Personal Narrative: The Hartville Eagles Basketball Team

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3.. 2..1…Beep! “The Hartville Eagles basketball team will be advancing to the state championship game,” the announcer relayed. Hartville had never won state and my team, and I thought that we had a chance to win. Going into the game our record stood 28-4, and we planned to make it 29-4 by the end of our season; holding a plaque in the air that read State Champs. Finally, the big game had arrived. March 12, 2016 at 4:30p.m. My body shook with excitement as I stepped on the Missouri University basketball court where all the seats were covered in Hartville blue by all our fans. The moment I had dreamed about had finally come true. Our team was about to play thirty-two hard earned minutes because of how much work and dedication we had applied

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