High School Hardwork

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Prior to this year, I had never beat my high school’s rival Copley in any athletic event. Every year for the past five years, me and my teammates suffered defeat at their hands. Until this year, the culmination of years of hard work finally paid off with two wins and the return of our rivalry trophy, the Golden Ball, to its rightful home. This made all of skipped winter vacations, after school practices, and summer open gyms worth it to finally taste victory. While high school sports may seem insignificant in the grand scope of life, the lessons it taught will help me throughout life. It taught me that hard work does pay off, even if the results are not evident at first. During my freshman year of high school I struggled mightily. I

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