By Sam Boyle
It was the morning of Friday the 17th of January, and the JV players, both the boys and girls teams prepared to embark on a bus trip to KL. It was a grueling 6 hour trip, but the players took it as an opportunity to prepare themselves and bond with each other.
"The bus ride was mega long but we got to talk and eat with each other as a team which helped us prepare ourselves," said Matthias Seevaratnam (11). Once the Eagles arrived in KL, they grasped the opportunity to hang out in the KL City Centre for the rest of the Friday as they were without any games until the following day.
Saturday Morning
It was 6:30AM at the Oakwood Hotel, and the players were fired up and equally as excited, boys and girls alike. After breakfast, the Eagles flocked over to the bus at 7:30 and left to ISKL for their first games.
As for the boys, their first game was at 8:30, a tough matchup with ISKL. The boys unfortunately lost their match against ISKL but it didn’t break them as they still stayed confident.
“We lost the fight but we didn’t lose the war, of course we’re gonna win against them next match," said Abraham Miller (11) when asked what he was feeling after they lost. The boys lost their next two games.
“We just turned the ball over too much and didn't control the pace,” said Benjamin Lim (9) about why he thinks they didn’t see success in their matches.
It was now the final game of the day: Imagine the JV Boys, engulfed with desperation, wanting nothing more than to win this match against the Saigon Dragons. Abraham started in this game where he tried his hardest to control the game as the Centre. Before you’d know it, he displayed his fury and finished the game with 16 points.
Although they lost all their games, the JV Boys showed their deep mate-ship and resilience as they continue to push forward and win games in the future.
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