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Santi Sisters

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Santi Sisters

By: Dingle Beary

One morning, a family of triplets named Nikka, Nora, and Nova, were up super early. The triplets were getting ready for the ternimate they were supposed to be on that day. Nikka, Nova and Nora all played volleyball since they were in 3rd grade. They all had made it to the nationals and surprisingly going up against the team of the triplets middle school bullies, the Blackout Ravens. The Blackout Ravens were famous for being a very pretty and good team of players. But not only were they popular, the triplets were popular too! They’re name was the Fallout Angels. Known for being very flexible and elegant when it came to volleyball.

After getting ready, they all eat something then get in the car as they are off to the game. As they were on their way, Nikka started feeling nervous as the game wasn’t just a few people, but thousands. Nova comforted her and told her “as long as we stay together and follow the rules, everything will be okay”. Nora said “Most importantly we gotta have fun”. They finally arrived at the game.

The car ride there was filled with stress and fear of not winning. Nikka was getting very nervous as they made their way to the game. They all talked so that they could get thing soff their mind so they don’t panic during the game.

The triplets go into the gym and start warming up with bumping, setting, and spiking the ball on the court. Soon, The team Blackout Ravens arrive. As they walk in, they stare at the triplets with a muggy look on their faces. As they did that they started warming up. The triplets ignore them as all they care about is having fun and possibly winning the competition. They warm up for a bit as the alarm for them to start getting into their positions for the start of the game.

The first game starts. The triplets get the first serve and as Nikka serves, she hits the ball hard, getting past the net for the first round. As the ball gets pasted back and forth, the final hit was by Chloe, the leader of Blackout Ravens. The ball got passed back and forth for the rest of the rounds until the final round came. They finally settled around their teams but as they did the Fallout Angels noticed that the Blackout Ravens were cheating by talking with the coach and calling the Fallout Angels plays fouls even if they weren’t. The triplets made a plan to play so good that the audience would even notice it wasn’t a foul. Once they started playing all of the Fallout Angels played great and when the Blackout Ravens weren’t looking, Nikka spiked the ball and as the time went off, The Fallout Angels won. The coach looked at the other team with surprise and anger. The coach went over to the director of the game and started yelling because he was planning to make the other team win but the other team won, meaning he wouldn’t get the money he was offered. The game director kicked him out and told him he was banned from the games and was no longer allowed to be a coach. As the coach was kicked out, the other team came up to the winning team and tried taking the winning trophy.

As Chloe took the trophy, she slammed it against the ground and had a tantrum. She was kicked along with the other team players. As they were kicked, the fallout angels were put on the news and were asked if they had any tactics to winning the game. As all the reporters swarmed them, all the sisters said they came to have fun and play good. The reporters nodded and left as they got into their car.

Months went by since that game and the girls were ironically known for that one game since so much went down that day. The triplets lived in LA, playing many more games of volleyball and telling the story of that one game. The triplets went to many games after that and became famous and rich and started playing even more.  They lived in LA the rest of her life and had a great time doing it with all of them they loved volleyball since they where little an happy it became a hobby that they loved and cared so much about so they played for the rest of their life.

HardTail

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HardTail

          By Sum Guyy

As I look through the window, I see tall pine trees rushing past my view. Through a clearing of foliage, I see a clear water lake, looking almost like a mirror, reflecting the mountains and the cool blue sky almost hidden behind the trees. My friend and I had been on a journey around the country and were passing by Washington so we decided to visit Canada for the Whistler mountains, as they inhabited a famous mountain bike park.

“We’re leaving Seattle right now, just a few more minutes.” Parker said, clearly tired from driving for so long. “We are passing by Everett right now.  Fifty-seven minutes till we’re at Bellingham, then we’ll find a hotel somewhere around there”  

Once we were there, we decided to stay at some place called ‘Hotel Leo.’  Above the front door, there were almost convincing gold colored letters that read ‘The Leopard’. 

Stepping in, I realized why this place was worth the cost. The walls were painted a relaxing coyote brown, the floors were cool, tan and grey tiles. 

“Come on Jake, let’s get checked in and go upstairs, I want to go to bed.” Parker let out as he moped his way around me. 

“Tomorrow I’ll drive again, so that you don’t have to deal with navigating into Canada, then I’ll get us to North Vancouver so we can stop at another hotel and drop off our stuff before we head out for Whistler.” I said enthusiastically. At this point Parker had gone up to the front desk and grabbed our keys.

“I got us in, let’s go.” Parker say’s with a yawn, His face almost covered by his usual grey sweatshirt, along with some jeans. As we were walking to the elevator, we passed an all white statue, elevated by black cushioned leather seats. 

“Come on Jake.”  Parker spoke as I hurriedly jogged to the elevator. The elevator looked like any other elevator, but only on the inside. The outside doors were covered with wood that had unique designs engraved into it. 

“Which floor?” I asked once I was inside, turning toward the buttons while still trying to juggle my luggage on my back.

“Number three.” I shifted so that I could reach the buttons and press the three. I leaned up against the side of the elevator as the doors shut behind us. 

After a few seconds I asked Parker “So, do you want to grab breakfast somewhere in the morning or wait till we’re there to eat?” I said when the doors finally opened to our floor, Parker immediately started to shuffle out the elevator.

“When we’re there.” Parker spoke. Walking toward what I assumed to be the way to our room. In the hotel room, there was a small kitchen area, maybe able to space two people, complete with an oven, sink, stove, and some cabinets. Opening the cabinets I saw a toaster ready to be plugged in. In another cabinet, there were a couple glasses and fragile looking bowls. Off to the side of the kitchen there was a small table probably able to fit three people, if you really wanted to. There were two sets of black plates with tea cups placed on top. Over in the bedroom side of the room, there were two blank white beds. Facing them was a small tv on a short wood stand. 

