Let's Go Lions!!!

Copped out my old school last night at their basketball game. They were playing against St. John Christian. Knowning who I was I didn't pay the usual $2. As I slowly walked near the base line of the court all these memories of basketball came.
As I walked passed the other team I don't they recognized me as my attire was different from the times they had seen me in my Lion's uniform. I saw Patricia, this is the story about Patricia and me...
I came to HCA the beginning of my 9th grade year. As I had been playing in my old school I wished to continue on with it as I went to high school. Not to brag but my skills were passed alot of people of the team and my coach put me on the team. As I became the starting setter, not knowing that I had just taken the Patricia's spot. There was alot of tension between us. Well as she thought it was over when Volleyball season ended more was to come in Basketball. Now basketball is MY sport. I have alot of passion for it...my coach saw that in me too. Well it happened, I took Patricia's spot as starting guard. I came to find out from my coach that she wasn't fast enough. Man if you saw the way she ran especially on the court you'd prolly get mad too. Well after a couple years she got her place as a starter again naw she didn't replace me just someone else. As I learned in my senior year, it wasn't that she had beef with me just she was being pushed way too much by her father. Those type of parents that start screaming at their child if they do something wrong. Man if we eva saw the man with some high white socks up to his calves it'd be Mr. Gavin. Always coming to give her "advise" after every quarter. Then she'd get mad and take it out on her teammate.
These are some few highlights I had over the years playing basketball...
Ooooweee I do remember my freshman year playing against Citrus Park...We need just a few more points. So coach told us to foul so we could buy some time off the clock. She said, "Guys do anything just draw a goul." Me all intense..."So you mean push them?" "Yeah do what you can." Well me being naive I took that to heart. The girl that was going to have the ball I was going to do what eva to draw the foul. Once the ball was impounded I fan and pushed this girl. Damn she was a big girl too. The whistle blew O but not for a foul, a technical. I was so confused. "Coach I thought you told me I could push her?" Coach was really upset. Everybody on the team called that the bull play. Cuz I was like those wild bulls out to kill.
Anotha highlight was when Rachelle Colsen came on the team in 10th grade. Ma' was very much a lil devil. She's the one that introduced us to hitting the bottom of the salt and pepper shaker with a coin so that when someone would pick it up it'd go all over the place. Another time Rachelle and I thought of chugging 3 or 4 energy drinks b4 the game against Grace Christian(I remember that sschool cuz of the annoying floor when people ran it'd sound like horses). I had neva been so pumped in my life. We were both all hyper. Oh but after 2 quarter we both began to loose our high. My knees began to shake. Maybe it was all in my mind. I had alot of fun with her. Why'd you have to graduate girl? We could've failed you.
I really don't recall a whole lot in my 11th grade year...I was going through a rough time in my life. I'll blog about another day...Oh wait I broke my wrist going up for a lay-up this chick tried to block me and as I went down I tried to catch my fall and yes after braggin that I had never broken a bone to one of my friends a couple weeks earlier I did just that. Its funny how things just catch up to you.
Senior year...we finally moved into a FHSAA conference. Now finally people were recognizing us in the newspaper. No I did not get us lost from the game coming home. We were in Inverness a place I used to stay in a long time ago. So my coach was kind of lost. So I said I knew the way back. Infact I did, but "accidentally" we went to far and missed the street. Hey atleast I told them we went to far. Eva since then my Coach makes fun of me saying, "Arisona, you got us lost"
But yes it worked off alright at the end. I got MVP and was one the Allstar team cuz I was ranked fourth in the county for basketball. I had some real fun experiences.