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The Game That Changed Everything

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The Game That Changed Everything

  By: Dogman Smith

Tyler Jackson, the 16-year-old captain of the Willow Creek Wildcats, had one dream, to lead his team to their first-ever state championship. But this season wasn’t just about soccer. A rift within the team and personal doubts threatened to tear apart everything Tyler had worked for. This is the story of how he, along with his friends Emma, Malik, and Coach Harper, confronted adversity on and off the field to achieve the impossible.

The Wildcats had always been a tight-knit group. But tension began to surface as the semifinal game against the undefeated Silver Valley Strikers approached. Tyler’s best friend and the team’s star midfielder, Emma Williams, had grown increasingly frustrated with his leadership style.

“Tyler, you don’t listen,”  Emma snapped practice one afternoon. “You’re so focused on scoring that you ignore our practiced plays. Soccer isn’t a one-man show.”

Tyler bristled at her words. He felt the weight of the team’s expectations on his shoulders, and he believed he had to take charge to lead them to victory. “I’m doing what I think is best for the team,” he shot back. “If you can’t handle it, maybe you’re not as committed as I thought.”

The argument left a bitter taste in the air. Malik Thompsin, the team’s goalkeeper and peacemaker, tried to meditate. “Guys, we need to work together, not against each other,” he pleaded. But the damage had been done. Emma’s trust in  Tyler was shaken, and Tyler began doubting whether he was the right person to lead.

The rift couldn’t have come at the worst time. The Wildcats were about to face their toughest opponent yet, the Silver Valley Strikers, a team known for their speed, skill, and Ethan Miller, the league’s top scorer. Tyler knew the Wildcats couldn’t afford to be divided, but he struggled to address the growing tension.

Coach Harper noticed the discord during practice. “What’s going on with you two?” she demanded, pulling Tyler and Emma aside. “If you don’t resolve this, you’ll lose the game before you even step foot on the field.”

Emma crossed her arms. “He doesn’t trust me to make decisions. He’s acting like he has to do everything himself.”

Tyler hesitated, then admitted, “I just feel like if I don’t take control, we’ll fall apart.”

Coach Harper’s voice softened. “Tyler, leadership isn’t about doing everything yourself. It’s about trusting your team. And Emma, if you see something he’s missing, tell him but do it in a way that builds him up, not tears him down. The Wildcats need both of you to win.”

The day of the semifinal arrived. The stadium buzzed with energy as fans packed the stands. From the first whistle, the Strikers dominated the field. By halftime, the Wildcats were down 2-0, and Tyler felt the weight of failure pressing down on him.

In the locker room, Tyler stood silently, unsure what to say. Then, Emma spoke up. “We’re not playing as a team,” she said, her voice steady but firm. “Tyler, we need you to lead, but you have to trust us too. Let’s do this together.”

Tyler looked around the room, seeing the determination in his teammates’ eyes. “You’re right,” he said. “Let’s stick to our strategy. Emma, call the plays. Malik, keep doing what you do best. I’ll be there when you need me.”

The second half began, and the Wildcats played like a different team. Emma orchestrated the midfield with precision, threading passes through the Strikers’ defense. Tyler scored their first goal with a powerful strike, reigniting hope. Malik, with his trademark resilience, made save after save, keeping the Wildcats in the game.

With just five minutes left, Emma executed a perfect corner kick. Tyler leaped into the air and headed the ball into the net, tying the game. The crowd erupted, but the Wildcats weren’t done yet. In the final moments, Emma intercepted a pass and sent a long ball to Tyler, who dribbled past Ethan Miller and scored the winning goal.

The Wildcats had done the impossible. They defeated the Strikers 3-2 and advanced to the championship.

As the team celebrated on the field, Tyler and Emma exchanged a glance. “I couldn’t have done this without you, “Tyler admitted.

Emma smiled. “And I couldn’t have done it without you trusting me.”

Their bond, once strained, was now stronger than ever. Coach Harper beamed with pride as she addressed the team. “You showed heart, discipline, and teamwork today. This is what champions are made of.”

The Wildcats’ journey wasn’t just winning a soccer game. For Tyler, it was about learning to trust his teammates and embracing the fact that leadership isn’t about control, it’s about collaboration. For Emma, it was about finding her voice and using it to strengthen the team. And for Malik, it was a reminder that optimism and resilience could carry a team through even the toughest challenges.

The Wildcats went on to win the state championship, but the true victory lay in the lessons they learned along the way. Sports, they realized, weren’t just about competition, they were about growth and connection.

The Nerd and the Jock

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The Nerd and the Jock

By Nana Davis  

“You’ve been staring at number 27,” Nila and Nela says 

“Is that?” Nele says

“NEL!” Nila says

“NO!! It’s not him. Is it?” I say

“It is, girl,” Nela says

The cheerleaders returned to cheering. I was with my friends Nela and Nila at the football game. I’m not that popular, but I have a crush on Nel, the most popular guy, and number twenty-seven. 

I was sitting with the cheerleaders because Nila is the cheer captain. I looked at the ground, embarrassed, as the game started again, and my attention returned to Nel. The cheerleaders returned to cheering. After the game, I stayed seated, but Nela and Nila didn’t like that.

“Come on go talk to Nel~,” Nila says in a teasing tone

“No, I shouldn’t,” I say

“Come on,” Nela says in a whiny voice

I reluctantly get up, and they push me toward Nel. Then I see Tammy talking to Nel. Tammy is the most popular girl. Every guy has a crush on her, but she’s a big bully. She’s done so much to my friends and me. But Nel sees me as I try to turn around and walk away, and he comes over to me. I try to turn around and run, but Nel grabs my hand.

“Hey,” Nel says

“Hi’ i say flustered

“Come with me,” Nel says

“Fine,” I say.

Nel pulls me under the bleachers and leans against a pole for the bleachers.

“So……… there’s an after party……. Do you want to come with me?” Nel says as he lets go of my hand but hesitates like he doesn’t want to. 

“Me, come with you?” I mumble but Nel hears me 

“Yes, you Jena come with me,” he says itching the back of his neck

“Ok,” I say

“You’ll come!” Nel says

“Just one question,” I say

“What is it,” Nel says

“Did you invite me as a friend or?” I say

“Uuumm” Nel says “No not really, I guess,” he says unsure of himself

“Do I need to change?” I replied

“No, unless you want to,” he says

“I’ll be there,” I replied. I start to walk off

“See you there,” Nel says and I nod

“See you,” I say

Nel grabs my hand and says 

“Unless you want to catch a ride…. with me?” 

“If that’s ok with you,” I say, smiling and he takes my hand. We start walking to his car. He opens the door for me and I get in and I go to buckle but then Nel says. 

“Let me get that for you” as he takes the buckle and buckles it for me. Then he walks around to the driver’s seat and I see my friends watching. As I look at the floor embarrassed. Nel sees that I’m embarrassed and says

“Look at me” I look up as his eyes lock on mine, then I blush and look down again. Nel sees me blushing and says,

“You’re cute when you blush” I blush more. As Nel stops at the party and holds my chin and pulls my head up to look at him. Then I blush more. Nel asks

“Are you ok, princess” I blush again and he kisses my cheek then I blush more.

“Sorry I should have asked” I quickly stop him and say

“No!” I look down “Don’t apologize” The other football players see Nel and me and come over to his car and say

“You finally asked her, well you two do look good together,” number 10 says

“So what do you think of Nel here,” number 77 says.

“He’s a nice kind,” I say blushing “he sticks out on the field.” The guys chuckle as they realize Nel is blushing two and I  giggle a bit myself.  Nel seems embarrassed as he steps out of the car and opens the door for me I unbuckle and he holds my hand to help me get out of his car. The other players walk around us as we walk into the party. As we walk in there’s an announcement that says excitedly 

“The main couple is here!!!!!!!!!!!!”

My eyes widen as my face goes red. Nel squeezes my hand and looks at me worried. I cling to his side embarrassed. He wrapped his arms around my waist as if to protect me from the people whispering and staring.

“Hey, it’s ok,” Nel says 

I hid` my face in his chest. Tammy sees this and walks over.

“Baby, Nelie poo” she squeaks 

“Dont call me that ever,” nel says  

I snuggle closer, he pulls me away and Tammy gets mad as nel and I go over to the balcony where a full moon, bright stars, and constellations can be seen. As I’m leaning over the rales looking at the sky I turn to point at a star and nel has my favorite flowers daises and roses he clears his throat awkwardly.