“G’night” Parker said, skulking into the room and belly flopping into the farthest bed. I shut the door, locking it of course, and noticed the bathroom right where the door must’ve been when it was open. I walked over to my bed and got in, relaxing and waiting for the morning.

I woke up to Parker shouting “Let’s go!” and “Come on, we’re late!”. I looked at the digital clock next to me to see it read 11:27 AM. 

“Oh, shoot!” I started too. “Weren’t we supposed to leave at seven? Did your alarms not go off?”

“Must not have, I don’t know. I got woken up by the room service outside the door.” Parker said frustrated. Once Parker and I got out the door we had to get fast food and bolt. Chowing it down like our life depended on it when we were getting in the van. Me in the front seat, Parker in the back checking the map. 

“ We’ve got another hour and a half, we will probably arrive at around one twenty.” Parker spoke, picking up a fry from the bag. I got the van started and was blasting the heat because of the cold of Canada.

Once there, we decided to stay at the Whistler Cascade Lodge. We were pre-checked in and ran up to our room, navigating through the college-like building. We could only hope they would let us in due to how late we were. After dropping our stuff in the room, we went out to meet with kids we remembered from school for the rest of the day. 

Waking up in the morning we noticed a very thin sheet of snow on the ground. Deciding to ignore it, we got dressed and set off for the bike park. When we got to the bike park and met with some friends, we went on a few trails that weren’t blocked due to the snow like ‘Upper EZ does It’, and ‘World Cup Single Track’.

We hit trails with table tops and berms, even ramps and platforms made from pure wood. The wood was slightly slippery which meant less traction, but more speed. Meaning we would be able to reach the tops of the ramps easier.

“Guys, a double black diamond just opened up, Lower Joyride. Wanna go hit it?” One of the guys spoke up, off to the side of the group. 

“If you all are up for the challenge,” The front person said, he must have been from around here.

The group of course agreed to it all, except I was a little worried that my old hard tail bike would be able to complete this trail in-tact.

We made our way toward the section of the Whistler that had all the black diamonds and more experienced bikers area. My bike kept shaking and taking most of the blow of these trails through the rough terrain we went across to get to there. I knew the park would close in about an hour and a half so we had to take the trails as they were the fastest way around, of course not when going uphill, but for the most part it was a straight shot around part of the mountain.

 We finally arrived at the trail’s head. It read in bold black and yellow text, “BEWARE, EXPERT TRAIL, ONE WAY OUT.” Meaning, if we start, we have to finish. Which seemed more menacing then the lead biker put off. 

“Are you all ready? Let’s start then.” The lead biker spoke, already descending into the trail.

“Alright then.” Parker and I almost said in sync, letting out a laugh. 

“Oh, shoot, let’s go.” I said, realising the group had started following the lead. I set on my goggles and swallowed big, hoping my bike will keep up with the roughness of the trail. 

We speed down the trail, nearly sliding off the trail at some points but still gaining speed. 

“Guy’s look! Slow down and check this out!” We hear up ahead. I almost immediately slam the brakes down to my handlebars, trying to slow down with such immense speed. I finally come to a stop behind Parker, appearing to be the last one of the group to reach this mystery checkpoint. 

“There’s an unmarked part of the trail, it must be new!” The leader shouted enthusiastically. “And I think you should go, since you were the last down the trail, it’s only fair.” I turned my head from the trees surrounding us to the leader, who was lifting his finger in my direction. 

“Come’on, you let us lead you down that part of the trail, now you lead us.” You could almost tell there was a grin under his helmet, face completely covered by hid mask and goggles. 

I shook my head no, trying to get out of this mess. 

“I was just talking to my friend and got distra-” I tried to let out when the lead started chanting.

“Just go lead! Just go lead! Just go lead!” Over a few seconds the group started to join in, I’m pretty sure half were cheering me on and trying to encourage me, while the other half were just trying to be jerks. “LEAD! LEAD! LEAD! LEAD!” The group started to close around me and almost herd me to the mystery trail. Just as if I was a sheep and they were a pack of dogs.

I was suddenly shoved from the side and suddenly started on the trail. My bike was vibrating and bouncing around from the unfinished dirt and loose rock trail. I gained speed and started gliding on the trail, unable to find any traction. Suddenly my front tire jumped into the air, and slammed back down, making a metallic noise. 

I tried to look behind me and noticed the sound was my bike chain, hanging from the gear shifter, then suddenly flew off. I looked back ahead just in time to notice a sharp berm. I quickly struggled to fix my position on my bike before I went into the berm. I noticed the berm was really, breakneck sharp, causing me to feel as if I was being pushed into the ground. 

As I reached the end of the turn the trail began to suddenly drop into a very steep decline. I had to pull myself up to not go head over handles and frontflip off the bike. At the end of the decline, I had too much speed, noticing the ramp up onto an old, wooden platform. I took flight when I got slingshotted off the wooden ramp. 

I looked below mid air to see a broken, splintering wooden ramp. My eyes hurt from the intense speed. I notice ground covered in sticks and rocks growing nearer.  And a split second later I was on the ground.

I tried to lift my head only to be hit with a massive, blaring headache. I tried to get up only to be hit with a surge of pain, not being able to move my legs. I tried to grab for my phone and didn’t feel its weight in my pocket. I shout for help but no one responds, I’m stuck here. I find a small rock, but big enough to support my head. I try to move it under but only to feel that same throbbing ache. 

I finally manage to lift my head far enough to fit the rock under, just enough to raise my head and see the rest of my body. I gaze at my legs to find my bike folded on top of my legs. My pants were red in some spots, and my left foot was twisted. 

I set my head back down and groaned, in the background I faintly heard yelling, someone, most likely Parker was shouting. I couldn’t make anything out over the throbbing headache. 

In about half an hour, presumably, I woke up to being lifted into a thin bed. I try to look around and notice about five men wearing full orange uniforms. They lifted me into a loft with cords on all corners. 

