Bleacher

person can change so much in a matter of years. Those first couple of practices and games in seventh grade were very nerve racking for me. I had never been good at speaking in front of a bunch of people, and there I was about to cheer in front of a bleacher full of them! As my first year went by, I got better at cheering and I was less nervous about being in front of so many people. Now, here I am, a senior in high school. It is amazing how one sport changed my life for the better. Throughout…

Terrance Hayes has written a series of sonnets all titled “American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin.” Each poem is completely different, but all contain critiques of racial injustice in the US. Hayes centers his sonnets around two questions: Who is the assassin? and What is an American sonnet? In “American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin[I lock you in an American sonnet that is part prison],” the answer to the first question is the white hierarchy and shows the complex relationship…

It’s very hot in this room. Not a single noise if nobody is talking; it’s very peaceful. Above are thick concrete bleachers; which will soon hold a lot of people. The crystal blue water is so magistical, but very cold once you get in! My heart is beating very fast now, and I’m nervous. Today is the day, after so many practices, and hardships, I’m finally ready. The team and I get everything ready for tonight. We are up against 3 other schools, our toughest opponents. Everybody is ready to beat…

At a volleyball match, cheering students squeeze into the small bleachers. A prominent senior leads the cheers roaring from the crowd. They yell “LET 'S” for the pass, “GET” for the set, “TROPICAL” for the hit, and then there is a loud uproar that shakes the bleachers as the other team shanks the ball. They cheer in unison despite barely knowing each other, and now they have something to talk about in that one class…

story mode to it giving it more depth and letting you be completely immersed (bleacher report). The next biggest feature they added was on the analytics side of things which helps in connecting the game to real life. The tool they added is called the “analytics tool” which allows you to plot any two stats against each other much like you could do in real life allowing you to compare players and what-if scenarios. (bleacher report) The biggest mode added had been requested for years by fans- a…

point to my name. I can’t hear anything because I was born hard of hearing, but I started to lose all of my hearing as I got older. As get up on the blocks to get ready to swim the 500 yard freestyle, I take a look around and I see my mom in the bleachers and she gives me a thumbs up. I tighten my goggles and get ready. I look for the light to go off but the girl in front of me is blocking it, and I can’t hear the buzzer go off. All of the sudden the girls jump in the water. “Oh crap! I missed…

there was only one hour left until we got to go home. We quickly rushed back to our first dot and got set. Another full run-through of the show. It started to drizzle, then slowly but steadily, it began to pour. The band’s yells echoed off of the bleachers as the drum majors began to conduct, “Dut, Dut! DUT! DUT! DUT! DUT!” The searing bright lights flashed on like the lightning in the sky, one by one, striking in the air. “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the time has come for the show…

pretty worried, although he could care less, he didn’t want to be the kid that lost his first match. The bus finally arrived at Wall Middle School. Everybody flooded off the bus, and into the front door. There were two sets of bleachers. Certain schools sat on certain bleachers. So some schools were from similar regions. Randy and Sebastian’s school sat on the right side. It took a while for the tournament to start. Schools had to weigh in, which took long. “I still can’t believe that I made it…

When we have marching band season, we sit in the bleachers at football games, cheering for our teams and singing songs with my friends. These are one of the many fond memories I have about the season. Fall is the best because of marching band, weather that is just right, and gorgeous leaves falling on the ground. Of the three reasons I love fall, marching band season is my favorite. There is something about sitting in the cold air in a pair of marching band overalls, a coat you can’t unzip, and…

The track season was the hardest most adrenaline filled thing i’ve ever partook in. Everyday at practice we’d run probably two miles total, and that was just the sprinters. The long distance probably ran four or five. Track meets were always very intense, you could feel the electricity in the air. There was a dash of suspense also, it’s suspenseful because you can only do four events, and track meets were about six to seven hours long, and one sprint event only takes like literally a minute. You…