Personal Narrative Essay About State Championship

I'll never forget hitting the game winning shot for the high school state championship. Never have I felt so important in my life. The experience of having hundreds probably even thousands of people coming on the court to celebrate the hard work me and my teammates have put in to make it that far. Nothing else can compare to it. I believe hitting the game winning shot for the state championship is a one of a kind accomplishment.

I remember that game like it was yesterday. We started off really bad in the first half of the game. Many turn overs and stupid shots that had us thinking we were out of the game and that we couldn't come back. Our fan section began to grow quiet as we were down 22 points in the first half but during half time we went into the locker room where Coach. Martin had told us he didn't know who this team was. I remember him saying "don't worry about the thousands of people. Don't
I forced several turnovers and the team many fast break points to where we were only down by six.Then my teammate Robbie had came down and pulled up with a three pointer to cut the lead down to three with 9 seconds left on the clock. The other team inbounds the ball and I foul to stop the clock and get them to the free throw line. The other teams point guard doesn't hit any. So I quickly grab the rebound and push the ball up court with 7 seconds I shoot the three and swish! It goes in tying the game up. But then I heard the whistle the referee said I had been fouled and get one free throw to win the game with no time on the clock.

Stepping up to that free-throw line was the most nervous I had ever felt in my entire life. Thousands of eyes on me. My body felt numb, so I took a deep breath, and shot. Nothing but net. Hundreds of people came down from the stands filling up the Villanova university basketball gym lifting me up and just screaming my name was the best feeling I have ever had in my entire