I suddenly get hit with the sound of a heavy fan spinning fast. I gaze up to see an orange and red helicopter hovering right above. I suddenly lost consciousness again after starting to be lifted into the helicopter.Three months later I had fully recovered and had learnt I broke my left leg and ankle, while my right foot got shattered. I now stick to intermediate trails while biking, and am still friends with Parker and we continue our journey around the USA. My old bike was scrap and I set up a go-fund-me and was able to pay for a new, safer bike. Thank the lord for Canada’s free medical care, as all I had to cover was the bikes. I went to court with the ones who forced me down that trail, and won, getting around $12,000 and ended up buying a new van to travel in through-out the country. END.

A Dead Man Named Royce

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A Dead Man Named Royce 

Apple    

There was a man named Royce who was in his mid 30s. He was driving back home from a cruise ship and there were a lot of events happening there, fires and heavy smoke. People were scared they didn’t 

 know what to do until Royce came and sang them a song and told them everything is gonna be ok. 

Royce isn’t no ordinary guy he’s a very kind hearted person he would 

do anything to hurt anyone people see him as a bad guy what he’s really not hi i’m willow  his daughter my mom died in 1967 and it’s now 2000 its been hard without her but dad always makes me laugh no matter what he 

always tells me mommy is watching over me im so sad she didn’t get to see me grow and achieve things in life but now i’m doing better me and dad are working on the farm and the crops still so we can harvest the food 

like mom would want us to there’s a big storm coming in and its supposed to be the worst storm yet 10 mins into the storm 

“OH NO THE CROPS DADDDDDDD…..”

“Yes willow hurry”

 “come oh nooo the crops what we gonna do the tornado sirens UHHHHHH dad is that a bad sound.  

“YES SWEETIE GO DOWN STAIRS LOCK YOURSELF IN THE BATHROOM HURRY” 

 “ok dad.hey dad i’m scared.”

 “Ik honey we can do this, it’s almost over.”

the next morning me and dad went to bed  at 11am last night i couldn’t sleep for the life of me we js woke up and the farm is totally ruined there’s no saving it dad is mad and upset at the world rn dad isn’t doing to 

well he’s been not feeling good he’s been going to the doctors a lot more and sleeping more i think dads gonna be in the hospital for a while he’s really sick he has stage 3 cancer he’s very ill rn if i lose dad i lose myself 

and i would half to go to nana and papas for a while until i get a new home 

bc dad can’t take care of me he’s so sick i hope he makes it has the strongest person i losing mom was the hardest i hope it’s not dad next he’s the only person that i can trust an count on ever since mom died dad hasn’t been the same as he was he’s been acting more different like he doesnt wanna get out of bed drowsy tired eyes are read all the time very angry and 

has a attitude he hasn’t been the same since mom died he’s been acting different and he’s been hurting more and more he’s getting really sick and he’s not able to move much his body is ill he’s turning yellow and his eyes are also yellow he didn’t go to the hospital bc he doesnt wanna die yet 

because he doesn’t want me to go to foster care  because he knows that’s not what mom wants for me or dad she wants us to keep the crops going and healthy she wants dad to buy more farm animals so he can make more money and so we can have a meat locker or meat farm mom left a note about what she wants us to do and saying she wants nothing but the best 

for us she’s been wanting to go on a journey round the world but sadly she didn’t get to dad and i knew she wasnt gonna last long she was ill and i feel like dads gonna die and i’m gonna half to do this all by myself and i would half to run the meat factory by myself because dad can’t i refuse to go to 

foster care i would rather go to gigs because i feel safe and i want to be with someone that is family because idk how much longer my family is 

gonna be with me for so im spending as much time as i can w my family before it’s too late bc i already lost mom i can’t lose anyone else and i’m on the verge of losing dad and if i lose dad i lose myself life already isn’t the same without mom life definitely won’t be the same without dad. Dads in the hospital rn im at the farm and i’m helping the crops watering them’’dad;; 

hey willow dads not gonna make it im to sick,,willow’;;; no dad please try please i need u i went home crying my eyes out that night i didn’t know what to think i’ve been crying crying and crying tmr i’m flying out to texas to gamma bc dad isnt gonna make it i’m so sad to leave the farm///the next day doctor.hi willow im doctor chief i’m so sorry to tell u this but your dad has 

passed.willow;;NO DAD PLEASE TELL ME YOUR LYING NOOOOOOO after i found out dad died i was hurting so much gamma is gonna cry so much that’s her last kid her last kid papa is hurting to the hole family isn’t 

right there is so much going on it’s not funny now everyone is saying prayers for the family and to help us there sending money for help they dont know whats gonna happen yet but all ik is that i’m strong and healthy an gmma an papa can do this were an our town are strong tg     

Dead Man Called Bob

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A Dead Man Called Bob                                            By: MR. Pineapple

Bob was an American football player for the Baltimore Ravens, he was an offensive lineman. Everyone in the city adored Bob because of his fame. Bob has a family, a wife, two daughters, and a son. He’s had a perfect life but it all came downhill one night after the Ravens were playing against the Packers.

Bob said

” What else could go wrong?”

Bob was driving home from the game when somebody shot his tires and shot Bob in the head. 

“Help me,” 

Bob said. Bob lay lifelessly on the ground while his soul left his body. Over time Bob’s family ended up moving houses just in the morning. Bob’s soul had stayed in his home. Somebody had moved into his home and Bob was not happy about it at all he was gonna do everything to get them out no matter what!

 Danielle

    Danielle had just found a home on White Street. It was a pretty decent home with a balcony, just what she had wanted. Danielle had a bad feeling about it, though. Right when she walked through the door, there was a breeze, as if it was windy, but the wind wasn’t even there. It was as if she had walked through a person, but that couldn’t happen, could it?   She had thought about it.

” No this can’t be happening, I must be dreaming,” she said.  

