My Journey with Havoc Basketball Team

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Narrative: I am on a basketball team we are called the Havoc. We are mainly out of Aplington-Parkersburg (A.P.), Dike-New Hartford, and Iowa Falls. There are 6 from A.P., 2 from Dike, and 1 from Iowa Falls, and that is me. We have won tournaments in Ames, Des Moines, Cedar Falls, and Waterloo. We go all over the state, for tournaments. Our coach’s names are Andy Luscomb, and Cody Switzer. The guys on my team’s names are Elijah, Sam, Kale, Jayden, Christian, Jake, Benton, Parker, and Me of course.
The way I got on the Havoc was weird, so my parents thought I should play against better competition for basketball to make me better. They thought about having me try out for the All Iowa Attack. The All Iowa Attack is one of the best club teams in the state, they are out of Ames. I went to one …show more content…

I went to another one of these practices, and I did for two weeks. After the two weeks my parents started doing a little math and, for we to do this it would cost them thousands of dollars, because it costs money for the tournaments, the uniform, and gas money, because for every Tuesday, and Thursday. My parents would have to drive me to Ames and, back and food after, and for the tournaments they are all over Iowa, and in surrounding states. Like Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and Illinois. Also a lot of the tournaments are 2-3 day tournaments. Which would cost money for a hotel room, and gas money to drive there and back. It could all add up to a very decent amount of money.
So after my parents discussed it they decided that we shouldn’t do it because, it was to expensive. Then like a week after my parents said no, somebody from Aplington Parkersburg called my dad. His name was Cody Switzer. Right after he called my dad, asked me if I wanted to do it right away, and I said “Yes!” I was so excited to play basketball through the summer, that night I started crossing of the days on my calendar for the 1st

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