Before the Game

this game, I wasn’t going to accept losing by any means. My started real well, I ate good breakfast from Denny’s. The whole day teachers let me relax, they knew my stamina would be well needed for this game. Not only everybody in the school, but everybody in the county expected me to dominate this game. I had a lot of pressure built up on myself also, nobody wanted to win more than me. It was nearly noon, I had skipped lunch to get some shots up in the gym. I usually do this before the game,…

join a soccer team.” I had no clue on how to play soccer, what the rules were, or what the positions were! We looked around for different clubs in the area and mom decided I would play for a county league called Severn Soccer Club (SAC). A week before my first practice my mom said, “We are going to have to go out and get your soccer equipment.” “What do you mean soccer equipment? Don’t they make you order a uniform?” “Yes, Adriane but you need soccer cleats, shin guards, and the right…

human call or play. Does the usage of the replay system affect games and control too much of the outcome, to the point that it becomes cringe-worthy and notably unwatchable because of the delays and sometimes lack of knowledge from the staff using the system? NFL Instant Replay has changed the way the game is played and the outcome of many games has been decided by the review of video evidence. Seeing the evolution of the game, where before you had…

Santa Monica Pier on July 6th when the game came out I couldn't wait to play it. I downloaded it and I learned that night that the game had over 10 million downloads in its first day on the app store. And everyone was hunting for one objective that summer, one goal, to catch them all. I started right then and there and I knew one day I was going to catch them all. I have been a Pokemon fan since I was a little kid, it was my first video game. So this game was already a big deal to me. We were…

been playing the game that I love the most. Imagine standing on a softball field expected to perform at the age of 5. Even though the butterflies in my stomach were fixing to start a war, nothing was going to stop me from stepping on that field to play my first tee ball game as a Little Tiger. Fans cheered, but what I noticed most was, a little boy in outfield picking his nose. Standing in the box, I was terrified; the field looked huge. I had never seen anything like this before, but I…

& may potentially carry you to college & so on. Basketball is a sport that I can make a living off of doing something that I love to do. Basketball is also important to me because I made a promise to my grandma i’d do whatever it takes to make it before her time comes. I wanna make it so that she can rest, will carry on taking care of the family like she always has. Basketball is my passion and I will do what it takes to make my dream come true. Basketball has a major impact on me because when…

i spent virtually 7 years of my life in the weight room and on the field preparing for. The day i was going to play in my first varsity football game. I woke up that morning with one thing on my mind, Ashley Ridge. I had to wake up as the sun was rising to arrive at the elementary school in time to greet the kids. As the season went on that became a game day tradition for me. After i left i was on my way to school. The atmosphere was so thick, so exciting. When i walked in it was almost like one…

I started playing soccer when I was about eight or nine. My sister, my cousins and I were playing soccer in the backyard of my aunt and uncle's house. We were just kicking the ball around, having fun and doing a little two versus two games. Then suddenly I realized I was thoroughly enjoying myself. My aunt, uncle, and mother must have seen some potential in the four of us because it seems almost like the very next day we were headed to the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) sign ups,…

grader for my first high school softball open gym. That's all I could think about all day during school that day. Finally getting a chance to just be in an open gym with the girls I've been watching play for three years, even though I still had a year before I was in high school. That was me. I stepped into the gym palms sweating, heart racing. Two short claps of coach telling us to get stretched out. I could not wait. I grabbed my tee and set up my ball. I took my first powerful swing but…

Growing up, her family were huge Dodgers fans and went to a majority of the games. While attending those games and her brothers baseball games, she fell in love with baseball, which led to her love for softball. At the age of five, her parents signed her up for t-ball. She went on to play in little league while growing up. It was not until her family was on…