 That night when she was heading to bed, an awful smell came from the bedroom.

” Ugh what’s that disgusting smell, I’m about to gag,” she said. She also noticed that all her clocks stopped at 3:07 a.m.

Bob 

When Danielle had moved in, Bob had spread a terrible smell throughout the house, but, of course, it didn’t work.” 

She may not be reacting now, but she will later,”

 he said with a grin. Bob had tried scratching noises, but all that did was make her gasp. Later that night, Bob started pulling her legs and blanket, and she SCREAMED.  Then an idea hit Bob so hard that he almost had his pants fall off but ghosts don’t have pants, do they?  Bob’s idea was that when she had family coming over, he would create a scene in front of them and make it where her family doesn’t believe her at all and then possess her, and then her family will believe her but she will always be gone.

 “This is such a good idea.”He said

In reply 

“But this isn’t the Bob I know,” He replied.

Danielle,

“This house is so creepy”, she said “ Maybe I should ask Mama?” She replied. 

Danielle was going to ask her momma if she would come over to see what happened, but she didn’t know that Bob would make it and that nothing would happen while her mom was there. Danielle called her momma and said 

“s

       “ Momma, you need to come. I’m scared. Help me,” she said. “Okay, sweetie, I’ll come, but it better be worth my while.,    ” she said. Trust me, momma, it will.”

When Danielle’s mom got there nothing happened,

“Honey, nothing is bad here, it’s perfect.” She said,

“Mom, I swear I got pulled in the legs, scratched, and my hair pulled,” Danielle said. 

“Sweetheart, I believe you but, nothing’s happening,” Mom said

Bob, 

As soon as Danielle’s mom got there, Bob made it seem like nothing was wrong. It made it seem like nothing was wrong with that house. However, Bob didn’t want to possess her, only because that would take a lot of energy. Of course he wanted to get her out, but he’s running out of ideas. 

“ I really need to get her out without possessing her, hmmmm, maybe just keep trying to scare her out.” Bob said 

Bob had waited till her mother had left to start scaring her only then she couldn’t get her mother to believe her. If Danielle’s mother had seen what was going on and would have stayed.

 “ I need to try harder.” Bob had said

Bob had tried to start rattling her bed and shaking her bed to frighten her but nothing happened.

Danielle

        “ Nothing had happened when momma was here.” Danielle had said. 

Danielle had thought to herself “ Maybe I need to stand my ground?” Danielle said. If Danielle had stood her ground maybe whatever this was would stop. As soon as Danielle had got home from work she had started making signs that she was going to keep her ground. It had seemed like this spirit and knew what she was doing so he stopped kinda as soon as he got the message. 

BOB

Bob had noticed what she was trying to do so Bob got the message and gave up. Bob decided to give up. 

 “ I don’t even know why I had tried, I knew someone was going to end up moving in. I feel bad.” Bob said.

 Bob had decided to make himself shown and say he was sorry to Danielle and say why he did this to her. 

Danielle had gasped when she saw Bob and asked why he had been doing this to her. 

“Why are you doing this to me, what did I do to deserve this.” Danielle had asked 

“ I don’t know, I guess I had gotten mad when I saw someone had moved into my home. I am so sorry. I just didn’t want anyone moving into my home.”

“It’s okay, I understand how you feel, I would probably feel the same way if I saw somebody had moved into my home too.” Danielle had replied 

“But this is over right?.” Danielle had asked 

“Yes this is over, I’ll even tell you what, I will watch over you  and protect you.” Bob said

“What happened to you?” Danielle asked

 “Someone had shot me, leaving me where I was as I died and my soul came here when I had passed.” Bob said

“ Well I guess thank you for apologizing to me and have a good life Bob.” Danielle said

             THE END

Final Game of the Season

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Final Game of the Season

By Max Boar

It was the last football game and the Green Bay Packers needed the win. The coach said that they only have one more practice before the game and they needed to win this game to be the best in the country. 

 Someone got hurt on the weekend, but no one knew who was injured. The coach got a text and it said’ I will not be at the game or the last practice’. Then the coach looked up at the top of his phone and it said Michael Ron texted him. He was the best player on the team and they needed him for the last game to take home a win and be the best. 

So the coach texted the backup wide receiver that he will be needed to play at the last game to take home the win and be the best team and undefeated team in the country. After he got that text he started practicing for the last game because he knew that his team would get mad at him for not catching balls or making yards or maybe touchdowns. 

So the whole week he was practicing to win. That practice day he showed up and proved a lot of people wrong on how good he was at football and they did their best they have in a long time. 

So the coach made a deal that if they win and be the best he will give them all ice cream cards. He loved ice cream so he really wanted that and to not mess the whole game up for their team and himself. Then the day they drive to the game and a few hours of the time they just listened to music and slept on the bus ride until they showed up. 

We all showed up at the game and it was an indoor football field at Lambeau Field. Which was weird because we were used to having an outdoor field. 

 We all walked into the field and it was really nice. Then we walked to the locker room to set all of our stuff down in the room and then we talked about what our main plays were doing to beat them without Michael Ron. 

  We all started talking about how we had to win this game and who we did have and who we do have. We all head out into the field to start our stretches and drills but the coach notice that they are way bigger than us. So then our coach made us push harder in the drills and stretches to show them that we aren’t scared of them. 

Coach sends two people over to the refs for captains and when we get up there they are way bigger than us so one of my teammates is scared but I am not. The refs say heads or tails and when he flips it up we say tails and it spins down and lands on tails. Me and my teammate walk back to our side of the field and I tell the coach that we won the toss and we are going to be on defense of the ball kicking towards the sun so we can have the sun on our back on offense instead of defense. We kick off and the ball goes all the way to the other side of the field and they pick it up. They start running down the field till my team and I come out and hit him. He falls and drops the ball. 