“Will you be my girlfriend?” he says

I see Tammy scowling at me and I look back, I’m too shocked to speak and I just nod violently and hug him. After that Nel and I watched the sky for a long time then one of his friends came over.

“Hey, love birds,” his friend says “What are you two up to,”

Nel and I look over at him and shrug.

“The romantic dance for couples is next,” number 71 says

Nel and I get up walk in go on the dance floor and start dancing with the other couples. And he and I stand out because we both have on our clothes from the game. Everyone is looking at us as we dance to the music even Tammy is staring. I know tomorrow at school she will be mad and try something but I’m focusing on my footwork as nel and I dance. At the end of the song, everyone claps for nel and me. And I realize I’m popular now. And more popular than Tammy and she is mad because I found a bf before her and now is more popular than her. My friends Nela and Nila ran over asking a lot of questions.

“Is nel your bf now?” Nila says 

“Wait can you get us with some of his friends, please,” Nela says

“Hold up wait a couple of days maybe sometime this month,” I say kindly

Nel chuckles still holding my waist from dancing as I lean against his chest. After the party, Nel drives me home and as I get out he kisses my hand. Then I kissed his cheek two times. Then he walked me to my door and introduced himself to my family and my parents loved him and praised him. After he stayed for lunch he left and went to his house and I thought what will Tammy do to me tomorrow I thought before I went to sleep. In the morning after I was ready. Nel picks me up for school and carries me, the bride still kisses my cheeks and then blushes.

The Roomers

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The Roomers

By Dr Smart

 I have blood cancer and I’ve had it since I was a baby. I’ve had treatments and I’m doing well right now. I have 3 amazing friends who have helped me this whole time. Currently, I’m at a basketball game that they dragged me to. I’ve always wanted to join but because of my blood cancer, I can’t I have no time and my body can’t handle it yet. I’m determined to overcome this and fulfill my dreams. 

“Rosa…” 

I won’t let anything stop me! 

“Rosa”

… from doing what I want or living my life the way I want to… not even my cancer! 

“Rosa!”

“Sorry Tom wait what happened”

“Oh, Rosa, when will you get out of your head? You can’t live in a dream world forever…”

That’s Tom. He’s one of my friends. Tom continued with his Lexshier for ten more minutes with no breaks. Tom has a short buzzcut and brown hair that he dies and lets grow out. By the end of the year, it’s so long it goes to his shoulder, and he repeats the process every year. It’s his look, you could say.

“HEY GUYS!!!”

That girl screaming and running over to me and Tom is my other friend Bella She is sweet and has short blond hair and she is the shortest in our friend group so we help her reach stuff all the time  

“Hey Bella,” I say

  “Hi Bella we saved you a sit. Rosa and I know you’re never on time. you know that’s a bad habit you should have come earlier you always come late to everything. Also, did you see Mary?” Tom says

“Oh no I sadly didn’t see Mary I thought she was with you guys,”

 Bella says as she sits down on the bleachers next to me and Tom.

A few minutes after when all 3 of us were watching the basketball game Mary scars Tom and sits down next to him.

“MARY!” Tom screams 

“Hehe hi, guys sorry I’m late,” 

Mary says as she snickers and looks at us. Mary loves scarring Tom and only Tom for some reason won’t tell us why. we’ve asked before and she only laughs at the question like we should know why already and it’s a silly question. Marry has long well-taken care of black hair almost like a horse she is cold and silly at the same time she is also smart and Marry is my bff she’s also the smartest in the class. As the others talk and mess around all I can think about is how badly I wish I could play too but all I can do is watch the basketball game. I suddenly felt like something was over me and as I looked up I saw it was Gavin, Becka, and Regina. then Gavin pours his water bottle on me and I hear Becka and Regina giggle as I run to the bathroom to clean myself off once I get into the bathroom shortly after Tom’ Bella and Mary follow. Tom sits outside the bathroom to keep watch for them again, but also because he’s a boy and can’t come in.

“Hey, are you ok?” Bella says

“…” I respond with nothing

“Rosa don’t let them get to you they’re losers,” says Mary

“How do you think I feel and does it look like I’m ok how do you expect me to just be fine with this and not let it get to me just leave!” I say in a fit of anger

 “Ok we’ll leave but when you’re ready we’ll be waiting outside the bathroom for you,” Mary says 

“Just leave now!” I say as Mary and Bella both leave. Mary has always been good with handly emotions and her own too she always knows what to do and how to help and Bella is the same way she helps by being there and with her bubbly personality. As I leave the bathroom I see that they are still here Tom, Mary, and Bella sitting outside the bathroom and waiting for me

“Hey I see you decided to come out,” Tom says happily

“Let’s forget about this bad day and all get home I’ll see you guys Monday,” Mary says

“Hey now let’s not end the day bad! let’s get some ice cream at the new place in town and then go home!” Bella says

“Bella I know you are trying to help but it’s best if we go home it’s already so late,” Mary says

“Ok let’s go home,” Tom says

As we all walk out of the school I can’t help but feel like I wish I never had to return. We all walk our separate ways to go home. “Hey Mom I’m back from the game where Dad,” I say

“Your dad’s in the living room dinner will be done soon” 

“Hey Dad I’m back”

“Oh hey there Rosa you snuck up on me,” Dad says

“I’m going up to my room I’m way to tired from watching the game”

  After that Monday the gang hung out one time after the basketball game.

I woke up and did my routine and as I was doing my makeup and about to leave for school my elbo hurt every time I moved then I felt like I couldn’t get up it was like I was too weak to move Mom came running into my room and then it goes black I open my eyes to a hospital room I’m used to them from the mounts ive spent in them and the doctor comes in and tells my mom that my blood cancer achaly got worse and not beter like they thought and i would have to leave school for a few days for testing and other stuff and someone from my school would have to bring me my work. The person I chose to get me my work was Mary she would come every Monday with the work for that week she always came after school at 4:30 like clockwork I was slowly falling behind in school I couldn’t keep up with all the testing the hospital was doing and schooling so my parents got me a tour and it was tom and then Bella came with both of them sometimes

I was starting to czech up on school becus of them but I didn’t start getting better

Soon i was stuck in my hospital bed and could only move arond a little Tom came to help tour me one time with Mary and Bella and we were working and then

“Hey Rosa where all worried about you,” Tom said out of the blue

 “Have the doctors said anything about you getting better soon?” Bella said

“No, they said it didn’t look like I was going to get any better”

“How long do you have,” Mary said

‘MARY!” Tom yelled

“Mary dont go asking those questions…” bellas said

“This is not something you can’t be cold about you can’t act like you did last time when we found out she got cancer”

“Bella stop”

“Huh?” Bella said

“I don’t have very long i only have 2 more days i was trying to hide it from you the doctors told me a week after I got in here that I didn’t have much time”

“Well lets make thous two days the best ever well bring you stuff from your hospodal bed and will do anything to make you happy one last time,” Mary said

By the time they were done, it was night so they all went home that same night I went to bed like usual and I never woke up again I was dead a ghost I saw what everyone did the next morning Mom was crying by me in bed and dad was also crying next to here and when tom Bella and mary saw me they all started to cry too many ran out the room and said it wasn’t real that it was all in her head and Bella ran after her and tom he froze up he didn’t know what to do he just cried 

“This isn’t real,” Mary said 

“Mary it’s ok let’s just go home first let’s get Tom,” Bella said

“This isnt fair they could have done more to save her we were all just talking last night she was fine we were going to go all do something to make her happy one last time,” Tom said

I wanted to hug him and tell him it was fine and just forget about me and keep living without me but I felt I was a ghost

“Let’s just go come on guys”

Later on, Mary became a schoolteacher

Tom became a doctor

And Bella became a scientists

And Mom and Dad lived out their life without me happy 

This was the good ending I wanted for them after my death but I wish I could be there for them still…       

Injured Volley

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Injured Volley

By: Rosetta Sontiago

One month. I have to have this ankle brace on for one month! I have a volleyball game in two weeks and I won’t be able to play. But… it isn’t the exact truth. I’ll start from the beginning, the day it happened. September 19, 2002, my brother and I were playing and he pushed me to hit the ball. Got a sprained ankle and I couldn’t play for the next month. I had to sit down and watch my teammates and friends practice and play.

It was maybe a week, week and a half later and I was trying to practice at home but my mom obviously didn’t let me. I practiced anyway, hoping my ankle would get better before the game. At school, I had the norm, classes, tests, annoying people. Everyone teases me for the ankle brace and I’m so irritated! 

Charlie, my brother, has finally left me alone. He’s the one who sprained my ankle and he finally let me be. I got peace at home, just not at school. Charlie and I have no classes, and that’s good. But I have three classes with his friends, and they won’t stop teasing me. My mind is gonna blow because of those maniacs. 

