College basketball

As the leaves change color, the pumpkin spice latteslatte’s flow from the machines at Dunkin Donuts, and the students of Southold High School return to another year of academia., Settlers fall sports are once again in full swing. It’s a season of young teams, veteran squads, and championship aspirations. As our athletes look to achieve victory on the field, Tthe Sentinel has been keeping a close watch on their performance. Over at neighboring Greenport, the football team attempts to rebound…

My fingers and legs persistently trembled after I finished playing Mozart’s “Viennese Sonata.” I stood up from the piano bench, bowed and the audience began to applaud; immediately I left the stage as the crimson curtains closed. I broke into a series of miserable sobs; it felt like my whole world was plummeting before my eyes. The term atrocious would be an understatement to describe the chaos that had occurred. Whether it was the nervousness that I felt as I performed in the presence of my…

W is for Winning When I first joined a basketball league, our team was one of the worst teams in the league. We were on a losing streak (0-5) and I started to get sick of it. I told my coach if he could improve the team because I was sick of losing. He felt me and started to push the team. We did rigorous drills each practice and each time I came home, my arms or legs were sore. Everyday, my dad worked on my upper strength to increase my shooting range and this really helped. Although the…

feeling of self hatred starts creeping into his mind. He debating trying out for the basketball team because he was Indian. “I knew that practices started in a week. I’d planned on playing. But I didn’t know if the Coach liked Indians or not”(125). He also doubted the fact that he actually might be good at basketball. “‘No way,’ I said. ‘I’m junior varsity all the way’”(126). Although when he joins the Varsity Basketball team, as a freshman, pride and courage take over. His self esteem rises…

Teamwork is important because it is a valuable skill that helps others that need help who are by themselves. In the novel Freak the Mighty there's a kid named Kevin also called as Freak has Morquio Syndrome in his body that makes him really small and can barely walk. Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, this novel is about two kids name Max and Kevin and they become friends in middle and the first time that they met was when Max needed some help with reading, Kevin comes in to help him read and…

It’s that time of year, the leaves are starting to turn and the weather is still scorching hot outside. Fall has finally arrived and I’m back at school for another semester. Fall baseball has just begun and it’s time for the first scrimmage. I walk out of the locker room and put my hands over my laces, and step out on the concrete and hear that first crack of the spike hitting the ground. I head to the best spot on the field the third base dugout. The field looks great the grass is cut with a…

Down 2 goals with 10 minutes left in the championship game of the biggest tournament of my life. Time is running out like miniscule grains of sand dropping from an hourglass. My team stops a shot and kicks the ball up the field. I jump and head the ball as hard as I can up the field, mustering all my strength to get up the field and win it. My arms are pumping as I retrieve the ball and cut towards the goal. All that separates me from scoring is one defender and the goalie. I fake a cut right,…

leukemia. Walker appeared to be a health 12 year old boy with a typical cold but a week passed, and earned it was something much more serious. This is his story. Walker appeared to be an amazing, healthy, 12 year old boy in 6th grade. He played basketball, hung out with friends, worked hard in school , and loved to play outside. Walker loved spending time with family, especially our grandparents. He is very sweet and loving and just in general a really good boy. In February Walker came…

oil king courage by sigmund brouwer chapters 15 -20 BY ERRON in the chapter15 the edmition oil kings were on a role and they were playing and the score was 10 -10 and ruben thought if 19 is the most scorer so if they just keep ruben on 19 and make sure he does not touch the puck and after ger and godzilla kepped feathering the puck to each other until ruben had enough energy to talk a shot and wit did the oil kings were on when he did the oil king were on fire and the score was 11 10 and…

soon, We came upon our last drill of our warm up, I was running to the basket from half court calling for the ball so that I could rip to the basket past my defender and score, like I’ve done many times before. I could smell the leather of the basketball, I could feel its rigid texture in between my fingertips. I had…