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"A Harrowing Driving Experience" By: Oshala Green

On one cold and icy winter night, Elena was driving ; she was trying not to miss another basketball game. You see her youngest son ,Pablo, played basketball and she would always promise him that she was going to be there to cheer him to victory. But she never could make it, something always hinder her from going, like her car would break down, or her boss would make her work late. Every time it was a different reason. So… she wanted to make sure she was there. However, she was driving recklessly. I mean she wasn’t paying attention to the other drivers or her surroundings. And then BAM!!!! She hit the black Dodge Ram truck, and the impact of the wreck was devastating. Car parts were everywhere, leaving poor Elena trapped in her red Honda. See what had happened was Elena was driving 35 miles over the speed limit and drove over a patch of black ice. When she tried to stop at the stoplight she just kept going. So the ambulance rushed her to the hospital. Where it was then that the doctors found out that she suffered brain trauma. She was rushed to surgery, because they had to remove part of her brain because the incident left part of her brain exposed. This was the worst day of poor Elena’s life and she still didn’t make it to her son’s game.

"The Winning Goal" By: Katrina

"This is it," said Alicia. "The score is two to two. Alicia glances back at the score board across the field. "It is overtime and we only have ten minutes." Alicia looks at her team. A brutal game has taken the fall of three of her best players. The others are dressed in black and white, bruised with grass stains as if they have been dragged across the field with a mule . She sees her team with sweat dripping from their brows and the shortness of breath as if their lungs have been crushed with a boulder . As the team stares into their coaches eyes, Alicia notices how much Samantha wants her chance to shine. Samantha's head held down low with the feeling of her never making one goal the whole season. "Samantha,"yells coach. "I want you as mid-field." "Hands in, let's show them some cougar pride." "on three," yelled Samantha "1...2...3...COUGARS!" the team chanted. Everyone sprints out to the field. The crowd roaring out of the sidelines. The crowd chants,"Cougars! Cougars!" Whistle overtime begins and the Panthers have the ball. Number 21 of the Panthers has the ball and starts to dribble the ball to the goal. Traveling down the sideline, shoots and the goalie stops the ball. The goalie bunts the ball to the sideline. Samantha has the ball and as she looks back at the scoreboard, she notices there is only 1 minute left on the clock. The coach notice the passion burning deep within her eyes. The pounding in Samantha's heart could be heard from a mile away. Samantha dribbles down the field. Two men on her. 30 seconds left on the clock. "Shoot Samantha!" The coach yells, Samantha thinks this is her chance to show what she is made of and why she deserves to play. Samantha shoots and scores. "She did it." She made the winning goal! "the Cougars go to the playoffs; yelled the announcer. The crowd goes wild and the team.