So it would be called a fumble and we pick it up and get tackled at the twenty yard line. Then our quarterback gets told what play to run. I run out for the ball and the rest of my teammates run curls. I got open and BOOM I got the ball in my hands and ran down the field for the touchdown. 

I get past the line and we all start yelling because we scored.then the time gets down to the last 7 minutes and the score is 24 to 21 they have the ball and we are down points. So I play safety and the ball gets thrown in the air and I am on a different side of the ball so I can’t get it then everyone just hears a BOOM CRASH and yelling. 

So I turn around and my teammate is running it down the field and then he scores the last points and we win the game with 10 seconds on the clock. Then after that we all get ice cream and go to bed happy as ever. And that is the last game for the Green Bay Packers. And they are the best.

Mad Muck

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Mud Muck

      By: Barry Dingle

One day Stevan and his best friend Moxxie had seen a flyer saying that a soccer team needed more players. They decided to call the number to join the team. The coach answered and warned the boys that if they were to “join the team now they would play a game the very next day”. The two boys thought about it for a minute and decided they would be okay with a game tomorrow and told the coach that they were in. The coach told the boys to come to the high school gym. When they arrived they saw the coach, she asked them what their sizes were to get them uniforms before the game. Once the boys had their uniforms the coach told them to spend the day in the field practicing. Stevan grabbed his soccer ball and Moxxie and him went to the field and set up the goals. Once they were all ready they started practicing. After they were finished practicing the sun was setting and the boys knew they needed rest for the game but they also knew they needed to buy cleats. So Moxxie and Stevan headed to their local store. Once they had made it they rushed straight to the shoe section, They found their sizes of cleats and went to checkout. After Stevan and Moxxie bought the shoes they parted ways to head home. Stevan had made it home safely and his parents had made dinner while he was gone. He sat at the dinner table with them and ate his food. Once he had finished eating he brushed his teeth and went straight to bed. He layed in his bed feeling weightless as his eyes grew heavy. Before he fell asleep he had set a timer so he could get ready for the game early.

Stevan woke up feeling well rested but then he realized he had slept through his alarm. He started to panic and get dressed for the game. He was gonna be late if he didnt leave soon. Once he had finished getting ready he got in his car and drove to the field for the game. As soon as he arrived he noticed everyone was already there including Moxxie. He sat down on the bench next to Moxxie as they waited for the game to start. Eventually everyone from both teams were there. The other team looked really competitive and strong, it intimidated Moxxie but Stevan thought that they wouldn’t actually do anything to hurt them if they had too to win the game. Moxie thought otherwise he was thinking that if they had to hurt them in any way they would even do it without reason. They all got ready on the field, Moxie looked so scared like a mouse surrounded by a hundred cats. Stevan was confident in their chance of winning almost like a proud courageous lion. They blew the whistle commencing the game. Stevan and Moxxie had no idea what was going on except that they were losing. Their team started making more goals as the game went on. Everything was going their way until the rain started. The field became a slip and slide and it was almost impossible to score for both teams. Moxxie passed the ball to Stevan, Stevan finally got an open shot but right before he was about to kick, He heard someone screaming bloody murder. Stevan quickly turned around to see Moxxie on the ground covered in mud. His knee was on the side of his leg. 

He noticed one of the players from the other team standing over him. He was immediately filled with anger and fury. A whistle was blown to let everyone know to stop the game as if the scream didn’t already. Stevan ran over to Moxxie as he heard an ambulance in the distance. Moxxie was taken to the ER while the player who pushed him was kicked from the team. A few minutes later the game resumed. Stevan was too destressed to think. When his teammate passed to him again just like Moxxie did he had another open shot. People in the bleachers started counting down. Stevan went for the shot. He actually scored this put his team ahead of the other. With barely any time left there’s no way they can win now.After the game ended Stevan didn’t care that they had won he just wanted to go straight to the ER to check on Moxxie.

Stevan got out of his car and walked into the ER. A kind nurse greeted him and led him to Moxxie’s room. Moxie greeted him with a warm smile. “How are you feeling?” Stevan asked. Moxie replied “Not really but they said I should be out of here soon”. An idea popped into Stevans head “How about we head to my place to celebrate the win”? “Sure why not,” Moxxie said. “It’s nice to know you’re okay,” Stevan said. “You too,” Moxxie said with emotion in how voice. Stevan paused for a second but then said “I’m glad we’re friends”. “Me too Stevan me too” Moxie said with a sparkle in his eyes. Stevan asks “best friends forever right”? Moxxie replies quickly “of course forever”.

Girls Can Wrestle Too

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Girls Can Wrestle Too

                            By: MaryAnn Rodreiguez

I’m really happy because girls wrestling has started for school, but I have one problem. The boys always say wrestling is for boys like them. Whatever I said to them I can wrestle. I wrestle better than you, I said and they said I bet you that you can’t win all your matches. So I said fine, I bet I can and I will, but not going to lie. I was scared if I was even going to win all those matches. 

But anyways my name is LauraLee. So the next day after school I went to the YMCA to sign up for a gym pass and then paid the fee of $50 dollars for one year and went to the locker room to put my bag in and switch into my gym clothes and then headed up. First I started. 

The next day I started practice for wrestling. First ran hall,then worked on take down, then hand fights,and ties. Then to end the day of practice we played a game called up ball with the coach. When I got home I ran two miles on a treadmill and lifted weights. Then I went to bed after I ate my supper. When  I woke up and went to school.

“ You have your first school match tonight. We are going to watch you to see you lose.” Tate said.

“Yeah,” Charley said.

“I said no I’m going to win.”

“No you’re not.”

“I said whatever,”and walked away. Later that night I got my singlet and put on my shoes and headgear, mouthguard and went out.”

“ Be ready and remember what you have to do.” said coach

I said, Yes 

I heard the boys say “you’re going to lose”. I got on the mat and started wrestling and, in less than 10 seconds, I got to pin I and looked at the boys and smirked.

