Four Years. Four years of high school basketball: has come to an abrupt halt.
You see, we'd swag into the locker room. Pump up the tunes. throw on the black air Jordan jump suits and whip out the pre-game moves.
The three coaches walked in We listened to the pre-game speech Popped a couple altoids to "keep it fresh" then slugged a bit of water
The warm up commenced Lay-ups Three on Two Shooting
One more locker room run. Jersy's on! But right back on to the court Where the fans anticipate.
Just a few more shots Now one minute left Time for the National Anthem. "Gentlemen remove your hats."
Pre-game nerves suddenly sink in. "Oh say can you see." Thoughts about the game fill my mind. I look at the crowd, and my loving team mates.
"And now for tonights starting line-up." Names announced. Team has last minute words one. two. three. "swag" ....Tip-off!
We were so good. So athletic. A team with 8 returning seniors we were such ballers
Conference Champs District Champs But we couldn't beat them "The best team in the state."
We weren't sad about the loss though. We were sad that we had to leave this team. This team that we'd been with for four years. We loved each other more than anything.
The final moments in the locker room were bittersweet. Tears of sadness, tears of joy We accomplished so much, but above all It was about the memories we made together.