"A Well-Fought Win" by Abraham Miller

It was Thursday afternoon, and we knew it was finally time to play the juniors in basketball. Knowing the hair on our heads was on the line, we were willing to put everything at risk in order to win and keep ourselves safe.

Then the game started. The juniors began with a couple points. Then they scored a couple more. I noticed we weren’t responding like we should. When JD Guffy (12) said, “We’re gonna blow them out,” I thought he was right and instead we were down twelve points already. We needed to respond the right way.

At halftime, we were down by 10 and were getting beaten by a more energetic team. We weren’t hitting our shots and playing like we should have. However, everyone knew what needed to be done. We needed to lock in in order to beat this team. We came into the second half with the right mentality.

By the end of the third quarter, the game had already swung in our favor. The juniors were running out of energy, and we were hitting threes as well. When the game ended and we won by around 10, I felt an immense sigh of relief as our efforts were finally answered. Despite us being down earlier in the game, team member Matthias Seevaratnam (12) was confident that we would gain our victory, saying: “From the very beginning, despite our rough start, I knew we were going to win no matter what happens.”

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