Dugout

The Battle of the Somme took place during the First World War between July 1st and November 18th, 1916. On the upper reaches of the Somme River in France, the Allies (United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Africa) fought against the central powers in the largest battle of the First World War. Over one million men were wounded or killed from both forces involved, during what is now called one of the bloodiest military operations recorded in history. The battle had been planned by the…

My Hero April 15 1947, BOOM! The baseball goes flying into left field high and far Leon Culberson going back to the warning tracks,Jackie Robinson rounding first base going two.Jackie was the first black person to go to the major league and broke records while in the Major league of Baseball he broke the record of baseballs color line and changed the game forever.Jackie Robinson is my hero because he broke color barriers, never gave up on himself, and was hardworking.Jackie Robinson was…

my dad said that I wasn’t going to play for a while to give my knee time to heal completely. I didn’t get to play many games for varsity, which my dad was kind of mad because he had to spend $60 on new pants. Even though I just got to sit in the dugout it was pretty exciting to be there cheering on the girls. The varsity girls went to districts and we were automatically in the semi-finals. But we had lost the game to Terry Parker. I was one of the starters, I started at first but I was just a…

the snipers from the other sides. As the days went on, fear began to boil in the stomachs of the soldiers who knew that they would spend everyday on the other side of the safety of the trenches. Even the thought of going over the edge of their safe dugout was enough to “mask their faces in…

car and then got my baseball bag out the trunk, it felt like 50 pounds. After I got it out I started walking to the gate where we get in at, my friend Eli had been already there and he yelled “hurry up buttercup”, I just grinned. Then I got to the dugout and Eli asked “ you want to toss”, I said “sure, let's do it”. After I got my cleats on we went out and tossed.…

heard from behind me someone say. “You ready.” “Heck yeah I am!” When I was done answering the question I had a smile big enough to make me look as if I had 1000 teeth. Coach yelled over. “Bring it in ladys, it's show time.” When we got over to the dugout he gave us a huge break down on to never stop and never give up. He also told us to have faith in ourselves and each other. We were informed by the umpire that we were to bat first so we all started warming up our swings. But before any of knew…

Thrilling games, religious community, and a long-lasting legacy to remember. The Cahokians were part of a culture called the Mississippians who lived along many rivers of the Mississippi Valley. The Cahokians were known for their mound building, no group could build mounds like they could. In 1050 CE the small village experienced rapid growth due to a star exploding, so much growth that it became the largest human settlement of North Mexico until 1760. By 1300, the community had largely…

smoke reached the line of soldiers waiting to fight. Immediately, the soldiers began to cough, gag and choke. Their eyes started stinging and watering, and they fell backwards into the trenches. The soldiers tried to duck and avoid the smoke in their dugouts, but it soon followed. Those who did not fall ran trying to abandon the clouds of smoke, but this was no regular smoke (Kennedy 53). It was chlorine gas that German forces used to initiate large-scale chemical warfare during World War I at…

and Mali. The nation takes its name from the river that runs along its north-east borders, making the frontier with Mauritania and Mali. A poetic saying from the Wolof people states that the name derives from the local term Sunugal, meaning "our dugout canoe" (everyone is in the same boat). The Republic of Senegal became independent in 1960 after three hundred years of French colonial rule. The City of Dakar became the capital and main city of business since independence in 1960, Dakar is…

A person that has helped me grow into the man I am today is my high school baseball coach Steve Leake. From the first day I stepped on the diamond he saw something in me that nobody except my grandfather had told seen. The four years that Coach Leake and I spent together trying to capture the schools first state championship ring were some of the greatest seasons I ever played. As a new school year began I made the decision to go to a different school for high school.I began lost on that…