Personal Narrative-Best Sports Player

I have played the game of baseball since i was at a young age and loved it as soon as i stepped on the diamond. My dad knew i would love it because it involves getting dirty and he's right. This year would be the 12th year straight that i have played baseball and i wouldn't trade any of the time i played for anything. This year has been by far the best year of baseball i have ever been a part of. I made lifetime lasting friends and grew closer to some kids i thought i never would. My team was overall 17-5 on the whole season. My team played very well together and i felt a connection every time we stepped on the field. My team also ended a 8 year long drought for the tri valley league championship. We took on susquenita high school on a new

The game began with the tip-off, and the Rhinos got the ball. The score was 0-0 for the first two and a half minutes. Finally, Kaden scores the first points of the game on a deep three-pointer. The Rhinos were up 7-0 by the end of the first 5 minutes.

What is the only thing harder than disciplining a dozen ten year olds? Disciplining them on ice! All throughout my life I’ve played sports, and no matter what sport it was, there was always one person who seemed to have it out for me…the referee. The referee is one of the most hated people in the world of sports, but is also one of the most crucial. I grew up with the mindset that the referee was the enemy. Whenever they made a call against me or my team, they were always wrong, no matter how obvious the penalty was. But one day, my whole perspective on referees changed---the day I became a referee.

After we punt the ball they get it and on the next two plays they score a touchdown. The offense is out on the field again and we start on about the twenty yard line. Once again we go three and out so I have to punt the ball.

We kicked the ball off. They picked the ball up and started to run. Bam, Denny hit him, hard. We were on defense now. They kept passing it and ended up scoring a touchdown. They went for the extra point but missed. We were down 6 to 0. They kicked the ball off and Misa ran it back to the 40 yard line. The offense was out on the field. The offense did a couple of plays and didn’t get any where. Than we did a reverse and Gavan ran all the way for a touchdown. We went for the extra point and we missed it. It was now 6 to 6. We kicked the ball off and they ran to about the 30 yard line. The refs blowed their whistles to tell us it was halftime.

It was a good day to play baseball. Sun in the sky, cool breeze in the air. Nothing that could stop me from playing, or messing around. It was the Brentwood Pony All-Star game and I was fired up to play. Since I had the coolest Coach ever and my team just recently won the championship, my coach let us slack of a little bit just because, why not? It was about four o’clock in the afternoon and I was up on deck taking my practice swings, lefty! I was using a batting sleeve to weigh down the bat to make the illusion of it feeling lighter. But as I was watching on deck I realized something, the pitcher was throwing some serious heat. Even though I was experienced hitter, I was just a beginner lefty. I take a deep breath and walk to the plate, one of my teammates walks back to the dugout in deep despair as I go to the plate. As I start walking I hear my mom screaming my name and cheering for me as she always does, and I look back to see my sister laughing so I then let out a quiet giggle.

On first down coach called a run play. I took the snap and tossed it to Zack on the left side. A linebacker came barreling into him and blindsided him. He was able to pop the ball out. That same kid in the huddle sprinted after him and was able to stop him before he took the ball into the

Boise State's ball first and ten Cozark snaps the ball pass incomplete, now it is second down and ten Cozark passes the ball and first down Boise State. Cozark hands it off and Hercules Mata’afa gets a tackle for loss. Second down and ten i'm watching Boise State on offence and us on defence hoping boise state does not get a touchdown. Then we get the ball back after a stop. First down incomplete, second down incomplete,third down incomplete. When we punt Kyle Sweet kicks it off and the ball flying in the air I am getting blocked and the player that was getting blocked by got hit by the ball and the cougs get the ball back with not very much time left. Then tyler hilinski hikes it, incomplete, second down he throws the ball deep to the endzone for the freshman jamire calvin and he catches it for a touchdown cougars with one minute left martin stadium goes electric. Boise state just knees the ball until overtime. I win the toss again and win and select to defer. Boise state first play run up the middle, second down incomplete, third down pass complete for six yards. Boise State kicks the field goal and its good, thirty four to thirty in OT. Our first offense possession we need a field goal to tie touchdown to win. We end up going

