The score was 2-1, playing in the last few minutes of the game, he wanted to make one more goal, faking out the defense moving the ball down field, he does a trick shot and he scores! With 4 second left, he scored one last goal and won the game! Everyone runs to the field cheering for Jack and The Warriors! College scouts swarming the field, trying to get Jack’s attention. Every head coach handing out their business card to him, every coach wanted him to be a part of their team, but he only had one team he was interested in being a part of.
In any given roller derby league you will find that the skaters regularly consist of women that range from occupations such as stay at home mothers, artists, lawyers, doctors, students and the list goes on. Within the diverse crowd you will find mothers, fathers, kids, grandparents, co-workers, college students sitting side-by-side and cheering on their favorite skaters and teams. "It’s official – You girls are nuts." Matt Lauer, Today Show, NBC Some Roller Derby Facts and Figures: Roller Derby’s Explosive Growth Rates Based on a National Survey of the WFTDA: Number of roller derby leagues at the end of 2005 – 50 Number of roller derby leagues at the end of 2006 – 108 Number of roller derby leagues at the end of 2007 – 235 Number of roller derby leagues at the end of 2008-379 Demographics: Who attends a roller derby bout? • Target age: 20-45 years old • Male: 65%, Female:
The opponent cleared the ball and it was coming straight towards me in the middle of the defense. I had time to bring the ball down, control it, and play it to someone in the midfield. While I was getting in position I slipped right in front of the fans and their team bench and made the first big mistake of the game. The ball got past me and a forward on the opposing team ran onto it and put it away for the first goal of the game with fifteen minutes remaining in the first half. We were deflated and the fans harassed me the entire rest of the half.
My birthday was Saturday August 8, which was also my first football scrimmage against Cordova High School. The scrimmage had been for three teams, Rosemont, Cordova and Capital, and my teammates and I were the underdogs of the whole thing. When we got to Cordova it seemed as though it was going to be a routine scrimmage, get on the field and kick some butt, but fate had other plans. Our team started off slow in warm ups, taking wrong moves and such, but we started to pull it together after about thirty minutes. When we entered the stadium to play we were a little early so we got some water and started getting each other excited to play.
The tryouts lasted a week. At the beginning of tryouts, I was not really sure if I was going to make the team because the junior varsity team tried out with the varsity team. Although I was strong, I was not in good enough shape to keep up with the varsity team. Tryouts were very difficult, but I made sure every day to work extremely hard. I also made sure I was doing the drills correctly and precisely because I knew how strict the coaches were.
The Miami Heat are on a 11 game winning streak and are playing great right now they are facing the Indiana Pacers tonight and will have a tough fight ahead of them. James has played out of his mind and has averaged 30 points for over 5 games straight Wade has been playing like he never had a knee surgery in the off season and the bench players like Ray Allen and Shane Battier are draining 3's and producing great defense and bench points. We are starting the second half of this game and the Heat are trailing 55 to 45. Dwane Wade takes the ball down and finds Lebron for an easy layup to close the gap down by 8 now. Connor Brady for the Indiana pacers takes the ball down and finds the open 3 ball to put the lead back up by 11.
We earned the number one seed in the section and were on our way to our goal. We got to our first game in sections against a much worse Truman/Martin Luther team. Nerves got to use in the first half and we were only up by ten points on a mediocre team. After our coach got on us during halftime, we came out in the second half and dominated the game winning 73-48. We had a great week of practice looking forward to the second game of the section playoff.
Different banners, everyone in their own outfits supporting their main team. It was truly fascinating to see. Tonight’s game was definitely going to be one of the highlights of the year. One hour before the game, the teams were preparing for probably the hardest game of their careers. Fans took their seats awaiting this action packed game.
I recognized her, the best female basketball player that played for Jarvis. She was offered to go play down at the states, at those big time colleges like, Harvard, and UCLA. My sister whispered something into her ear. Her friend then challenged me to a game of one-on- one, in a sweet slow voice. Forgetting all about the game, I gladly accepted.
I love sports and I love the feeling of helping people when they were hurt. So the next two year of high school I took on some more duties. I helped with football, basketball, and soccer. My last year of high school was the best and that is because I got to go with the junior varsity football team by myself and I got to tape all of the players. In high school I got to meet many of people that were with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (F.C.A) and every Thursday morning at school they would be in our library for the ones that wanted to come.