Personal Narrative: The Hartville Eagles Basketball Team

3.. 2..1…Beep! “The Hartville Eagles basketball team will be advancing to the state championship game,” the announcer relayed. Hartville had never won state and my team, and I thought that we had a chance to win. Going into the game our record stood 28-4, and we planned to make it 29-4 by the end of our season; holding a plaque in the air that read State Champs.

Finally, the big game had arrived. March 12, 2016 at 4:30p.m. My body shook with excitement as I stepped on the Missouri University basketball court where all the seats were covered in Hartville blue by all our fans. The moment I had dreamed about had finally come true. Our team was about to play thirty-two hard earned minutes because of how much work and dedication we had applied

in practice, and in the offseason. The lights went off and the music began to play; we circled up and the tip off started the game. The pace started off fast, blurs of white and green went back and forth. Before the game started our coach had told us, “When I watch the game I want it to look like a blizzard out on the court.” Our opponent Iberia had two giants at 6’11 and 6’9. The tallest player on our team stood at 6’3. “The undersized Eagles have no chance at winning the game without a big kid,” the reporters announced as Iberia took a 2-0 lead.
As the game went on we jumped out and took a ten-point lead before the buzzer sounded. Halftime seemed like an eternity. Our coach said, “If we play like this for the next sixteen minutes we will win our first state championship.” We broke the huddle and began playing again. The third quarter started with a three-point shot made by the opposing team. Quickly, our coach called for a timeout. When we sat down he yelled, “If you want to win this game start acting like it!” We ran onto the court with a completely different attitude. After the timeout we outscored our opponents by a score of 64-37. The final buzzer sounded, the crowd roared as our team ran to the center of the court in a dog pile. Before we accepted the trophy we all huddled around in a circle and prayed thanking God for blessing our team with the victory.