Free Write (9)

For my free write I decided to write about what was really bothering me over the past days. As you all know, the Lady Spartan Softball team lost out in the second round of playoffs and it is breaking my heart to think about it. My team and I are sad to see this great year go down the tubes so fast. Once again we have been so close to going to state and we just choke. We had such a young team this year and it really came down to who wanted it more and who could get the job done. This is very hard to accomplish with teammates that haven’t been in these situations before and are really inexperienced.

The whole season ended on a sort of trick play that we had reviewed all year but a sudden movement in the infielders made this an uncommon task. Our play failed and the runner on third just walked in with ease and our whole season blew up in front of our faces. That was the first step down the road to depression. I never lost faith but I could sense my teammates around me who had already crumbled! Being positive and a motivator is very rough on one person alone when your family refuses to obey your command and they completely shut down in front of your face. I was very disappointed in our performance and I understand that as a junior, I have a whole year left. We have things to fix, people to mature and things we will do very differently next year. My senior year I will not be satisfied until I get to state and come home with a ring!