school basketball game, but first championship game I felt elated and truly blessed. My knees quivered with anticipation after seeing all the bleachers filled with people. After realizing even the press and other media was in attendance I grasped the moment like a newly elected president at his inauguration. I am warming up doing basketball drills, when I began to look at the flags on the gym wall depicting the history of the basketball team. The years and dates of the last championship game, Historically
On a brisk, fall day on Sunday October 25th, 1998 a new baby was born at 7:34 p.m. at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls. That 20 inch, 7 pound, 9 ounce baby was Nicholas Jack Nagel. There are two reasons for the name my parents gave me. My father Travis is a big golf fan and his favorite golfer of all time is Jack Nicklaus; he is considered one of the greatest golfers of all time, with 18 majors, the most ever by a professional golfer. My mother Marylou, on the other hand, loves Christmas
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Leila is eight years old and lives in Calgary, AB, with her mom, dad, big sister named Annika, and cat named Clara. For three years of her life, she lived in Hong Kong. Leila enjoys writing, drawing, playing piano, and skiing. I wonder where this path leads, wondered Nancy. The mountains were very beautiful, so Nancy was amazed! She looked around and saw the sun peeking through the bright-green, summer leaves. She felt so happy that her parents had let her go on a hike on her own. Nancy felt as