The coach said good job and congratulated me.

“ But work on your double leg.”

I said  alright and left to go get a drink of water, but guess who I saw? The boys Tate, Charley, and Alex.

“Surprised you won your first school match but that’s only one you got two more.” said Alex.

“I’m going to win. I don’t need you to say anything” 

I walked off  and I finished my last two matches and won both of those. They were mad and left right after I won my last one. I watched my friend win her match.”

The next day I went to school and I got called straight to the office and guess who the boys were. They gave me a smirk. Mrs. Class said to sit down and I did, I was really nervous.

 Mrs. Class said,” you’re apparently bullying them. “

“ No,I was not and if anyone was getting bullied was me, by them. Look on the cameras I can guarantee you they were bullying me and so many other kids in this school. “

“ Alright, I will be looking at the footage.”

She looked at the footage and guess what she saw? The boys bullying me and the other kids.”

They got expelled for a week. I was glad . But we only had one match for the season left on Friday and this cloud break my roll and lose my streak. I was nervous because we are going against the best school in the state. The boys said they were coming to see me lose but I was very confident but also nervous.  We get on the bus and listen to my hype music and we get there. I got three matches. I win one, then two. But my last one against the best girl they have, I’m more nervous than I ever was. Then I stepped on the mat and warmed up. I put my red strap on and got into position. I went for a double and pinned her in a record time of 20 seconds. I won all my matches. I was so happy and I proved the boys wrong. The next day they came back to school. 

“You’re still wrong and I want to challenge you in a wrestling match tomorrow .” Said Tate.

I said yes but the thing I that it would be wrestling Tate the best wrestling at the time but he was also 20 pounds heavier. I still said yes. I woke up and got ready for today but I was really nervous, we met up and got into position.”

“YOUR GOING DOWN !!!”  

“SHUT UP TATE!!”

  “GO” 

We started and I went for a double and then did a half nelson and pinned him.

“I’M STILL BETTER!!”

I said obviously not if I won. He just walked off and I think I got him off my back. But it looks like I’m better than him and girls can wrestle if I just won. So it looks like girls can wrestle too.

The Legacy of the Thirds: A Football Team’s Journey

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 The Legacy of the Thirds: A Football Team’s Journey

Tyrone the 3rd

In the small town of Riverton, football is more than just a sport; it’s a tradition that binds generations together. Among the many teams that have graced the local stadium, one stands out for its unique composition and remarkable legacy – the team known as “The Thirds.” This team, composed entirely of players who are the third generation in their families to bear their names, has become a symbol of continuity, pride, and excellence in Riverton.

The team includes five standout players: Tyrone the 3rd, Jamal the 3rd, Jimmy the 3rd, Spencer the 3rd, and Dingle Bary the 3rd. Each of these young men carries not only the weight of their own ambitions but also the expectations and dreams of their fathers and grandfathers before them.

Tyrone the 3rd, the team’s quarterback, is known for his strategic mind and leadership skills. His grandfather, Tyrone Sr., was a legendary player in the 1960s, leading Riverton High to multiple state championships. Tyrone Jr. followed in his father’s footsteps, becoming a celebrated coach after his playing days were over. Now, Tyrone the 3rd aims to uphold the family legacy by combining his natural talent with the wisdom passed down through generations. His ability to read the game and make split-second decisions has earned him the respect of teammates and opponents alike.

Jamal the 3rd, the team’s star running back, brings speed and agility to the field. His grandfather, Jamal Sr., was a trailblazer, breaking racial barriers in the 1970s and becoming one of the first African American players to achieve statewide     recognition. Jamal Jr. continued this legacy, earning a scholarship to play college football and later returning to Riverton as a community leader. Jamal the 3rd honors his family’s history by playing with determination and grace, inspiring younger players to pursue their dreams regardless of obstacles.

Jimmy the 3rd, the wide receiver, is known for his incredible catching ability and athleticism. His grandfather, Jimmy Sr., was a local hero during the 1980s, famous for his game-winning catches and sportsmanship. Jimmy Jr. carried on the tradition, becoming a high school coach and mentoring countless young athletes. Jimmy the 3rd embodies the spirit of his predecessors, always striving for excellence and pushing himself to new heights. His dedication to the sport and his team is evident in every game he plays.

Spencer the 3rd, the defensive lineman, is a force to be reckoned with on the field. His grandfather, Spencer Sr., was a dominant player in the 1950s, known for his strength and tenacity. Spencer Jr. followed suit, becoming a respected coach and instilling a love of the game in his son. Spencer the 3rd continues this legacy with his powerful presence and unwavering commitment to defense. His ability to disrupt opposing offenses and protect his teammates makes him an invaluable asset to the team.

Dingle Berry the 3rd, the kicker, adds a unique flair to the team. His grandfather, Dingle Berry Sr., was a colorful character in the 1940s, known for his eccentric personality and clutch performances. Dingle Berry Jr. inherited his father’s love for the game and became a beloved figure in Riverton, both as a player and a coach. Dingle Bary the 3rd embraces his family’s quirky legacy, bringing a sense of fun and unpredictability to the team. His precision and reliability as a kicker have won many games for The Thirds, making him a fan favorite.

Together, these five players form the backbone of a team that represents more than just athletic prowess. They embody the values of hard work, perseverance, and community that have been passed down through their families. Their shared heritage creates a bond that goes beyond the football field, fostering a sense of unity and purpose.

The Thirds have become a source of inspiration for the entire town of Riverton. Their story is a testament to the power of tradition and the importance of honoring one’s roots while forging a path forward. As they continue to play and grow together, they remind us all that greatness is not just about individual achievements but about carrying forward the legacies of those who came before us.

In conclusion, The Thirds are more than just a football team; they are a living tribute to the enduring spirit of Riverton. Through their dedication, skill, and respect for their heritage, Tyrone the 3rd, Jamal the 3rd, Jimmy the 3rd, Spencer the 3rd, and Dingle Bary the 3rd have created a legacy that will inspire future generations to come.

