Cesar Chavez
As Carlos takes the football field, every young boy in the stands idolizes him. The short, wide shouldered young man is going up against the best defense in the state not knowing what is going to happen this Friday night. As Carlos and the rest of the Permian Panthers take the field they are bitten by the cold wind of the West Texas Llano. The crowd in the stands are anxious for the game to get under way when the Panthers and the neighboring Midland Lee Rebels await the coin toss. To Odessa’s advantage they win the coin toss and elect to kick the ball While Carlos is sitting on the bench awaiting for his offense to take the field he is overwhelmed by all the things going on in his life. The first and for most problem is all the attention he is getting from Div I colleges. Contemplating on whether to stay in his home state of Texas or to go cross-country to the University of Miami. Either way Carlos goes he is guaranteed a major role in either offense. Not knowing he didn’t make the required score of 21 on the SAT to be accepted for any school. Six minutes into the first quarter the Panthers find themselves down seven to zero awaiting to take their first
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Approximate Word count = 7010
Approximate Pages = 28 (250 words per page double spaced)
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