So close, Yet so far

Authors Note: I wrote about this event because it is very important to me.

Have you ever been so close to something and then someone took it away from you? That happened to our team against our biggest rival Eisenhower in the state basketball  tournament. It annoys me because we should have beat them.  It is maybe my worst memory in a sport. 

Up by 11 with three minute left we thought the game was ours. Everyone wanted to win this game but we let up and back they came. Slowly chipping away at our lead. Eventually it was tied with thirty seconds left in the game.  Our ball we waste the clock down to 15 seconds. We get the shot we were looking for, a wide open elbow jumper.  The crowd on their feet as the ball rolls around the rim and rolls out.  Eisenhower comes down the court our defense gives up no ground so they throw up a three as time expires but not close so we are going to overtime.

They add two minutes to the clock and the referee throws the ball up for the jump I tip it back. Our ball to start we come down and I get the ball on the block. Ball fake up he jumps easy layup. Up two now here they come they throw a long cross court pass we tip it and it goes out of bounds. On their inbound they get a man open for a long shot but his foot was on three point line so its tied at two. A minute left our ball, we run the clock down to ten. As he starts he travels so Eisenhower ball with nine seconds left. As they set up their play the get an open player for a shot with five seconds left hits the rim rolls out. But they get the rebound and put it up and in as time expires Eisenhower 42 Pewaukee 40.

All in all, you can’t always get what you want but I think we deserved that win. But half our team lost focus for too long and we just could not hold on. It is a good lesson though because you need to learn to give 100 percent effort all the time to accomplish great things.