Snow Storm Short Story

“You’re gonna run until I puke”! Said coach as me and the rest of the team stood in front of him.We were in trouble for leaving the locker room a mess after practice one day after coach said not to.

“If we are shooting the ball well, we can beat anybody. The playoffs are fun and the kids are excited.”

Tonight was a game that determined the outcome of the season. Tonight they had to win. Tonight was the night where they had to improve their record. York High is a tough team full of many talented athletes, but lacking the knowledge of the game. Or so we thought. Walking into the locker room, you could feel the intensity of the guys. They knew that their season depended on tonight. It was their last night as freshman football players, it was their last night to make a name for themselves. They tried to play it off as if they weren't nervous, but I could tell otherwise. Dani, the injured guys, and myself had the water filled and ready to be loaded onto the bus in no time. Now it was just a matter of getting all the guys onto the bus. At 3:30 the bus arrived, and that meant game time would soon be approaching.

"The seniors, we know there is a lot more football to play," Harper said. "We just got to stay focused. Keep the young guys on board and let them know that everything is going to be alright. We got a lot of football to play. We got a lot to play for. We're just ready to go out and redeem ourselves and come out Saturday and put up a good show and play a solid game on all three sides of the ball."

CE: Well coach, you had your bye week last week. Did you use that as an opportunity to relax or did you use it to push the kids harder, knowing they wouldn't have to compete for a while?

‘Okay guys, we know what to expect when facing a team this strong.’ She tells them, ‘Each and everyone one of us has an important part to play in this game and I have no doubt that we will go above and beyond what is expected of us.’ The players nod along with determination at every statment made. ‘Now lets go kick ass and make history!’

“Okay girls one more run until practice ends, don’t forget about our competition on Saturday.” My coach Angie said.

It was the twenty-fourth day of February. What had already been a frigid Minnesota winter day was about to become the epitome of one. The biggest snowstorm of the winter was coming to leave its mark on central Minnesota. This storm was of trivial meaning to me though, as I had much more important things to prepare for that night. I was about to play the most meaningful hockey game of my entire life. My team was going to square off against one of our biggest rivals, the Alexandria Cardinals, in the section semifinals. We had split the season series with them, so we knew that we were evenly matched. Something about this night was different though. I could sense the gravity of the situation just by walking through the doors of the arena. There was

“Are you ready to play some football!” This was the first thing the coach said as I was laying down in the pushup position. He said it so loud it made me even more nervous. He told us to get up and run two laps around the field.

¨We have to pick up our intensity and play better defence. Nick I need you to lock down 32. Jonah Don’t let 54 get past you. Amar and Cameron you two NEED to start looking better on the attack. We start with ball and you guys have to pick it up. Let’s get out there. Sherwood on three. One, Two, Three SHERWOOD.” Man it’s a saturday Cameron thought about Coach Craig (Nick’s dad) way to ruin it. But he thought, he is right they can’t lose to their rivals.

“Were playing first and today you will not be playing in the game vs Wauconda,” Coach replied.

The team was ready, we had been working extremely hard for the past seven months for this. We were all in great shape and very rested. A few of the returning players were meeting me at my house to carpool to the final game of the state championship tournament. Everyone knew that the hard work had paid off when we won the semi-final game the preceding day.

“We aren’t going for the state title today,” Coach said to me after I had struggled to

A cold snowy day in Oregon turned out to be Christina Smiths worst nightmare. Before it was announced that it was going to be a snow day, Christina moped out of bed to get ready for school. Calmly, her mother walked up the stairs to tell her the good news “yay!” Christina exclaimed, she could go skating like she planned.

On a snowy and windy night, I was at Barnes & Noble in Green Bay with my friends, Alan and Karina. Christmas music played overhead, the smell of hot chocolate and freshly brewed coffee wafted over, the customers were kind and cheerful, and snow was beginning to blanket the parking lot outside. We were sitting near the cafe wrapping books to support their mom’s school fundraiser. I stared outside and remembered my mom’s warning of the large snowfall that was almost upon us. Around 7:15, the snowflakes were becoming larger and we could barely see outside the window.