Middle School Basketball Game-Personal Narrative

It all began on November 3, 2015 during my first middle school basketball tournament. The grey brick walls of the gymnasium looking more like a prison than a school. The school’s “Lincoln Park Elementary School” sign had graffiti and missed a couple letters from the name. The court was terribly small, but we began by playing the superb team of Jam on It. We were blown out and I headed back up to my mom and dad in the parent filled stands. The game wasn’t even fun to play and we looked like third graders playing them. I looked up to my parents as sad as could be.

Although the history of the game is very important, Gregory and Wolff are so knowledgable in the game of basketball that the way they describe this game makes readers feel like they could close their eyes and see the action happen. Details can make or break a story, and in this case they made it. One way they showed details were by describing the conversation of the sports analysts Dick Vitale and John Saunders, who were calling the game. Dick Vitale said “that if Princeton won, he would hitchhike from ESPN's offices in Bristol, Conn., to Providence and lead the Tigers' cheerleaders for the second-round game” (Gregory and Wolff). This was a While comparing the two teams, Gregory and Wolff say:

As Drew and Andie, came over to my dad and me, we were talking about how they got tickets also. Andie got the tickets from a friend. The teams came out of the tunnel and the second half was about to start. The first two minutes of the second half, UNI did not look very good as they were down 45-34. UNC shot the ball really well which put UNC up 50-34 with 17:13 left to play. I thought that UNI was still going to make a great comback into this game, and they did. Matt Bohannon made a three pointer as well as Paul Jesperson with two three pointers and trimmed UNC´s lead to seven at 50-43. ¨Here we go!¨ Jeremy Morgan made a three pointer and the score was 54-48. It just got even better. Wes Washpun got two layups and trimmed the lead to two. ¨Let´s go!¨ There was a TV timeout with 11:32 left to play, but there was a UNC foul. Jeremy Morgan got two free throws and made one for two. UNC would commit another personal foul, and Matt Bohannon had a chance at the free throw line and made one for two also. The game is tied at

It was the final play of the game with the other team winning

Article 4. Persons subject to the rules shall not intentionally contact a game official forcibly during the game.

From the time you step in the stadium, it’s “Showtime.” The crowd is normally dressed to a “T.” The Barbershops, Hair Salons, Nail shops and stores have met their

Finally the game started and we played well and so did they. The game was close the whole way threw and we came to the final inning tying them. We were the home team so we got to bat last. Two of the three outs

There was 15 minutes left in the 4th quarter, and the score was tied at 12-12. The buzzer rings indicating the start of the quarter. The ref blows the whistle for the faceoff to start. After a long tussle in the middle of the field we finally get the ball, and have a fast break. We move the ball around around and one of my teammates gets a goal, bringing the score up to 13-12 Notre Dame. The crowd was going crazy for how fast we had scored.

The ref just blew his whistle which meant the timeout was over. As I slowly walked on the court, I looked up in the stands to my family and I took in the scene. I noticed the crowd was going crazy. When I got to where I was going on the court, I noticed the Lions star player, Michael Farling, guarding me. I thought that plan was very odd; Michael is one of the tallest players and I’m one of the smallest. The coach of the Lions was screaming to tell Michael to contest the shot, but not to foul.

after a seven-yard run by, Drew Harris. With the crowd anticipating a Tigers score after the next snap, but the snap was horrible and resulted with a sack on quarterback for a thirteen-yard loss, with 10:57 left in the contest.A incomplete pass on fourth down ended the drive and scoring hopes of the Tigers. There was a lot of contact on the receiver in the endzone but nothing was called. One guy setting behind me, who was there as a fan of the game and not a fan of either team said wow, that was not called. I, myself thought the flag was going to be thrown too but the ref did not see it that way.

Our 8th grade basketball team were putting on a show! Opponents would enter bobcat territory where our team would play a hard fight to take another win. Every game spectators are left in astonishment after witnessing determination, willingness, and our spirit until the clock expires down to its last second.

“Ben and Tyler, over here,” yelled the coach with his voice as deep as Shakeil O'Neal on steroids.

37-37, it was anybodys game now, i looked up at the clock and we only had 27 seconds left. "ready set,HUT"

One rainy night in November, I arrived to the church gym for my first basketball practice of the season. As I walked in the doors creaked and you could smell the gym floor. As I already heard the basketballs hitting the ground, bouncing up and down. My friends Brittany and Destiny walked in right behind me through the door. That was when we realized we were the only girls surrounded by all guys. As practice came to a start we began to run, it felt like we were never going to stop. Up and down the court as we ran suicides, you could hear the squeaking of shoes as we went from the next line back and then on to the next. Before we started scrimmaging, the two captains were boys. Brittany, Destiny, and I stood in amazement as we were the last three standing there. You could see by their expressions they didn’t want any of us on either team.

At this point in the game the other team was holding possession of the ball waiting for the time to run out and for the game to end.