Ice

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  Ice

                                                  By Sophia  King

       “Mom, stop!“  Hannah said.

           “Not until you tell me what’s wrong,” said mom.

              “Dad till mom to Leave me alone my friends here“  sadi hannah 

           “Honey you need to tell us what is wrong “ said dad

        “ Nothing just leave me alone as she runs out of the room“   

                    “Let’s go Hannah says to Lily “ 

As they put on our boots and gloves and coats. running out of the house. If they go out to the barn where they’re horses are, Lily grabs her horse and Hannah grabs buddy. They start Galloping away and it starts to snow really hard so they say let’s head to the bridge. To get shelter as they are on our way to a bridge a big semi comes and They both have no clue what to do.But the semi can’t Stop it’s too icsy out. Bang the semi hits them the next thing Hannah knows is she sees red flashing lights coming towards her and her parents saying it will all be okay. As they are getting her into the ambulance she looks over and there’s her horse on the ground and her best friend covered up With  black tarp. She starts to cry as she realizes the reality. But  Lily’s horse  Alabama is still standing and that’s the last thing she sees before the ambulance doors close. 

The next time she wakes up she is in the hospital. Her mom and dad are There and they are crying. They start yelling for a nurse.Hannah hugs her mom and dad  and asks what happened to Buddy and her friend Lily. and they tell her they both passed. they were right in the middle. Hannah starts to ball. it’s all my fault and Her parents say no it’s not no one could have stopped it. They say she should get some rest but they want her to ride Lily’s horse Alabama when you get better. The doctors come in why Hannah is sleeping and say she has a broken neck, a broken foot and a sprained ankle.The doctor says she’s lucky to make it out alive it’s a miracle. if a few weeks go by and Hannah gets better and better. Soon she will be released from the hospital. 

The day she is released as they go home and the first thing she does is go out to the barn and sit in the Buddies Pastor. She starts to cry and says how much she misses him and her best friend. she runs back inside to her mom and says where is Alabama.    

Her mom said they had to take him to the horse trainer. He was really shaking up after  the accident. her mom said they’ll go see him tomorrow.

It is the next  day and they are getting Ready to go see Alabama. She is a Little nervous But when I get there they’re walking and see him.he is a Mess she has  one year  his face is all scratched up and he is not acting like himself.he is terrified and the horse trainer comes out and Says you can go in and pet and brush him.She goes in  like it is nothing but then he starts to act up so she gets scared and  back up. The horse trainer goes in and comes down. He’s still really shaken up. So they just work little by little each day.And he slowly starts to get better.
  Eventually she starts riding him. Then they did their first show to get there.And they placed a 3 which is really good and they start winning more and more until the finals and they are both nervous. they go over the first jump and clear it the second one they hit it but don’t knock it the third one they clear it the fourth one thing clear it the last one is a water jump which is really hard start canning up to it and he jumped it and makes it over at 45 seconds they win they win Nationals. Now they go on to win the championship and more competition.The end.

The Camp Half-Blood Tournament

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 The Camp Half-Blood Tournament                           

  By Lily Chase

My name is Holly Victor, I’m 15, and my mom is Nike goddess of victory. My mother is not the easiest person or god to get along with,then again most gods aren’t. Oh my dad is a mortal which means he is only human. I was sitting in my cabin at Camp Half-Blood which is a camp for half bloods.

 I heard a noise outside my cabin and I looked out the window. There were campers outside like normal but they looked annoyed. I went out to see what was happening. 

“What happened?” I asked my sister, Laurel, who was standing on the deck in front of our cabin. 

“The dryads want the best volleyball players and the campers want us.” she said. I looked out to the crowd gathered around the cabin and they looked back at me. 

“ What do they want us for? I asked my sister.

“They want you more than me but still.” She said

“But why?”

“The dryads want to have a volleyball tournament against the campers.” 

I looked at her “oh,ok lets play.” 

She rolled her eyes “whatever, what team?”

“Duh, campers”

“Let us practise.”

The campers let us go to the court and Laurel and I stood in the middle of the court and picked the best players we knew.

“Lets have the Nike cabin and some of the Hermes cabin.” I said.

“ Which members of the Hermes cabin do you want?” a camper asked 

I point to the people I want and my sister agrees with me.

“Lets go meet the dryads.” 

We go meet the dryads that will represent them.

One comes up to us 

“Lets set the rules, shall we.” she says

We go to the forest, the campers welding celestial bronze weapons. 

“Ok we’re here, what do you want for rules.” the dryads which I learned to be Bluebell.

“There will be no cheating, no having others cheat for your team that goes for both teams.” I said looking at the Hermes cabin players. They looked at me sheepishly. 

“ Ok those will be the rules.” says Bluebell. “ You must go before you get hungry.” 

“ Yes, lets go everyone.” my sister says. 

We leave the clearing and go to the dining pavilion. I see Chiron and go up to him.

“ What is a good time to use the volleyball court?” I ask. 

“Ah, yes I was wondering when you would ask that. Let me think. I think you could use it this weekend if you would allow the other campers and dryads to watch.” 

“ Of course they can.” I said smiling. I walked to my table for the Nike children and my sisters and brothers asked when we could do the tournament.

“Chiron said we could do it this weekend, so we’ll see when the dryads want to do it.” I said.They all nod and we go to the fire to give our mom part of the food, which we do every meal. 

Later, we went to the campfire which is magical. The flames take their color to the mood of the campers there. When we got there everyone was talking about the tournament. When we entered everyone looked at us, then started talking again as it had gone silent. We went to sit down at our seats and I called the hermes players over to talk. They came over to us and sat down.

“ We will go to the forest after breakfast to see when the dryads want to do the tournament,then we will start practice.” I said. They all nod and get up, but I call one named Alice back.

