Personal Narrative-Let's Go To The Locker Room

“EEEEERRRRRRR!” “Let’s go to the locker room and talk,” Coach Germann said. I stood up and walked down the stairs to the court. The team and I went to the locker room like we always do at the end of the third quarter of the girl’s varsity game. Our opponent? The number one team in the state of Kansas, the Hanover Wildcats. With only two seniors, our team had a record that you don’t exactly brag about.
We were missing a few players because of grades or being out of town. Being a freshman, I didn’t think that I would get in very much but maybe a little. However, I was still really nervous for the game. Once we got to the locker room, we talked about our game plan-don’t have quick possessions that don’t result in anything but a turnover. If we did that, we would be
I was listening and trying to think of who it would be. I didn’t guess right. I saw my name on the board and stared in disbelief. Then I heard Coach confirm what I was seeing.
“If you need to clean out your pants Bradley, now’s a good time,” Coach joked.
I couldn’t even laugh I was so shocked. The 5’9” freshman for an mediocre team starting against the number one team in the state. I was shaking for a mix of excitement and nerves. I listened closely to the rest of Coach’s speech. We went out to the court and the girl’s game was just finishing. After they had finished shaking hands, we went out to warm up. They announced the starters individually and played the National Anthem.
Game Time! Andrew tipped the ball to Matt. Matt threw up a lob pass straight to the hoop. I was standing at the three point line, so I turned and ran a couple of steps, jumped and threw down the nastiest dunk you have ever seen. Well, maybe not, since I am white. Our defense was pretty good and on offense we held the ball long enough to get good shots. We frustrated Hanover for some of the game. At the end though, we still lost, but not as bad as we should