The Fight

elementary school. In my mind, lacrosse was the center of everything. It was my fun,

and it was always on my mind. To play on a middle school lacrosse team, however, I had

to be in middle school. This rule made me furious when I was in fifth grade: my last year

in elementary school. Then I started sixth grade, and things were a little bit different.

Finally old enough to play sports on a middle school team, I prayed every night

that I would make the lacrosse team. Every day after school I would play lacrosse in a

small grassy field not far from my house with my best friends: Tom, Jeff, Matt, Kevin,

and Josh. We would practice from the time that we got home from school, until our

parents made us come inside for dinner. Each time we played we had more fun than the

time before, and simultaneously became rather good at lacrosse. Making the team was a

goal deeply embedded in my heart. However, subconsciously I felt that I would make the

Before I knew it, the first Monday of spring arrived: lacrosse tryouts. More than

ready to tryout, everyone anxiously waited outside the gym after school. After a few

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