Few days ago, my coach said I could play the next game but when it came, he rejected me and I couldn’t play. I sat with my family, mood spoiled and hopefulness gone. Throughout the rest of the game, my mom tried to comfort me, but it didn’t work. My attitude was sour and no sweetness was fixing it. I had an attitude for the rest of the week, I couldn’t play at practice, and I couldn’t focus on my school work. I couldn’t focus on anything besides my ankle and volleyball.

The next volleyball game was in three days and I still had my ankle brace on. My coach still wouldn’t budge on letting me play in the game. I had to come to all the practices just to do nothing but sit there and watch everyone else practice. Everyday when I went back home, I was never in a good mood. I would come home and do my homework or get in the shower. No small talk. No, “How was your day?” Nothing.

The day of the volleyball game came and I was at school, in morning practice, watching everyone play while trying to convince the coach to let me play at the game. The coach never listened to me and either cut me off or flat out ignored me. It wasn’t the best position to be in, but I got mad and stormed off. Leaving practice and to the girls locker room. I stayed in there until the practice was over and my teammates came in. My friend, Mia, once she changed out came over to me. 

“You okay?” Mia questioned.

“No, I’m not okay. Coach won’t let me play today at the game even though my ankle brace gets taken off in two days! What could possibly happen to make my ankle worse?” 

“Well… You could break it?”

I look over at Mia and scoff. “That’s not helping much.” 

She looked down and I could tell I upset her. I sigh and place my hands in my lap. 

“Look.. I didn’t mean to come off rude it’s just.. Coach is being so stubborn with letting me play.”

She was silent for a moment and I was going to speak up but Mia cut me off. 

“I get that, but the coach is just looking out for you. They’re just…. concerned. They don’t want you getting hurt even more.” 

I listened to what Mia said and throughout the rest of the day, I slowly understood why the coach wasn’t letting me practice or play. Until seventh period, when I had to leave to go to the game, I was more focused on finishing my school work instead of being mad I couldn’t play. When I got onto the bus to go to the game with the rest of my team, I sat by Mia and tried to forget I wasn’t even going to play at this game. 

Once we get to the school, I walk with Mia to the gym and chat with her while they get ready. After a bit, when I was sitting on the bench with my phone until the coach walked up to me and started talking to me. She said I could play at the game today and I was so excited, I couldn’t help but jump up and down. One problem was that even though I came to the game, I didn’t have my uniform! My mom had come to the game, but she obviously wouldn’t have brought my uniform so there I was without one. No one had a spare so someone had to drive back to the school. Luckily it was only a 20 minute drive but that means it’d take 40 minutes for them to come back! The game started soon and we didn’t have time for that. 

As we were all getting ready for the game, we were still panicking because I didn’t have a uniform and I’d play soon. In the end, a school teacher drove it here, and I had my uniform just in time before the game started. I got into position and served the ball, flying over the net. The other team’s player hit the ball and flew back to our side. Mia set the ball and my teammate spiked it. The ball hitting the ground and giving us the point. This continued for a bit until the other team caught on, and we had to start hitting the ball back farther. 

In the end, we won the game and we all celebrated. When we were driving back to the school so our parents could pick us up, Mia and I sat by each other again and were having a blast. 

“We won! And I got to play! I actually got to play!” I said, I was full of excitement. 

“You literally spiked the ball so well! The other team couldn’t even hit it!”

“Thanks, Mia. You really helped me forget about the fact the coach wouldn’t let me play at first. It made it all the more fun.” 

Mia and I chatted for a bit before we got back to the school and my mom picked me up. 

“Hey, Mom.”

“Yes, sweetie?” 

“Is it okay if I get my brace off tomorrow? I played tonight and my ankle didn’t even hurt!” 

My mom smiled and she nodded. We got into the car and drove home while I rambled on and on about how the game went and how fun it was. When we got home, we ate dinner and then had a movie night, celebrating my team’s win and having some family time. My brother finally apologized about my ankle and I forgave him, letting it go since it didn’t hurt anymore. 

The next day, I got my brace off and I went back to school, happy and stress free. The day went by quickly but it was fun. It was amazing and it was a good day to end the week off with. Looks like a sprained ankle can’t stop you from playing volleyball. 

The Truth

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The Truth 

  – By Payton Brown

  I walked into school and saw my friends with a poster in the halls. It looked like a concert was happening because of how many girls were there. It was a volleyball sign up sheet so I decided to sign up. Not knowing what would happen next. The next day that’s when it all happened I was walking into the gym and everyone was warming up. As I put my stuff down, that’s when I hear them “shh” shh” shh” and murmuring. Behind me I feel all their glances at me. I try to ignore it because I tried to feel positive that day. As I am done warming up I start walking towards my friend. She told me that 

“you shouldn’t be playing right you aren’t even good”

 I ran out trying so hard not to cry and embarrassed myself but I couldn’t help it I started crying but as soon as I wipe tears the coach asked me

“What is wrong”

I told her what happen and she said  

“You cant let them get  to you,you are here to play volleyball and here to get that off your chest”

But I don’t know how I’m going to play 

“I’m just so upset”

But she made me get up and practice as I got up to walk in to practice we did leg/arm stretches. Then I had to get a partner. We bumped it back and forth then setted. As we finished up, we got in three lines and I fell on my knees  and became the laughing stock.  the coach told everyone to keep practicing and helped me up and made sure I was okay the practice that day was horrible 

The following week and a lot more happened. We have a game coming up and the whole school already hates me. But the coach’s words kept playing in my head. I knew I had to keep moving past it. But as we are on the bus a girl who I played with came up to me and asked

“Hey, I know we don’t talk much but why are you sitting by yourself”

“I dont know I’m not really friends with anyone here dont I play with you on the court” 

“ yeah I play setting, Sofia is my name but I’d love to be your friend”

 “The setter? Oh yeah the setter my name is Payton and yeah we can be friends”  

She sat next to me the rest of the time  and talked to me but I didn’t know if I was supposed  to feel happy that there was a girl that actually felt genuine and actually wanted to be my friend . I really didn’t know what I was feeling. I was happy I had a friend. I was scared of the game and I was sad because really no one likes me. As we get to game and were putting are stuff on I hear the girls talking about me but I walked away a little upset because I knew exactly what they were talking about I get on the court and I remember everything that made me even more mad and upset and I actually play a lot better than I thought and I could hear everyone whispering but this time in a good way the coach started putting me on the court a lot more I said 

“Thank you coach” 

“Why you thanking me that was all you” 

“No I wouldn’t of even been play if you didn’t talk to me that day”

“Oh no problem, you get up your good work ” 

As we were on the bus back home the girl who was my friend came up to me and said.

“Hey, you did good out there and I am sorry for what I said.”

But I didn’t know what I wanted to say but words just started coming out of my mouth

“Thanks but you are not sorry because if you were you wouldn’t have said it.”

Then I went to another seat. I finally felt like I was good at something I mean I was. 

As I walked home my mom met me at the door and I was in the newspaper and I felt like everyone liked me. I didn’t just feel like a nobody. I walked into school and everyone was by me and asking  me how I did it but I had no comment but the truth is I would rather go back to having no one like me because I knew who my real friend was.

The Miss Move

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The Miss Move

-By Taylor White

  For playing volleyball for 2 years this is not how I thought my game would end up. I guess I am not as good of a volleyball player as I thought I was. 

First our teachers say we can leave class early to get ready. Then we put on our jerseys on (My jersey is #34). Then we grab our bags and get on the bus. We start to leave the school. The volleyball game is 45 minutes away. I listen to music and I start to hear people talking about me. I know that they are talking about me but I act like I don’t hear. The girls on the bus look like they are playing a game of telephone by how much they are whispering to each other. 

As we are walking into the volleyball game I can hear the crowd start to yell and cheer. After me and my team start to walk on the court we start to get our gear on (knee pads and shoes). Then after that we start to warm up. I can start to tell it is not going to be a good game. The game has finally started. For some reason I am not a starter, which I normally am. I start to get upset and disappointed in myself for not being a starter. 

We are now on the second set and I get to play. I start to miss all of my serves and a lot of digs. All of my sets were double contacts. Coach takes me out and doesn’t say a word. I know that she is disappointed. I start to cry and get upset. My teammates say

  “It is okay, everyone has bad days”.

But I ignore them because I am so mad at myself.

