter lasts and how long a player is in time out for. The role of the shot clock operator is to time all the timing rules. The scorer keeps a total of…

yelling, screaming my head off, and getting mad at them, and are still friends with me after the games. These are my great friends, the friends that I know I can always count on. The most fun part of these few weeks had to be the very beginning, Feeder Fest. Feeder Fest is the pre-season tournament done to determine the ranks of the team for the starting season. My team we had won all of our games, and were…

360. I enjoy a wide variety of games which I play depending on the mood I am in. The sort of games I play are psychological games such as Alice: Madness Returns; 80s arcade games such as Spy Hunter, Gauntlet, and Defender; and Sandbox games such as Minecraft. I like some of these games because they are unique, like Alice: Madness Returns, and others because of how retro they are, like the 80s…

video games. A place I can dominate a boy without having to say any names.” (Outcast). This poem portrays the feelings of most video gamers, who find playing games as an escape from the real world. People continuously play to get away from life and to get out aggression. Over the years, people have made opposing claims to video games because they are violent; however, video games do not cause aggressive…

and a bunch of boys and I were discussing playing a game of road hockey after school. We were all sitting around in our 6th-grade science class talking about who should we invite to this big extravagant hockey game. We talked about all the details; such as when the game is, who’s invited and where would we be playing. We all decided on a 3:30 at Davids house and that we would have 9 of us play. By now we were all excited about playing the game and we all just had to survive the school day. The…

The entire team yells at the top of their lungs “CV” as we storm the field. We reach the 40 yard line and prepare for our pre game warm up. We do our yoga warm up then go to the offensive drill. Preparing for every single play. We have gone over them over and over in our heads then finally being able to execute them on the field we would be playing on in less that 20 minutes. We finish the drill just on time as the weber state drill team presents the flag and the national anthem begins to play.…

Last school year, as a junior, our football team was playing in the sectional championship game against Northwood. In the previous season we lost to the Northwood Panthers in the first round of the sectional tournament. Because of the previous attempt to beat a strong Northwood team I was feeling nervous, and almost even scared. During the beginning of the game it was a close battle and I could feel myself getting fatigued. I was unsure if I’d be able to play as hard as my team needed me to…

in the league and only lost one game so far. Our next game is against our rivals, Port Alleghany. This is where the story begins. I arrive at the field ready to go, with music blasting in my ears and my white kit already on. In the locker room my team is pumped. I quickly get out on the field and start practicing my passes and my shots. The game comes and starts faster than I expected. Ten minutes in and I get sent on the field. I remember coming out just before half time and my seeing the…

incredibly poorly for the Panthers, as they failed to complete their opening four sets and lacked any go-forward. The Knights began the game with three errors as well, but managed to score first after Ken Tofilau plucked a pinpoint Carlos Tuimavave cross-field kick out of the air to plant…

Before I was even born it seemed it was in my destiny to be a basketball player. My mom won a high school state championship and was some kind of legend in town. When she first signed me up to play in our town rec league, all of the men who ran the league couldn’t believe she didn’t sign up to coach. One of the guys at the table then turned to me and told me he was there when my mom scored the winning basket at the Boston Garden to take the team to the state championship game. When we got…