Crossing the finishline noticing what a horrible race I just ran placing 4th out of 6. Hitting me that I could not attend nationals. Eyes started to feel heavy , watering slowly but surely. Tears just about to stream down my face as my coach approach me and said " Ralph , you ran a good race , yes you made mistakes but its
For some of us seniors this could be the last game that we ever suit up for. Going into the playoffs we were in an unfamiliar position as we were the favorites to win it all, according to the polls. All year we heard that we weren’t disciplined enough to win district, let alone state. The online forums were covered by the fans from Greensville explaining and predicting how bad they would demolish us. This was just extra motivation and we had something
The two trained together every day, and while kids went with their families on vacations over summer, they just trained even more. The constant training and high standards left Todd unfit to live a healthy lifestyle once he got to college. By the time Todd got to USC, he was a national star. He broke the national high school passing record and became the first ever freshman to start for USC. Everything
Playing football in Pop Warner and in middle school were jus stepping-stones to what I wanted to accomplish in high school. Freshman year we finished 10-0 and I was sure that my sophomore year was going to be “my year.” The next season came around the corner and I was not on the field rather I was on the sidelines. A lot of people told me “ Don’t worry Blake your time will come.” I could have looked at things differently but the one thing I hate more than anything is watching someone else play quarterback. The season went on and I would clean up the blowout games and things most backups did. After the season I decided I had had enough.
I felt that the only way to prove this guys wrong was to win against him, so I accepted his challenge. We planned to play a week after I accepted his challenge. The whole week everyone was telling me that I cannot beat him, and he was going to destroy me. Then the game day came , we played at the local YMCA for a game to 21. the game was close, but at the end I pulled out the victory. An example of this would be like the kid who was in a car accident.
9-14-12 Pages 1-2 Suffering a devastating injury to his knee, John Kanan ’14 is forced to deal with everlasting difficulties that impact his athletic career and everyday life. Still today, Kanan has to push through these troubles to be a game changing player on the soccer field. It was the first game of kanan’s sophomore year soccer season; he was a starter on the team playing right midfield when out of blind sight he collided with an opposing player. “I was running as fast as my body would let me”, said Kanan. “The only thing I was focusing on was winning the ball.
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.
He will jump from being a college freshman to being a rookie millionaire. Just a year ago, he was a high school senior waiting to cross the stage preparing himself for college. As a child playing with balls, he likely dreamed of that moment. The college arenas and stadiums are where these athletes are before the few make their way in to the world of professional sports. It is there that they are mentored, coached and practice for hours to be the best.
One struggle in my life was tearing then re-tearing my ACL. I tore my ACL the first time playing football, my own player hit my knee during a game and it took me out. After I went to a specialist he told me I sprained my MCL, which was not all I did, so I played in one of my soccer games seven weeks later where my knee gave out on me. My mother and I went back to the specialist and he told me I had a torn ACL, we did not see him again. After a week of looking for a new doctor we found one.
It seemed like none of my experience leading up to this point could help me. This was going to be the most grueling round of golf in my life. The doctor said that if I decide to play it will be some of the worst pain that I have ever experienced. How could I have not gone out to play that day, it was my senior year of high school and last tournament unless I play well and make it to state. My team needed me also; we were ranked eighth in the state and had a good chance at making it as a team.