Gold Team Tennis Adventures
~this free write was written for the assignment due on February 27th but written on February 14th~
~this free write was written for the assignment due on February 27th but written on February 14th~
This year I joined the EHS tennis team. I played tennis when I was younger and was very good but I stopped and pretty much lost all of my technical skills on the court. I've been very good about going to practices and after school meetings to make sure I would be chose to get playing time! I am on the EHS gold team which is like a JV team because we are not as amazing as the blue team is.
Today during advisory Coach Stevens, who is the gold team tennis coach, asked me who I wanted to play doubles with and I requested to play with Victoria H. He said that Victoria and I would be playing first court doubles which is a pretty big deal! It made me super nervous because of the responsibility that comes along with first court playing but excited to play my very first high school league tennis match.
I had played doubles with Victoria before during off-season tennis and at our practices but it's always different in a game regardless of the sport. Gold team's opponents for the afternoon was Runnels High School. I used to go to Runnels since I was two years old and left after seventh grade so I knew everyone one their team which was a little awkward. But Victoria and I got out on the court and lost our first set 6-2. We got our heads in the game before the second set and said, "C'mon let's do this. We know we can." We went out and won the second set 7-5! We were so pumped up and Coach Stevens was really excited for us. Our coaches decided that we play at 10 point tie breaker. Victoria and I worked hard but lost the tie breaker 10-6 in the end. We did an amazing job for our first doubles match of the season and put up a hard fight!
I was disappointed because of our loss after the game. But my mom and Coach Stevens said that we fought how first court players fight which really cheered me up. After tennis Micheal H. and Victoria were coming with my mom and I to get some food before we had to go to our choir rehearsal for six o'clock. I went to go get all my backpack and books I went into the pocket of my backpack where I put my phone before I went on to play and it wasn't there. I looked to my right and I saw two quarters on the ground beside me which caught my attention because for two weeks I've had four quarters in the pocket of my backpack where my phone is kept. I checked pocket again. Still no phone and only two quarters lying in the bottom of the pocket. "Someone took my phone" was my immediate reaction. But my mom, Michael, and Victoria helped me dump out all my bags, check the locker room, ask the front desk, look on courts but still no phone. Once I was completely 110% positive my phone was stolen my dad called AT&T and had it deactivated.
I was disappointed because of our loss after the game. But my mom and Coach Stevens said that we fought how first court players fight which really cheered me up. After tennis Micheal H. and Victoria were coming with my mom and I to get some food before we had to go to our choir rehearsal for six o'clock. I went to go get all my backpack and books I went into the pocket of my backpack where I put my phone before I went on to play and it wasn't there. I looked to my right and I saw two quarters on the ground beside me which caught my attention because for two weeks I've had four quarters in the pocket of my backpack where my phone is kept. I checked pocket again. Still no phone and only two quarters lying in the bottom of the pocket. "Someone took my phone" was my immediate reaction. But my mom, Michael, and Victoria helped me dump out all my bags, check the locker room, ask the front desk, look on courts but still no phone. Once I was completely 110% positive my phone was stolen my dad called AT&T and had it deactivated.
We got into the car and sat in traffic. My mind was racing of the thoughts, "is there anyone who could of possibly of accidentally picked up my phone? Did I leave it at school? Is it in Michael's moms' car?" Michael and Victoria were in the backseat of my mom's car thinking of everyone and anyone who could of seen or have my phone. No one had it or had seen it. It took us twenty five minutes to get from the tennis courts to Cane's which with out traffic is less and five minutes of driving. All the traffic made me stressed that we would be late to rehearsal which Mr.Hubbard specifically told us not to be late to. We went to rehearsal and everything went well.
When I got home from choir I was crying when I had to change my passwords for everything I had on my phone because I didn't have a pass code on it. I still don't have my phone which is upsetting. I'll miss my very first iPhone. :( I worked so hard to pay for that phone myself. But what really makes me mad is that is could of been anyone of my teammates who got their iPhone stolen but it just so happened to be mine {just my luck, huh?} Hope y'all all had a better day than I did because today is going down as one of my worst days in the history of ever.
When I got home from choir I was crying when I had to change my passwords for everything I had on my phone because I didn't have a pass code on it. I still don't have my phone which is upsetting. I'll miss my very first iPhone. :( I worked so hard to pay for that phone myself. But what really makes me mad is that is could of been anyone of my teammates who got their iPhone stolen but it just so happened to be mine {just my luck, huh?} Hope y'all all had a better day than I did because today is going down as one of my worst days in the history of ever.
These were the Valentines Day adventures of the EHS Gold tennis team and a total Lauren move.
Lauren, for your very first high school match, you played awesome! The first set we weren't really in a good mindset, kind of just joking around. I am so proud that we won the second set after the horrible loss that we had the first time around. I am so happy to have you playing this year!
ReplyDeleteWay to not back down Lauren and Victoria! I liked that you guys really got your head in the game and came back to win the second match! I would like to hear more about your success in tennis.
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