Then my mom comes down the bleachers and asks me if I need a drink. I say no and I can tell she knows I am not okay. I watched the third set and my teammates did great. We get in a huddle and everyone says

 “You guys did great” and

“Nice teamwork”

 When the huddle is over my coach puts me in. I am glad I finally get to play. I am so glad that the coach gave me a second chance. Thank God that she believes in me. We all tell each other to call it and move our feet. The sets and passes from my teammates are great but I keep missing kills. I finally got a good pass and my teammate messed it up. Now I am mad at my teammate because that could’ve been a great point. Even though I make mistakes like that too. Now I keep messing up because of how mad I am. Our coach called a time out. Coach says

“You guys are doing great, just use more communication.”

After that we go back out and high five each other. We get back in the game and we don’t let them get in our heads. Next thing you know we get the ball back. It is my teammates turn to serve. She gets an ace. We all congratulate her and we all start to get hyped up. Our mindset is that nobody can stop us now. We all know that we have to keep going.

After that we started to sweep them off of their feet. We start taking so many points from them. It is going well but all of a sudden something terrible happens. They serve and my teammate goes for the ball and she gets injured. She starts balling and screaming for help. Everyone rushes over to see if she is okay. Our coach calls an ambulance. 2 minutes later they finally arrive and take her to the hospital. 

Everyone is worried about her and our coach is trying to figure out who will take her spot. We finally figure out who is going to play. Then our coach gets a phone call and it is our teammates’ parents. They say she is doing better but then, they told us the worst thing that could ever happen happened. She tore her ACL. After we found that out we prayed for her. 

Then we finally get back on the court and start playing again. I am a little worried but I tell myself I am going to do great. I serve first when we get back on the court and I get an ace. Someone spikes the ball and I get the dig. I am so proud of myself for it. Now it is 23-24 I set my teammate up and BAM!! She gets the spike and we win the game. My team and the crowd were cheering. Everyone was so happy. 

WE WON!!

The Misunderstood Pinapple

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The Misunderstood Pineapple

By: Dingle Hopper

Pickle and Penny are best friends but there’s one person they don’t like and his name is Pineapple. Pineapple is the mean guy in the neighborhood. 

“Hey losers what are you guys doing here at the store aren’t you guys like broke or something”, said Pineapple.

Pickle and Penny run away everytime they see him. Pineapple isn’t trying to be mean, it’s just how he decides to live his life.

“You should go talk to Pineapple,” said Pickle.

“No, you should go talk to Pineapple,” said Penny.

They finally decided who should go talk to Pineapple, both of them are going to go talk to Pineapple. They finally went to go talk to Pineapple.

 Pineapple said, “can we be friends please.”

Pickle and Penny said it depends on if you’re going to be nice to us or not. They are now friends with Pineapple. Pickle,Penny,and Pineapple all go to the movies together. Pineapple, Pickle, and Penny’s friend goes from really mean to really nice.

 “Can we have a sleepover?”, said Pineapple. 

Pickle and Penny said yes. All three friends went to the store to get snacks and drinks for the sleepover. The three friends walk to Penny’s house for the sleepover. Penny’s mom says hi to them and lets them in the house. Penny’s mom walks into the living room and asks 

“How did you boys become friends?”, said Penny’s mom. The boys said they went to go talk to Pineapple about him being mean to them at the store in town and then after the talk we started to walk away, that’s when Pineapple decided to follow them home. 

He ran after them and said hey can we be friends I’m so sorry about what I said at the store. I really am. Do you forgive me?”, said Penny and Pickle. After Penny’s mom talked to the boys for a while she went into the kitchen to make the boys dinner and she started to make Penny’s favorite meal which is pasta and sauce. After dinner was made she yelled for the boys to come eat and Penny said yes my favorite meal is pasta and sauce. How was school?”, said Penny’s mom. It was good”, said Pickle. We had a spelling test today”, said Pineapple. After the boys finished their dinner they went into the living room, sat on the couch and turned on a movie. This movie is really good”, said Penny. Where did you find this movie?”, said Pickle. After the movie was over they went upstairs to grab blankets and pillows to sleep downstairs in their blanket fort. The next day, which is a Monday, they get up early so they can have breakfast,get dressed,and leave for school. (They all walk to school together) They are all in 5th grade and in the same class together. After school is over they walk to the park to hang out for about an hour. Penny calls his mom where he is going to be for an hour. She says that’s fine with me. After an hour later Penny arrives home from the park. Penny’s mom said how did school go . It was fine”, said Penny. What did you and your friends do at the park?”, said Penny’s mom. We played on the swings for a while then we went for a walk after the park”, said Penny. The next day Tuesday sport sign ups for baseball. Do you want to sign up for baseball?”, said Penny’s mom. Sure”, said Penny. I’m going to ask my friends if they want to sign up for baseball with me”, said Penny. They arrived at school. Hey guys, do you want to sign up for baseball with me?”, said Penny. Sure”, said Pickle. No sports aren’t really my favorite but I like watching them”, said Pineapple. That’s ok”, said Penny and Pickle. At lunch. What did you guys bring for lunch?”, said Penny. I brought a sandwich”, said Pickle. I brought a sandwich and chips”, said Pineapple. After school at baseball practice. Are you ready for baseball practice?”, said Penny. More than ready”, said Pickle. After baseball practice. How was baseball practice?”, said Penny’s mom. It was good”, said Penny. The next day Wednesday , no school day. Penny’s mom let him sleep in since he didn’t have school that day. Good morning Penny”, said Penny’s mom. Morning”, said Penny. What would you like for breakfast?”, said Penny’s mom. Can I have eggs and toast please”, said Penny. Sure”, said Penny’s mom. Penny and his mom sit down and have breakfast together.                             The End.

Goat Matchup

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Goat Matchup

            By Mr. NBA

It was one day in  San Francisco, California, the Chase Center where the Golden State Warriors play the Goon Forty, Chef Thirty,and Goat Twenty three. All were meeting up at the Chase Center to do a goat all star show off to see who’s the goat of all time. The goat all star show off will consist of a dunk contest,three point contest, mid range shooting, and 1v1 tournament goat twenty three.

It’s ten thirty an hour and a half till the goat all star contest starts the chase center holds 18,064. The Chase Center is sold out for the goat all star contest vs some of the best nba players of all time. This will be the first goat all star competition of all time. The refs for the contest to determine who wins the goat all star competition. The refs are Jake Crawford, Zach Brothers, and Rodney Wall.

The fans were surrounding the chase center ready to waiting for the doors to open. The players were warming up waiting for the goat matchup to happen. The doors open and the fans start rushing in, people are tripping other people to get better seats than them. The goat matchup is starting the national anthem is being sung. 

The first matchup is gonna be Goat 23 vs Goon 40 in a dunk challenge. Goat 23 won with a 360 windmill dunk to beat Goon 40 in the dunk challenge and Goat 23 will face Chef 30 for the championship of the dunk contest. Goat 23 is smoking Chef 30 in the dunk contest Goat 23 40 wins the dunk contest by a ton. 

Next is the 3 point contest Chef 30 will face off vs Goon 40. Chef 30 got 32 three pointers and Goon 40 got 30 falling 2 short and getting knocked out by Chef 30. Chef 30 will vs off vs Goat 23. Goat 23 got off to a good start but started to fade away at the end and chef 30 pulled away and won by 6 three pointers. Next is the mid range shots.

Goon 40 will face Chef 30 in the mid range this is where I shine Goon 40 said.

Chef 30 said I shine here and we will see  who does better. Good shot Goon 40 Chef 30 said but I can do better. Ok let’s see it little boy, Goon 40 won the mid range game. Now the 1v1 tournament Goon 40 will get the first round bye so Goat 23 will play Chef 30 Goat 23 won so Goat 23 and Goon 40 will play in the championship of 1v1.

Goat 23 got off to a 5-0 start but goon 40 came back to tie the ball game at 6-6. The game is tied up all at 20. 

Goat 23 has the ball he shoots a contested 3 he drains it and he wins the 1v1.

 Good shot man said goon 40 

Goat 23 said I was going for the winning shot and I drained it. 

Goon 40 said that was quite the shot. 

Goat 23 said I am the goat. We have already discussed this. 

Goon 40 said you’re not the goat, your the wanna be goat. 

Goat 23 said you wish we had this matchup for a reason and I proved I’m the goat.

Goon 40 said well see what the judges think.

The judges are deciding who won the goat matchup overall. They come on to make an announcement. Rodney Wall says here is how the scoring works for this goat matchup. If you win the dunk contest you get 3 points and Goon 40 won that so he gets 3 points. If you win the three point challenge  you get 2 points and Chef 30 won that so he is at 2 points. Whoever wins the mid range gets 2 points and Goon 40 also won that so he is at 5 points. 