“Hoh! Hah!” The umpire shouts after my third strike, hencing that the batter has struck out. I jog to the dugout, put on my helmet and batting gloves, and as I walk out to the on deck circle, my coach, Nick, said, “You had a good inning, but you’ve gotta back up home if there is a runner on third and a ball hit to the outfield. Luckily, we have Sousa at centerfield. Stay hot.” Coach Nick is a short, strong twenty-seven year old who played in the Minor Leagues until he got hurt. He is patient and forgiving, but he does not care about winning as much as he should. Sousa, our fastest player and our third hardest hitter, hits a line drive to left center field and gets to first base. His first name is Alex, but my team calls him “Sousa,”

My profession as a baseball player has been all about development since I was a little kid. After reading the article and chapters from the book I can see where Strengths Based Leadership has been used on me to promote growth at certain times in my career.

The second half was starting and we were getting the ball. As the timer was running down in the 3rd quarter my team was driving down the field. “TOUCHDOWN” said the announcer from the booth. My coach called in they play for a two point conversion. We tried the play but it did not work. The game was 6-7 them. We kicked the ball off to the other team. It then turned the 4th quarter. We stopped them. It was late in the fourth quarter, this was probably our last time with the ball and we had to do something to get points. We started to throw the ball down the field. That’s when it happened – we scored again and we were winning 13-7. There was only time for on more play and the other team was trying a Hail Mary the ball was in the air no one was around the wide open receiver. As the ball was coming down out of nowhere a teammate jumped up and picked it off and that

The game started under windy conditions at Glendale Park. Denver kicked off the first half to San Francisco, who promptly knocked it on. Unfortunately, Denver couldn’t capitalize and eventually gave up a penalty just outside their 22m line, right in front of the sticks for Volney Rouse to convert the penalty (3-0 SF). Two penalties from San Francisco resulted in 2 lineouts for Denver, who eventually capitalized on the second and scored a try, courtesy of Zach Fenoglio (7-3 Denver, Magie conversion good). Successive penalties from Denver resulted in the captain Pedrie Wannenburg receiving a yellow card for repeated infringement. San Fran immediately capitalized and scored a try courtesy of Orene Ai’i (10-7 SF, Rouse conversion good). Denver gets a penalty for San Fran not releasing the tackle and Magie converts the penalty evening the score at 10 all. After each team with a scrum at the Denver 5m line, San Fran comes out on top with a try by Pila Longi (17-10 SF, Rouse conversion good). Not long after Luke White gets his second try off a lineout and good passing and phases to the outside (17 all, Magie conversion good). Denver commits another penalty in front of the sticks for Rouse to convert

As I stepped on the field, I knew the next few minutes could make or break my college options. Although I was only a freshman, if I were able to make varsity, college would be closer in reach. The first feed I had from behind cage was low, my stick drug the ground as if I was using a shovel, I cradled through the ball and somehow came up with it, no problem. My next challenge was to finish the shot. As I made a fake and the ball plummeted to the ground, I knew I needed to step up my game. The second pass came right into the pocket of my stick, I faked low and shot high, directly into the top corner of the goal. I slowly jogged off the field, behind me I faintly heard “way to go kid”, I knew it must have been the varsity coach.

To be the greatest you have to start from the bottom and work your way up, work and train hard and wait for you opportunity and take it. Ever since I could remember I wanted to be the greatest baseball player there ever was and to do that I had to master the fundamentals of the game before I could truly become the best. This scholarship to me mean a little bit more than just money to me because where I learned my fundamentals from was Howard. My graduating class might be the last few players that actually remember Howard and I could be the last one to actually play a game with coach Bell. Since then I’ve always tried to focus on the little things in whatever I’m doing because I know that’s was coach Bell always tried to do. Because of what

‘the ball wasn’t with the opposing team's player anymore, but where is it?’ I thought. My neck craned over to our goalie Grayson. But it was to late, they shot… And scored. Lee then lost