“Yeah?”

“If I catch your cabin cheating I will make sure you don’t play.” I said, glaring. She laughs

“Ok, we won’t.” I let her leave and I turned to talk to my boyfriend James, who is a son of Apollo. 

“Will you watch?”

“Of course I will. How could I not?” He said smiling and taking my hand. Chron calls for everyone to get to their cabins and the people who are left leave. At my cabin my siblings bombard me with questions.

“When do we start preparing the court?”

“When do we meet with dryads?”

“OK EVERYONE LETS LEAVE HER ALONE!” Everyone looked at my sister, who is the cabin counselor, 

“ We have a big day tomorrow as we have to practise. Lets get some good sleep. Lights out when everyone is in their bunks.”

The next morning I woke up to find I’m the first one awake so I used that to get ready in my orange Camp Half-Blood shirt and jean shorts with my hair up in a messy ponytail that I knew would send the Aphrodite cabin into fits. I sat on my bunk when the rest of my cabin woke up.

“Someone is up early.” Laurel says. “ Did you at least get a good night’s sleep?” 

“Yes, I did, Thank you very much.” I said. After the rest of my cabin gets ready Laurel calls for us to get in line so we can get out of the cabin to go eat. I waved to James, who was sitting at the Apollo table, and went to my table. After breakfast, I went and gathered the team. We went to the volleyball court and I left Laurel in charge so I could talk to Bluebell. After I got back I had the team start serving the ball to each other. We practised until lunch, I let the team take a break to eat. I stayed behind to practise more, when I heard someone call my name. I looked over my shoulder and saw James walking towards me. 

“Hey.” He said, waving “ Thought you might want something to eat.”

“Thanks.” I took the food and sat down on the grass and he sat with me.

“ You’re sweating so badly.” He said laughing. He put his hand on mine. I smiled at him and put my head on his shoulder.

“Hey lovebirds!” I look around to see Lacy, daughter of Aphrodite, coming round the benches. “You might want to get to the cabins before the harpies get you.” I looked up at the sky to see that it was almost dark out.

“Oh, yeah guess we should.” I said laughing “We do have a big day tomorrow.” I get up and head to my cabin just in time for my sister to say lights out. The next day I got up and headed to the bathroom to get ready for the game so I put on an old tank top and volleyball shorts. My sister came in and did the same as me. After that I had her braid my hair and I did the same to her hair. I went out to put on my knee pads and shoes. I let the rest of my cabin get ready for the game.

“ Make sure you have water to drink.” I say to the cabin “You need to make sure you have a good breakfast but make sure that it’s small.” They all nod and get in line. We get to the pavilion and sit down. I have a small granola bar which I give a bit to the gods. After I eat I wait for Chiron to get to the announcements. When he does the first thing he announces is that the volleyball tournament is today. Everyone starts cheering and yelling. Chiron has to stamp his hoof against the ground to quiet everyone down. He calls me and my sister to come up. We look at each other and head up.

“What’s up?”

“I want a fair game, understand.”

“ That is our rule.”

“Good, go get your team I will ref.” We go get our team and head to the Big House where we would get ready. If there were any injuries the Apollo cabin would be on standby. I hear the people sitting down around the court then hear the conch shell being blown, which signals it’s time to go out. I lead the way as I was chosen to be captain of the team. We make our way to the court and as we approach I see the dryads already there, even though it’s a longer walk to the court from the woods than from the house. 

“ LET THE GAMES BEGIN!” Chiron shouts. We begin by serving. It was going great until I heard a cry of pain. I looked around to see that Laurel was on the ground. I rushed over to her and asked what had happened. She was crying but managed to tell me that there was a root sticking out of the ground that she didn’t see. I looked around, confused because the only tree that was visible was Thalia’s tree which was on the hill. I looked at the dryads, who were looking away from the scene. I helped get my sister off the court and I asked a camper if they had seen anything. They said that they had seen one of the dryads use their magic. I went up to Chiron and told him what the camper saw.

“Oh! PENALTY ON THE DRYADS FOR USING MAGIC!”

“WHAT! WE DID NOTHING!” one said looking a little embarrassed 

  “Really are you sure?” I asked, looking at all of the dryads.

“Fine we did.” The crowd gasped and started to yell 

“CHEATERS!”
“YOU DON’T DESERVE TO WIN!”

  “SETTLE DOWN!” Chiron yelled. Everyone started to calm down and let            Chiron say what he had to say.

 “DRYADS ARE TO TAKE AWAY ONE PLAYER FOR TWO MINUTES!” 

“WHAT THAT’S NOT FAIR!” 

“YEAH!” The dryads started yelling, but Bluebell stopped them.

“We do not take well to that but we will do it.” the dryads started to complain but Bluebell raised her hand 

“That or we will forfeit.”

“NO!” 

“FINE! Who do you want to take out?”

“Meliai.” one of the dryads walked off the court and sat down on the grass. The rest looked annoyed but they let it go. 

“ON WITH THE GAME!” We continued the game, which we got to serve first. The conch shell sounded and the game stopped. We waited to find out who was the winner. 

“THE WINNERS ARE THE CAMPERS!” The crowd went crazy and ran to give us hugs. I stood there stunned and looked at the dryads, who were looking upset. I walked over to them, getting looks from the campers, and held my hand out.

“Good job. Do you want to come celebrate with us?”

“Why? we didn’t win.” Bluebell said

“This was for fun so we all win.”

“That’s fair. We’re in” we smile at each other and walk back to the group.

“LET’S PARTY!” 

We went to the beach to party, which our camp director Mr.D took care of . I was standing in the ocean when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked behind me and saw James standing there. He put his hand in mine and I put my head on his shoulder. He moved his head to kiss me on the head but I moved my head at the same time so we kissed each other.  After we went back to the party

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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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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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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  – 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.