Goon 40 said to Goat 23 were through 3 out of the 4 matchups announced and you’re at 0.

Goat 23 said well I won the last one so don’t get your hopes too high 

Rodney Wall said and the last event the 1v1 challenge you get 7 points for winning that and goat 23 won that. Goat 23 is our winner and the crowd is cheering loudly. Goon 40 sitting down in shock can not believe what just happened. So our winner is Goat 23 second place Goon 40 and third Chef 30. 

Thanks for attending our goat matchup thanks to our players and judges for getting this pulled off the players walk into the locker room.

Goon 40 said you luck Goat 23 luck that the 1v1 tournament was the most point event.

Goat 23 said we’ve gone over this. I’m the goat.

Goon 40 said say whatever makes you feel good.

The goat matchup was over and the fans were exiting the Chase Center roads were all in a traffic jam The roads cleared after about 2 hours the sun was setting in California and that was the end of the goat matchup night. 

Bad Luck

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Bad Luck 

  • By Bay Max 

“Does anybody have a hairbrush”

“I do”

“Can I please use it”

“Guys I’m scared what if I lose all my matches” 

“You won’t, don’t worry”,

Is what you would hear in the locker room full of girls that is about to go wrestle well not in my case. Everyone is so calm and not worried, like this is another old dandy meet to get over with. As I was putting on my singlet everyone was ready to go . I’m brushing my hair as my cousin was waiting to braid it . That was the start of my tradition, the braid that helps me in each match like Jason’s lucky sock. This was just the start of my goodluck routine. Everygame , everymatch , and every meet my hair is always in a braid and today was nothing different or so I thought. 

For some reason today wasn’t feeling like another old dandy meet. After we were done I slid on my crocs  and walked out the locker room soon realising my mom forgot to give me my money for the game . Well great, how am I gonna eat? And that was what I thought started my bad journey or so I thought my bad luck. I try not to think about it and just continue walking towards the bus. I walk in to see the majority of the girls in the bus as I walk down the aisle to my seat. Boom, the person in front of me sits right in it . You might not know but that has been my seat for every meet every game I’ve ever went to. I thought of it as my lucky charm seat. Then I had to sit and wait for the best, knowing I’m probably not gonna eat and not gonna have a good meet. We get there after 40 ish minutes and the girls are quiet . I see as their eyes widen at the shock of how big the school is. The girls were already threatened by how big the school was , yes the same girls that were pumped and ready to get over this meet. We unload the bus and we all walk out. We can see the buses of the other schools that came to compete today. We walk in and go to our station we set are stuff down ready to explore as we had came 2 hours earlier to scope out the competition “

“Okay” “It’s okay “ “I’ve got two hours to gain all this back

I’m watching everyone watching their strategies and moves just hoping I could do the same. As I watch people get taken down over and over and over again . I’m starting to regain my confidence . The screams of 

“Get up”   and 

“Lock your hands”

“You got this”

Just gets me pumped. 

My coach said behind me

“ guys start getting ready”

So me and the girls start walking back to where we set our bags as we see the gym filled with girls and parents from all over. As I take off my clothes that was over my singlet and start unzipping my bag I hear my couch say

“You’re up” 

“Okay”

He pats my back for assurance I reach in to find NOTHING absolutely nothing. None of my gear was in my bag. Where’s my shoes? Where’s my headgear? Where’s my kneepad? I knew this bad luck would come back and bite me in the butt. I hear the shattering word 

“What are you doing you’re up”

“IIII……. I know”

I turned around so I couldn’t look at him and just stared into my bag. He comes from behind me to see what was the hold up and he knew he knew that if he didn’t say anything in that moment right now i’m gonna break down. 

“You can’t just forfeit it will cost all your matches”

“I know’ “but what can I do”

I sink in as I see his disappointment on my coach’s face looking for an idea. It’s like everything stops. The front table was waiting for me,my opponent was waiting for me. And the gym was quiet as people were trying to find me. I can hear the table in the front call my name again and again and again and again to see where I was. I can see the faces of people you supposedly found me looked worried. My coach didn’t seem to have an idea.  But all of the sudden my teammate came from behind me, saving me. 

“Here” 

“What?”

“Here take mine and hurry” 

“Your opponent is already on the mat”. 

I don’t know what just happened but I was already on the mat shaking my opponent’s hand. I can tell the difference between my shoes and my teammates but I was just glad I had something to use and the universe was out to get me after all

The Mystery Kill

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  The Mystery Kill

      By: Lilly Anne Cooper

One day Serena and her mom were preparing for a football game party. They soon realized they would not have enough food for the party. 

Her mom said,”Go and buy some popcorn from the store. Make sure you get enough for everyone at the party.” 

“OK,” replied Serena,”I will be back.”

  Serena then went to the store while her mom stayed home and finished getting ready for the party. While Serena was in the store she met her friend Blair. 

`“Hi!” said Serena, “How are you?”

“Fine.” Blair responded. “How about you?”

“I am fine, just picking up some popcorn for the party. Will I see you there?”

“ I don’t know yet. I am not feeling the greatest.”

“Aww. Well I hope you feel better. Anyways I have to get going. Bye!”

“Yup,bye.”

Serena then finished getting popcorn from the store and headed home. On her way home she ran into Chuck and his friend group. She hates them. As soon as she saw him she ran the other way and hid in a nearby bush and overheard them talking.

` “I heard Serena is having a party this afternoon. I wonder why we didn’t get invited. I wonder why?” said Chuck.

“Maybe we should crash it.”

“Bro,that’d be fire!!”

“I know right. Does anyone know what time it starts?”

“Umm… I think it starts at 7:00?”

“Ya, that sounds right. Let’s go so we can plan.”

After they left, Serena came out of the bushes and ran home.

As soon as she got home she told her mom what she had heard. 

Her mom told her,”Oh dear! We must not let that happen. I’ll call Chuck’s mother. She can then deal with him”

“OK.” said Serena.

They then continued to get ready for the party.

People then started to show up and Serena turned on the football game. She then went to talk to her friend Blair.

“Hey, Serena!” said Blair.

“Hey! What do you think of the party?”replied Serena.

“It’s pretty nice.”

“Thanks! Hey, if you see Chuck or his gang here let me know please.”

“Why?”

“Because when I was on my way home from the store I heard them saying they were gonna crash the party. When I came home and told my mom she said ‘I’ll call Chuck’s mother. She can then deal with him.’ and I’m hoping that no matter what they don’t show up.”

“Ya, that’s fine. I will let you know if I see them.” 

“Thanks Blair!”

“No problem.” replied Blair.

A while later Chuck and his gang arrived uninvited. Serena went up to Chuck.

“Why are you here Chuck? I heard you from the bushes by the supermarket and how you were gonna crash my party.”

“You were the one who tattled on me to my mom. You will regret that.” replied Chuck.

“I hope you know that if you even attempt to do anything bad I will call the cops.”

“Oh crap,” Chuck said sarcastically,”like that ever stopped me.”

“Yes I know. But I also know how scared you are of your mom.”

“Umm? What are you talking about?” Carrot said nervously.

His mom then arrives.

“CHUCK STEVEN ROGERS!! GET YOURSELF IN MY CAR RIGHT NOW YOUNG MAN!!” yelled Chuck’s mom.

“OK, mom!!”

“Good,” said his mom,”I hope you do.”

After Chuck left, the party moved on and everyone enjoyed themselves. All of the sudden there was yelling and screaming. Serena rushed over to see what all the commotion was about and she saw her best friend Blair lying there dead with a cheese spreader stabbed at her side.

“AAAAH!!!!” Serena screamed. “Mom! Somebody! Call 911!! Hurry!!”

“What? What’s going on?” Serena’s mom said as she called 911.

Paramedics then arrive at the same time as Blair’s parents walk in.

“Oh my!” Blair’s mom said faintly. “Oh dear!!” she said as she fainted.

  A Couple Of Weeks Later

It was now the day her funeral and everyone was wearing all black and were sad and droopy. 

“Serena !! Come on, we have to get going. We’re gonna be late!” said Serena’s mom.

“I’m coming Mom!” Serena said as she ran down stairs to the kitchen.

At the funeral Serena went to find Blair’s parents and she said her condolences.

“I’m so sorry for your loss. I really hope they find who did this.” said Serena.

“You’re the one who did this! You ungrateful spoiled little murderer!!” yelled Blair’s parents.

“I would never do that and you should know  that by now. She was my best friend.” replied Serena as she started sobbing.

