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Back to category: Sports Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. Extra Innings: When the Game is Done Jack Williams Dr. Wilkes English 1043 October 12, 2002 Extra Innings: When the Game is Done It takes hold of the soul like no other. How does one explain it? I don’t know. On the night of our Regional Championship, baseball did just that to my team. This was a night where my team’s faith met with its determination. Determined not to lose, we took the field on June 8th, 2002 in Noblesville, Indiana ready and prepared to bring home a trophy our school hadn’t seen in 17 years. Determined not to lose, my fellow Southport Cardinals and I stared at the American flag before the game, dreaming of a goal we had been ardently working for for nine months: the State Finals. Determined not to lose, we lost. The Regional Championship game for my baseball team was one of a bittersweet outcome in that it was a game of passion, just as all baseball is, a game of turmoil and triumph, and a game that perhaps taught me some critical lessons despite the loss. Pure and true, pa... Posted by: Ryan Wilkins Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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