Creative Writing: The Road Trip To The Fort Wayne Mastodons

A united university through sports is often a rarity. College football can be one of the most intense experience in college sports. The passion and energy is nearly impossible to encapsulate into a single feeling. Sports teams and their fans share a bond that cannot be recon with. The colleges with prestigious athletic backgrounds have a numerous alumni who carry pride into every game day. A lot of fans equal a lot of fun, but attending an school with diehard fans is best part of college sports. College football has gained the reputation for becoming the most celebrated sport. The best way to celebrate a college football game is tailgating. Tailgating and college football have become such a tradition that it is hard to see one happening

The score is highlighted with the winning team announced first. “Westby 7. Sparta….nothing” ended a recent game. The teams are congratulated and a run-down of statistics is reviewed. Roger gives the total runs, hits, and errors for both teams followed by both team’s updated record. “We’ll see you back here on Friday when the Norseman take on Aquinas at 5p.m.” This is his somewhat insistent invitation back to the park for another ball game. As the fans and players gather their belongings, Roger recaps local announcements, including what is still for sale in the food stand, and to not forget to buy a ticket for the Legion Calendar Raffle. Music fills the park once more as the booth is locked down. Only a few people are left at the field when Roger finally puts his foot to the pedal and leaves the park, until next

Jackson’s team went out to dinner after the game to celebrate their win. The next day the team got flyers on the tournaments and learned

The game is slowly approaching, making everyone itch to see the players back on the field. Giving it all they have got, the players practice as hard as they can day after day. The band is working diligently to put on the best performance of the year, while our cheerleaders practices their routines.

The month of March may be the largest stage for the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The basketball tournament known as “March Madness”, brings in publicity, as well as revenue for the schools. People may ask, “why is this college basketball tournament so popular?” The answer is, it is the student athletes that make it exciting to watch. The athletic director for student services at Kansas State University, Phil Hughes, calls the student athletes “The Entertainment Product” (Varsity Green 13). The nickname may sound rash or rude, however he is right. The student athletes attract the crowds, that lead to sold out arenas. Hughes’ office is in a $1 million facility in the academic learning center at KSU, right next to the $2 million football facility (Varsity Green 14). If it were not for the publicity and revenue from the big-stage events for KSU, there would not be any million dollar facilities for the students and coaches to enjoy.

Our Events Committee – led by Jane Van Dyk – has set a fantastic 1-1/2 day schedule for us with informative general sessions and specialized workshops. If you are an NFH tract leader, and get here early enough on Friday, please join me in a meeting at 10:00 AM where we will discuss cabin tract leadership and issues that we all face. And don’t miss the NFH Annual Members’ Business Meeting which follows at 1:00 PM. to hear the results of our 2016 election. There will also be reports on the current state of our organization and details about activities performed on behalf of our members and all permit holders. A General Session and three informative workshops follow later on Friday afternoon.

The well known Grand Canyon wasn’t always grand. About 6 millions years ago there live a princess called Artemis, she loved a lot of things like hunting, wilderness, and animals. Her kingdom was located in the territory now called, Arizona. She always had her trusty bow and arrow everywhere she went. She hunted so much that she would bring extra animals to feed the poor. But her father didn’t like that, he was selfish and forbade her to feed the poor anymore. He wanted her daughter to be normal, like wear dresses, have proper manners, and be quiet like every princess should be. She didn’t like that, her passion was to hunt, and possibly become a warrior with her true love. The fault with that dream she had no true love.

"Wake up, partners," the trail boss, James called. I sleepily looked up , shivered, and saw I was the only one not up. "Here," James said, giving me the horses' bridles and saddles. "Take these and get the horses ready. We have a long day today." I groaned in reply and set up the horses for the day's long drag. I was the horse wrangler and this was my everyday job but I still couldn't get use to the idea of waking up before the sun and working. We drove the cattle into open plains against the winter's cold wrath.

Food & Drinks: Instead of settling for chips and dip this game day, head down to Buzzard Billy’s for all your favorite sports bar favorites like chicken wings, burgers and soul food. Plus, the bar at this local restaurant is completely stocked with every single beer that you can think of, so you’ll be able to keep your glasses full to cheers with your friends for every touchdown.

“Sunny and 75 with bright blue skies today is a great way to start off the college football season”, says a sports analyst on the tv from a tent in the tailgating section. Walking down the strip peeking through the trees seeing a glimpse of the arena reminded me of a modernized colosseum. Approaching the main entrance greeted by a metal statue and a stadium with a dark shade of brick with countless of doors and glass windows. Many Lovie Smith propaganda is seen around the stadium along with the array of Illinois gear. “Welcome to Memorial stadium, it’s game day for your Fighting Illini”, said the announcer. My stomach dropped for the fact that college football is officially back.

The Patriots look to build on this win heading into the Science Hill Tournament on Saturday, September 17th. The Patriots next and final home game will be on September 27th against Morristown West, at 6:30

First off, let’s discuss the pre-competition routine for this highly anticipated playoff game. UW-Oshkosh warms up with very little mistakes and appear to be comfortable with their warm-up routine. There is a lot of energy on the Oshkosh sideline, with smiles and head nods

The Maine South football game was scheduled for 2 o'clock, and players were arriving two hours prior to get taped up and rolled out. When players first arrived, they were directed to the sign-in sheet where they would write their names

The driver, Cecilia Blair, of vehicle 1 was traveling north through the intersection of N. State St. and Flint St. when she had a collision with vehicle 2. The driver, Jacqueline Muir, of vehicle 2 was heading west on Flint St. when she was struck by vehicle 1.

We had traveled in the minivan for 5 hours, for a group of 13 year old boys this trip felt like eternity. However, our excitement kept us all jaunting to each other about silly middle school shenanigans, who can dougie better, and how we were all going to “murk” this tryout. Johnny Evans, Malik Chatman, Gavin Rose, Ronnie Fountain, and I were all selected to try-out for the 14u Team South football team. This team would represent all the best players in the southeast and clash them against other regions best athletes. This would be a 3 day try-out. After leaving Orlando, the van had finally reached its destination. Coach Rose jingled to the car “Atlanta is the place to be, with orange peaches and southern tea,” we all stared at Gavin as his face turned as red as a Crayola. We pulled into the lot of the hotel all participating athletes had been assigned right off of I-75. We all unloaded the van of our luggage proceeded to the check in, Coach got the keys for room 325 and 326. I was so tired of riding in back of the van that I did not really care how the room would look as long as I could put my bags down and fall right into the bed. Malik, Johnny and I entered our room 326 to the right was with a bathroom sink, a mirror, and shower. On the left, a mini kitchen with a stove, island table, and refrigerator. In front of us, there were two wooden dressers pinned together with a television on top. Near the window, there was a small table with a lamp as well as chair in the corner.