After the funeral Serena had to go to the police station and get an interview done.

“Did you tell them everything sweetheart? Even what Blair’s mom said?” Serena’s mom said as she saw Serena leaving the interview room.

“Yes mom. I did.”

“OK, good.” replied her mom.

The next day Serena’s mom got a call from Blair’s mom saying that when she was going through Blair’s room she found a suicidal note in her diary it read,

Dear whoever finds this. I’m sorry. I just couldn’t bear the pain anymore. To prove that I am writing this I will give you date time and how I did this to myself. I did this to myself on November 16, 2017 at about 1:30 PM. You found me lying on my bed with a rope around my neck. I’m so sorry Mom and Dad. On the next page there is another note. I want you to give it to Serena, my dearest friend. Again I’m so sorry. If you want to know why I hid another note in my room somewhere. I will not give away where it is because I want Serena to find it. I hope you forgive me.(: 

Yours truly,

Blair

Serena then realized that Blair planned on killing herself after the party. She had to go find that letter in Blair’s room. She then went to Blair’s house and knocked on the front door. Blair’s father opened the door.

“Come quickly. I don’t want her to find out you were here.” 

“Why?” said Blair.

“Because she hates you!” he said, surprised. “Do you not remember what she said to you at Blair’s funeral?” he asked.

“Yes, I do. And I understand why you want me to hurry. So I will hurry.”

“Have fun then. Er, I don’t really know what to say. Good luck?” He said confused.

“It’s fine.”

She then went to Blair’s room and right away went to look under her bed. There she found an envelope named Serena. Serena then opened it and it read.

Dear Serena, I figured that this would be the first place you would look. You may think that this will tell you why I committed suicide but it’s not. I know that you like mysteries so I put some hint cards around. So here is your first clue.

I’m part of something tall and blue, that is why I chose this clue. I can be soft and fuzzy or or just plain muddy but you should know they keep me warm when I’m in a winter storm.

Serena read the riddle again and again. She then decided to try and figure it out by going piece by piece. She then figured that Blair was probably referring to her dresser in the first sentence. She then tried to think of what was soft and fuzzy. She got it! It was her sock drawer. She ran over and opened the drawer to find another clue.

I’m filled with clothes, but I’m not a drawer, waiting for someone to open my door. 

Serena got it right away; it was her closet. When she opened it, sure enough there was a note.

You figured out the other clues, now I’m in the blues.

Serena I figured this was gonna be a little harder so I am giving you a hint. I go there when I’m sad.P.S. This is the last clue.

Serena thought for a moment and ran to the attic. It was where Blair liked to hang out. Serena knew Blair liked to hide behind all of her stuffed animals that were in the attic when she was sad. So she moved the stuffies and found a lock box, but it was not locked. She opened it and found a letter, Blair’s favorite stuffed animal, some candy and a little wrapped box. Serena decided to open the letter first.

You did it Serena!  Now you are probably wanting to know why I killed myself. So here it is. The reason I did it was because of my mom. She always doubted me and made me do things that I didn’t want to do. Like for example, She tried making me sell my favorite stuffed animal and you know how much I love him that is why I included him in this box. Now please open the present.

Serena listened and opened the present. It was a locket necklace with a picture of her and Blair. When Serena saw it she broke down in tears. She then wiped her eyes, picked up the box of things and headed downstairs. On her way down she stopped in the bathroom and quickly washed her face. As she was washing her face she realized that the party was on the 15 and the letter said it was on the 16. She was confused that maybe she just decided to do it earlier. But she didn’t think that was the case. She took all of the letters to the police station and told them everything that she thought of. The police were very confused and decided to investigate further. 

The Winning Shot

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The Winning Shot

By Johnson the III

The ball gets passed to me, now it’s up to me to shoot the winning goal, I shoot and I- (A few days earlier) I’m James, a 13 year old normal kid in school with nothing good going on in my life. I only have two friends, George and Bob. I get made fun of for being A ginger so it kinda sucks but I’m used to it now, I really just want to play a sport so I look around the school for sign up sheets.  George, Bob and I are walking around for sports sign up and we come across Kevin.

“What’s up, losers?” Kevin said.

“Leave us alone, Kevin,” I said.

Kevin kicks me right in the shin and I fall on the floor and start holding my shin.

“That really hurt, Kevin,” I explained.

“Down the hall is soccer sign up.  Go there and face me.  There’s a few days until the first game.  If you beat me, I won’t mess with you anymore.”


“Fine, we will.”


George, Bob and I walked towards the papers to sign up.  After signing up, the bell rings and school ends.  I walked home and got on my laptop to study soccer.  

“I should practice.  Maybe I should buy some equipment like a soccer ball and a small net to practice accuracy,” I said to myself.

As I walked to the store, I hoped the equipment was in my budget.  So I walked into the store and went to the sports section, I found the soccer ball and net and, to my surprise, it was in my budget.  I grab the equipment and go to the cashier.

“Just these?” the cashier asked.

“Yes, this will be all.”

“Alrighty, that’ll be $23.67.”

“Okay.”

Pulls out the money and gives the cashier the money.

“Here you go.”

“Thanks, have a great day and please come again.”

“You too and I will come again.”

I walked out of the store and walked home and set up the net, pulling out the ball.  

“Ok, time to practice.”

I shoot and miss.

“Dang it, I’m not good.  I need more practice.  I’m going to study some more.”

I pull out my phone to study more and I see for most accuracy, you want to use the inside of the foot and for a stronger kick, to use your toes.  So I kick again, this time with my inner foot.  I get closer to the net but miss.  So I will try again and make it.  

“Finally I made it.  Wait, if I invite my friends, we can all practice.  So I called my friends and invited them and they agreed to come over.

My friends arrived so we all went outside to my new equipment.

“Ok, one of us will be goalie, and the other can practice passing and goaling.”

“Ok, I agree, so I guess I will be goalie,” said Bob.

“And I can pass it to you, James, and then you can shoot to goal,” said George.

Ok, I like that.  So we start practicing and shooting goals.  All of us slowly get better at soccer.  A few hours after practicing, George and Bob had to go home so I said bye and packed up the equipment.  After putting everything away, I head inside to watch some TV and eat dinner.  My man and I finished a movie and we went to bed excited for the game in two days.  The next morning, I get out of bed and get ready for school.

“Crap, I forgot I was playing against my bully.  Now I’m nervous.”

I arrive at school and see Kevin outside the main doors.

“I hope he doesn’t see me,” I whisper.  I walked to the north doors instead and I walked to my class and can’t stop thinking about my game tomorrow.  

Brrrrrr Ding Dong

Finally the bell goes off and I can leave.  I rushed to the exit, hoping I didn’t see Kevin and, to my surprise, I didn’t.  I rushed home so I could study soccer a little more.  When I arrived at home, I saw that my mom had cooked me some spaghetti.

“Thanks Mom.  I love spaghetti,” I said.

“You’re welcome, I knew you would like it.”

I ate my dinner and went to my room.  I got on MeTube and I studied some more soccer moves.

“Man, I’m tired.  I need a lot of rest for tomorrow.  I got up from my desk and laid down to take a long nap.  After that, in the morning, I got up and got ready for my soccer game.  My mom drove me to the game.  There was still half an hour until the game started.  

“Mom, I should go meet up with my team and coach.”

“That sounds like a good idea.  Go ahead and meet them.”

“Ok.”

I got up and went to meet my team and coach.  Luckily, my friends were on the team.  

“THE GAME IS STARTING IN TEN MINUTES,” the announcer said.

“Ok, everyone get in position,” Coach said.

“Yes, Coach,” the whole team said.

Everyone got into position and waited for the game to start.  As we were waiting, the announcer spoke and said, “ THE GAME IS STARTING.”

The coach whistled signifying the game started.  Everyone was running towards the ball but the opposing team got the ball so I ran and stole it.  I’m running towards the goal and I passed it to them.  They got the ball and shot it.  They made it.  We got back into position.  It’s the opposing team’s ball and Kevin’s dribbling the ball.  He’s dodging my whole team.  So I rushed towards him and, when I went to take it, he kicked my leg and I fell to the ground and the coach paused the game to bench me.

“What happened?” Coach said.

“I was kicked in the leg.  It was Kevin.”

“Okay, I’ll have a word with him after the game.”

The game went on and the opposing team was in the lead 7 to 4.  I noticed my leg didn’t hurt anymore so I looked down at it and saw the bruise was gone.  So I stood up and went back in the game and I took the ball and scored.  

