ONE LAST GAME

Tonight was our last game of the season... We played Viewpoint again and this time it was their senior night. They might have beaten us on our senior night, in return we did the same AND caused them the title of league champs.Our team may not have the best record in league but, I am so proud to be a part of this team. I LOVE THEM.

"we made a difference in the race"-bencze..

-It's funny how you look back on things and usually there is more to come, but this time its differe, when we look back on our basketball memories, thats its for us seniors, there are no more high school basketball games to come. I ALREADY MISS IT. It's only been 4 hours.

It's only at this point that I realize I WILL MISS EVERYTHING about being on the basketball team. Even the worst parts of it.

I'll miss Seventeens, being yelled at for doing something wrong, original freshman team, Jv, Varsity, PRIME TIME BABY! is like buttah!Disneyland, Concordia, Carlsbad, San Diego, Christmas helping out at the cathedral (delivering presents as a team), being captain, Kelly and I walking to midcourt to meet the other captains, leading warm ups and stretches and conditioning drills, sitting in the exercise room, john wooden book, Bencze reading an inspirational passage from the black wooden book, dennys, team lunches, avalon, hotel bonding, boat trip, complaining about practice, Running in the park, NBC run, Indian Run,van trips,adventuring, boom booom tap, huddling, cheering my lungs out on the bench, high fiving, hugging, kristin's bobble head, Darlene-darskizz-(lesgoD), SK, Macy's weird remarks, Andrea-Glendale, Ariyana-Godzilla-Zills,l tripping, Jackie (beef steaker), Attempts to slam dunk before practice with mallari, LBRILLA,long nights working the score's table for tournaments, messing around in the snackshop,sitting at the lobby of every hotel we've ever stayed at, atm, stack, SPREAD, basic, 14, 4 out, curl, box 1, box again, out, sideline easy in, sideline 1, sideline 2 and 3, 2/3 zone, red 100, red 50, green 100, green 75, green 50, special, 3 on 3 and 2 on 1, 4 on 4, three man weave, rapid fire, 2 man shooting, regular mikan, five star, cross over, behind the back, reverse pull, half pull, Freethrow 5, figure 8, standing on the BASE LINE!TRIPPLE THREAT! free throws, reverse mikan, loud prides on 3, DEFENSE DEFENSE, sink it, wooooosh, Big Step AH! Big Step! AH! charge! AAH! lose ball! AHH! Ah! Ah! AAAaah AH! AH ! AH! AaAaHH. Getting my ankle wrapped every single day, taking responsibility for everyone, bus rides, telling scary/ funny stories in the bus, BELL JEFF vs. PROVIDENCE, 6:00 am practice, waking up at 4:40am to prepare for the 6:00am practice, doing a load of laundry just full of practice uniforms and jerseys, falling asleep in my uniform, LOW-flo rider, hang out before bell jeff game, cracking jokes about kelly, deep talks, pee-in your pants conversations, Islands, breakfasts, lunches and dinners away from home, INTENSITY, playing hard until you can't breathe anymore, pushing yourself to play harder, motivating a teammate, being stupid with each other, being there for eachother, rides in the nun car, learning how to take a charge, Diving for a lose ball and getting a gym burn!Getting hit in the head with a ball.Ripping the ball away from someone's arms, being called from the bench to get in the game, being called AIR GONDA, Watching PAC HILLS, boroughs summer nights, prank calls, prewrap and tape, getting new bball shoes, packing my gymbag nightly, sound of a big crowd cheering, holding hands in a circle and leading a prayer before games, banquets, the young kiddos. Game WHAT? GAME TIME! GAME WHAT? GAME TIME!

I'm probably missing a lot more, This is probably just a few. The list is endless.

UGH! is it really over?