Pewaukee vs. De Pere

Only one player on the bench it’s overtime wanting to beat De Pere so bad for the final spot to the championship game. Can’t risk anything. No forced shots. No turnovers. And no fouls. Every one working so hard on both teams to win this game. No one is hitting any of their free throws to take the lead as we are tied with thirty three seconds left on the clock. Pewaukee is on defense. Suddenly, the best player on the team strives as fast as she could to the basket pounding the ball harder than ever on the shiny wooden floor before shooting her layup. But she missed her shot and she fell to the ground not knowing what happened to her and because everyone was too focused on their person. She didn’t make her shot but the whistle was called as we were running back on offense. 2 dribbles 1 spin. Getting more scared as she was dribbling the ball before taking the free throw to win the game. Getting so scared my heart pounding so hard if she makes either one of these shots. Shot is put up with nice follow threw hits the back of the rim and slowly slides in the hoop and rubs against the white net. NO! Pewaukee is now losing the game 23-24. Down by one point. Same routine 2 dribbles 1 spin. For the second shot to put up. The ball is put up and didn’t even reach the rim. Yes! We have a chance to make something happen. Ball is now in play. Pewaukee has the ball but cannot get a nice shot on offence because of how tough defense De Pere is playing. They are overplaying everyone on defense. The fans screaming at the top of their lungs FIVE…FOUR… the shot was thrown up hoping the shot will fall right thru the hoop. Everyone rushes to the hoop for an easy rebound if I miss this shot. But it was so fast it flew out of bounds before anyone even get by the hoop. The crowd goes in sign knowing that we lost this game. This wasn’t just any game. This was the final game to the championship. Play hard, or go home. We gave this game are all we just didn’t achieve what we wanted.