The fourth quarter had 10 seconds left and the game was tied.  My teammate had the ball and he passed to me.  Now it was up to me to shoot the winning goal.

I shoot and I…

SCORE!

Friendship & Volleyball

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Friendship & Volleyball

By: Billie Hale

This is going to be about friendship and volleyball. My friend and I were at volleyball practice and the coach said that we made it to state. We were all so excited. Later that day I went to my friend’s house and we had a party. Half of the school came. We all had a blast. It was so fun. My friend Millie got mad at me because I have a boyfriend. Millie and I have been bestfriends for a long time so she was a little mad and we joked about being married. We are so close that we tell each other everything.

“Let’s go see your boyfriend” said Millie 

“Ok,” I said

So we went and saw Wyatt, who is my boyfriend. On the way we talked about volleyball and food. When we got there I talked to his mom. She is so sweet. Then we played basketball and volleyball. And then we left to go to volleyball practice. Volleyball practice was interesting. We had normal practice and then we did a lot of conditioning. We were so sore after that.  

“Let’s go to McDonalds” said Millie  

“Ok let’s go” I said 

After that she came to my house we layed in my bed and were talking about volleyball. We were prank calling people and eating our McDonalds. The next day we had school and school was fun. We did nothing in most of our classes because we had a lot of celebrations that day. Later we went to Wyatt’s house and Millie’s crush asked her out  and she said yes. We have been planning this for days. It was so hard not to tell her but I made it through.  Later when we went back to my house she couldn’t stop talking about it.

“How could you keep that from me?” Millie said jokingly.  

“It was really hard not to tell you” I said

So a few days later we did a double date and it was so fun. We went to the movies, got some dinner and hung out at my house. The next day we all hung out again and we had a blast. We played basketball and volleyball. A few days later state volleyball came and we did so well. I ended up injuring myself and I was in a brace for a month. It was not fun, but I did like riding the elevator every day. Every night I get a text from Millie saying can I ride with you in the elevator. I texted back saying yes to go inside and to go to our first class. My boyfriend rides with me, not her. A few days later Millie and I went shopping for volleyball. We found one that we liked and bought it. When we got to her house we ate food because we are big backs. 

“What’s your man up to?” Millie asked

“Going to his dads.” I said, “What’s your man up to Millie?” I asked 

So later when Wyatt got to his dads we facetimed and Millie and Wyatt yelled at each other pretty much the whole time.It was so funny. A few days later we had school. School was boring and I had volleyball practice after school. It was normal there was no conditioning, thank goddess. And then Millie betrayed me and was cheating on her boyfriend with my boyfriend. So i called her boyfriend and said Mille is cheating on you with Wyatt so do you want to get together and make them regret it. 

Riet said “ Ok lets do it”

“Ok bet” I said 

So the next day when  we had school Riet and I came to school together. He picked me up in his blue lamborghini. When we got to school he opened the door for me and we held hands while waking in. Right inside the door was Millie and Wyatt, their jaws dropped. 

“What are you guys doing”Millie yelled 

We smiled at each other and just kept walking past. It was finally time for school to start. Riet and I had the first class together and it was Excel. We sat in the same booth and we were talking the whole time. Millie also was in there and she sat and stared at us the whole time. 

It was the end of the day and Riet took me home. My parents are friends with Riets parent so we grew up together. So our parents are very excited we are together. When we got to my house, Riets parents were there talking with my parents and were enjoying it. They saw us walk in holding hands and they were screaming in excitement. They talked to us the rest of the night and told us how happy they were that we are together. 

It was 11 pm and Riets family went home and before Riet left him and his parents gave us hugs. That was the happiest night of my life. 

The Soccer Match

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The Soccer Match

By Alex Robert

The time I woke up was around 7 am to my alarm, I could smell breakfast being made by my mother down stairs. Then I heard my mother calling me from downstairs.  

“David come downstairs and get breakfast”

  Then I groaned as I stood up and went down stairs. As I was going down the stairs I saw my dad watching TV in the living room. 

 When I sat down at the kitchen table my mom handed me pancakes with sausages. While I’m eating I see my sister coming down the stairs with her dog. Then my sister grabbed the dog leash and her shoes and was about to take the dog for a walk. 

After she left I finished my food then my mom asked if i wanted to go to the store after my soccer match.

“Sure mom that sounds fun,” David said.

 Then after David finishes his food he gets up and gets ready for soccer practice, as i was about to leave my mom says “Don’t be too late home”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

As I walk to soccer practice I see one of my friends. I walked towards them and they were going to soccer practice too. When we got to soccer practice we put on our equipment and got ready for soccer practice. 

When we were ready I walked to my coach and asked him what we are going to be doing today. The coach said 

“we are just going to see how far you can kick the ball and how good your accuracy is” the coach said

I say ok and then wait till we start. When we did start I did the second best but my friend did better than me by a hair. When we were done with practice I had to go home because I didn’t want to be late when I was walking home. I remembered that I had a game coming up but I got a couple days, I said as I walked home. When I did get home, dinner was ready. I was almost late but I made it in time. I sat down at the dinner table and saw my sister, dad and mom waiting. We were going to be eating pizza. When i sat down my dad asked me something

“So how was practice today” dad says

“It was good but my friend beat my by a hair” david said

“You should practice to beat him then” dad says

“Oh no yeah for sure I will” david says

When I was done eating dinner I had to go to bed so I could practice soccer tomorrow. When I woke up to my alarm I had to get ready for school. First I brushed my teeth then I got my backpack ready by making my lunch and eating breakfast. When I got done with my breakfast I grabbed my stuff and went to the bus stop. After i wanted for the bus i saw my friend walking towards the bus, 

“Yo why are you riding the bus today aren’t you driving to school?” david says

“Well my mom needed to go to work and my dad was still asleep so i had to take the bus” david’s friend says

“Oh well i guess you can sit next to me because the bus is kinda crazy” david says

“Wait how crazy?” david’s friend says

“Oh you’ll see” david says while snickering 

When they got on the bus David saw an open seat they went to but a pen went through the air and almost hit them, but it hit the ground as they sat down people were screaming and the bus was shaking alot. While it took a while but we made it to the school as we got of we saw someone trip because someone pushed someone into him but he ignored him and kept walking as me and my friend got of the bus we had to wait outside the school because we came to early as the school doors opened we went inside then i remember that i forgot to practice last night. As the day went on the thought of me not being able to play correctly was stuck in my head as the day ended and i went to the soccer field and got ready for my game, this was the only time i could practice and i did my best i didn’t miss a single goal in practice as practice was ending i saw the other team i was going to play against walking towards the field as we were getting ready to start my friend had to go answer a call he was getting from someone then our coach called us over so we can get in our positions we were ready and my friend was right next to me. Our coach blew the whistle as i ran for the ball the other team got it i stayed next to there goal so i could get passed the ball then i got the chance the ball was going towards me and i kicked it and i see the ball go through a group of the other team and come out from the other side then to there goal it was about to be caught but then it curved to the right and went it the goal and we won as i ran to my team we all huddled together and i was getting carried by them they carried me to the benches and sat me down as i was drinking the other team came over and said

“So you think your good huh” one of the other team members say

“No not really i’m just happy i got the goal” david says

“Just wait till we get to go against you again you will lose horribly” the other teams member says

“I sure do not believe it for us to lose” david say

“Oh you’ll see” the other member says

The end

Will I Find Her?

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 Will I Find Her?

Author: Kannie Kj

On September 1st in Miami Florida Maria and Sasha, two best friends, are so excited to start school volleyball. They have been playing with each other for years now, and this is their Junior year of highschool. Tryouts start after school today, Maria is feeling good about tryouts and sure she will make it to varsity like every other year, but Sasha on the other hand wasn’t feeling so good about tryouts this year.

 Maria tries making her feel better, “hey, are you feeling any better about tryouts after school,” said Maria.

 “Not really,” said Sasha.

 “I don’t know why your so worried, we always make it on the team,”

“ I know Maria, but this year just feels different and there’s so many more girls this year that i might not make it.” 

“Oh, come on you can’t think like that just be the confident person like you always are.” 

Sasha Nodded her head and gave Maria a smile that looked faked, then she left for her last class of the day.                                 

The last class of the day was coming to an end and Maria was so happy to finally be on the court after the summer break that felt so long to her,  she rushed to the locker room to put on her shoes, knee pads etc. She waits in the locker room for Sasha. It’s been some time and all the other girls are in the gym by now and it was only her in the locker room so she decided to go without sasha. Tryouts started and there were a lot of people, a lot more than last year. The tryouts start with serving and Maria tries to find Sasha but no luck, She’s starting to think she didn’t come at all. The volleyball coach already knows Maria since she was on the team previous years. The coach already knew Maria would make it, but she is worried about why Sasha isn’t there.

 She calls Maria to ask why Sasha didn’t make it to tryouts, “Maria! Come over here,”said coach Gabby.

Maria runs over quickly, “yes coach gabby,” Said Maria.

“Where is Sasha, she’s not the type of girl to be late to tryouts,”

“Uh, I’m not sure, she didn’t tell me anything about what she is doing after school.”

“Oh don’t pull that with me, you to are like glued together and always know where the other one is”

“I don’t know where she is,” said Maria “i’m telling you the truth”

Coach replies “Are you covering for her?” “did she doing something bad”

  “Nope’

“Hmm okay just go back to tryouts”

She returns to tryouts while Coach Gabby gives Sasha’s mom a call. Sasha’s mom, Vannessa, answered. Coach Gabby asks if Sasha was going to come to tryouts, Vanessa said she thought she was already there…

After coach and Sasha talk about what they are going to do Coach hangs up the phone. She tells the girls that are still playing volleyball that she will be right back, Maria is guessing it’s about Sasha. Coach Gabby rushes to the office to ask if anyone is still in the school, The office lady replies, 

“Nope just the girls for volleyball tryouts, why is something wrong?” 

Coach Gabby says,

 “We might have a student missing.”

 The office lady panics and Coach tells her who the student is and they start making phone calls. Meanwhile in the gym, all Maria can think about is how she is gonna have to be on a team for the first time without her best friend Sasha, and now she will have to find a new partner for warm-ups. Coach Gabby finds out that Vannessa and Sasha’s dad are divorced and Sasha doesn’t  see her dad at all anymore. They do some more research and find out Her mom has full custody of Sasha because the dad did some jail time for unknown reasons. Coach Gabby’s heart sinks at the thought of what she thinks happens, she tells the front office lady to check the cameras to see if Sasha left with anyone. Coach returns to the gym shortly after. Maria looks at the way coach gabby is entering the room, she looks like she doesn’t have a thought going on in her head and looks like she is about to throw up. 

It was time to dismiss the girls from tryouts, “Ok girls, good job i’ll tell you who made the teams tomorrow morning. All the girls leave, at Maria’s house she calls Sasha  hoping for an answer but no one does, she’s starting to get worried about her. A couples hours latter Maria gets a notification on her phone, she reads 

“Amber alert for Sasha williams”

Her eyes widen as she keeps reading. It says her dad stole her from school and the car that she took her in is an old worn down jeep” she runs to go tell her mom and they both break down in tears. Maria can’t believe her best friend is kidnapped and if she’s ever gonna be found or what her cruel dad will do to her and how scared she is. After she calms down a little she thinks back at school, she thinks about how she was acting at school and how she was so anxious. Maria wonders if she knew something like this was going to happen. Maria calls Vanessa, Sasha’s mom, to see how she is doing. 

“Hey Vanessa, how are you doing,” said Maria’s mom. 

“As best as I can,” said Sasha’s mom”

A couple weeks go by and no new news and Maria makes a lot of new friends but she still thinks about Sasha dailey and wonders where she’s at or even if she’s still alive. Coach Gabby can see that Maria’s volleyball performance has not been like she usually plays and thinks that because of Sasha’s disappearance. A year or so goes b y and on the news a car crash is found with 2 dead in divalus that are reported to be Sasha and her dad… With a note that looks like Sasha’s handwriting that said 

“Sorry mom and Maria” 

No one knows why she was sorry. They had her funeral and Sasha’s mom moved away. 

Something in the Woods

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Something In the Woods     

Author: Bobby Joe

It’s September 15, 2022 and my family and I took a roadtrip to California. Our Family is a family of five so it gets pretty cramped on roadtrips. We live in West Virginia so a road trip to California is a long time. We leave for our trip tomorrow so I have to hurry and get packing and so does my family.

Melinda-mom: “On our way there we are stopping at  hotels on the way so we can get actual sleep because the ride is 2 days.”

Luke: “Why is the ride so long?”

Casyn: “Yeah this is going to take forever.”

David-dad “The ride will be over before you know it just play a game on your phone or go to sleep.”

When we finally all get time to pack we pack the car with all our things because we are staying there for three weeks and that’s a long time. We’re getting an AirBnb in california so we don’t have to stay in a small hotel room with a family of five. When we finally go to bed we all have to wake up at 6:30 and get ready for our trip and leave the house at 7:00. Before we leave the house we make sure we have everything such as our suitcases, phones, chargers, and etc. Then after we have checked everything we leave for California. My brothers and my sister are just on their phones which I understand because the car ride is going to be really boring. 

We’re only three hours in the trip and everyone is exhausted so we stop at a gas station to all take a break and get some food. My two brothers got slushies and hotdogs, my sister and I got soda and nachos. Theory had tables at the gas station so we could sit down and eat which was good because everyone didn’t want to go back in the hot cramped car. After we’re done eating we go back in the car and start driving again. Now we’re finally out of our state we are now in Kansas so we stop at a restaurant because it’s dinner time. The food we got was really good but now we have to go back in the car and start driving again. That’s our last stop until tomorrow. Now it’s time to go to bed so we stop at the hotel and  go to sleep but we have to go to bed early because now we’re leaving at 6:00. Once we went to bed we were in the car for 10 hours so we were finally half way through our trip. This time we didn’t stop anywhere and kept driving. We stopped at a gas station to get more food because we were all starving. Once we ate we got back in the car.

Another 10 hours go by and we only have 13 hours left to our trip. Everyone is so excited to get to California. Another 5 hours went by and we were so eager to get there that we were planning and thinking about all the fine things we were going to do when we got there. 

While we were in the car we all decided to play a game. We vote on play ISpy. Casyn: This game isn’t fair. So we all decided to stop playing.

We’re now in Nevada which is so close to California. Then a few more hours passed and we were finally in California and were all so excited. Once we get to our hotel we plan all of the fun things we’re going to do. Tomorrow we’re going on a hike in the woods and were so excited. Once it’s finally time to go to sleep I wake up in the middle of the night and hear strange noises. I just think it’s my mind messing with me so I go to bed but they keep on getting louder and louder and I get up out of bed and just drink some water and go to bed. The noises finally stop so I can sleep. The next morning we all got up and I didn’t say anything about the noises because it didn’t matter. Once we’re all done eating breakfast and getting ready we go for our hike in the woods.

We are finally leaving for the woods and were so excited to go hiking and explore. Were hiking for a good hour but Casyn asks to go to the bathroom so we find a rest stop and wait for him. 10 minutes pass and Casyn still isn’t done but that’s pretty normal for him so we think nothing of it. While we’re eating we all have a snack because we’re all very hungry. While we were eating it’s been 30 minutes and no sign of Casyn were all so worried so my dad goes and checks the bathroom. He comes out and he says Casyn isn’t in there. 

Were all so worried so we all went searching for him but no one could find him. We search for one hour then one hour turns into two and two into three and we can’t find Casyn. So we call the police and they arrive in an hour because we’re far in the woods. They arrive for an hour and report back to us. They give us terrible news. They tell us that there’s no sign of Casyn and he’s no nowhere to be found. So we continue hiking because we believe we can find Casyn but we hear weird noises and some sound like Casyn saying “help me”. So we all start getting freaked out but we keep searching. Then we see a black figure and we get so scared. 

But the black figure wont stop us from finding Casyn so we kept searching then we realized my other brother was gone. We were paying so much attention to finding Casyn that my brother disappeared. So now we’re disappointed and worried but then something grabs my leg and starts dragging me and it’s this black figure and we all get scared so we call the police and they get too scared and don’t know what to do. But we see Casyn and Drew behind the monster. We run towards them and grab them and run away from the woods as far as possible. We never go hiking again in California but we still have our whole vacation left so we keep doing things as planned. The next morning we wake up and decide to explore Los Angeles. But we keep hearing voices and we see the black figure again. It was like it was following us so we got scared and went back to our hotel and hid. But when we look out the window it’s there again so we’re all so scared and don’t know what to do.  We all decide to go to bed after a long day but then we all hear weird noises like scratching and tapping sounds. We all decide on getting a new hotel tomorrow in Beverly Hills. The next morning we wake up and get to our hotel and we enjoy the rest of our vacation. Until we feel like someone is watching us all the time. Once our vacation is done we drive home and we don’t say anything the whole ride because we still have that creepy feeling. We get used to the feeling and just continue with our lives.