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last chance

September 12, 2022
By Anonymous

Once Upon a time there was a football player named James. When he was a junior in high school a lot of coaches knew who he was because he got talked about on the news all the time. James played running back and sometimes wide receiver for Manvel high School when james got to the school a lot of the coach's was really looking forward to seeing what james could do on the field james was starting on varsity all the girls was all over him but one thing he remembered that his dad told him don't let these girls take you away from something you love or anything you love to do. When James got introduced to the head coach of the football team the head coach was very pleased to give James his helmet and also his pads. James was so ready to get back on the field and show the coachs what he has to contribute to the team. They have now put James in practice and as soon as he got in and ran the first play he got a TOUCHDOWN now that the coach has seen him run the ball a couple times he says dang that boy can run that ball. James knew at practice that he had to show out and not show any type of weakness. He runs the ball like a bat out of hell . The next day James got out and went to school. The coaches were talking to him every time they saw him in the hallway. James also had a 4.0 gpa. James was smart as a water bottle . James went to practices and showed out again and when the head coach called first offense he told james to get out there and james knew it was grind time. James got in the practice game to show what he could do. James had attended a meeting with the coaches on the team where they would discuss what they saw in James as a player. The coaches watched James' film when he played for his old high school team last year. James ended the season off with 500 rushing yards and 300 reception yards.

Jame and his team made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs season. James carried the whole team with his stats alone in last year's season. James was excited that he had a good practice all week with the new team at manvel high school. As game week approaches against South Houston high school. James was excited as today was gameday. The games started with south houston kickoff the ball as the ball glided in the air the ball went right to james. James caught the ball and took off running. He ran with the ball so fast making a touchdown. The coaches were so elated about the touchdown. 

The defense  team made it with 3 and out they punted the ball to manvel where the ball went straight to james . James was on the thirty yard line when he caught the ball

Manvel offrences team now has the ball. James ran on the first play he ran for another touchdown  from the thirty yard line James blocked the linebacker making him fall to the ground. Touchdown manvel! James has been a big time play maker on the team. 

Manvel needed a great running back player on their team and James was the perfect fit for their team.  James has been doing a wonderful  job for the past two games.

This season James has two hundred yards this season and the season isn't over yet. 

The manvel coaches were excited that they were on their way to a good season this year. Manvel had two disappointing seasons for the past two years. James continued to play his heart out the whole season and his stats were unbelievable. Manvel were about to play the last game before the playoff and James knew that this game would detremand if they would go to the playoffs. Manvel VS Deer Park as the games started deer park has the ball. Though they made their first touchdown of the games James wanted to make sure that manvel win’s. This game was such a close game that James

was a little nervous in the beginning. The team cheered each other on as they made their first touchdown of the games. Deer park was a good team and they gave manvel a hard time in the first quarter. Though they were good, the manvel was better. James went in for a touchdown in the second quarter, Touchdown manvel! As the game got more intense in the second half of the games manvel had a total of 28 points. 

Deer Park had a total of 7 points. James and his team worked really hard not to let Deer park score however they scored another touchdown in the third quarter. 

James knew that they could not let the other team catch up because this game would determine who would go to the play off game. James has the ball he is running from the 20 yard line touchdown manvel! The score is now 35 to 14 with 10 minutes left. Deer park scores a field goal. James was excited that they were about to win their last game of the season with only one minute on the clock so they decided to kneel the ball to run the clock out to keep from making any mistakes in this game. 

Manvel won the last game of the season 35 to 17. with James making three touchdowns this game he was happy. Everyone was so happy and elated at the end of the game manvel high school football team made it to the playoffs for the first time in two years. 

James was so popular after winning the game that he was invited to speak on the news, which is something he's done before at the old school.  James had been getting scouts checking him out. The scouts were reaching out to him about going to collage To play football. James partens really motivated him to keep going even though James didn't think he was that good he had his parents by his side. James kept his head up and

stayed focused on the game and his determination. James played hard doing something he loved to do. James now beat his own rushing yards stat making 600 rushing yards  in high school this year. James always prayed before and after every game. No one knew that James was also a basketball player as well, however his passion was football. James was great at everything he did. James received 9 different offers from nine colleges. He knew that he could only pick one and LSU was his number one choice. Though he had not received a letter from them he still had one more year to show LSU what he had to offer . James started to put in a lot of work to show that he was the set running back for LSU college. As the summer began James practiced everyday even during the 7 on7 games he knew he had to put in work. The new school year is approaching as well as James senior year and his last season for high school football. James began practicing with his coach as he gets ready for the new season. James is very excited and confident that his last season will be great. 

School has begun and the season has started for the first game. James worked so hard to make this the most successful season. Manvel has been practings everyday after school as the first game is approaching to make sure that there are no mistakes.

Game day and James has prepared for this day all summer long.James was the starting running back for manvel and the first game he did a wonderful job. James has 100 rushing yards and Two touchdowns. Though he did great when James tore his ACL he didn't think he would ever be able to play football again. James was out for the rest of the season he worked so hard to get back in shape that he worked out everyday. James didn't want to stop dreaming as the love of football grew stronger. James partens motivated him to never lose sight of what you love so he worked even harder. James never thought he would be able to play football again or even play for LSU however that was not the case for James god had other plans for him.  James received a letter from LSU offering him a full scholarship. One of James' dreams was to go to LSU and he made it with his hard work and determination. Jame now plays for LSU and is working on becoming an NFL player. Though James has been through  a lot and things were looking good for him. James' first game with the LSU team will begin in two weeks and James is better than ever. He is healthy and ready to start his new journey as the new LSU running back. James reminded everyone that there is no such thing as a last chance if you work hard and follow your dreams and determination and never lose sight of what you love. As love and determination will bring out the best in you. Never doubt yourself because dreams can begin small, you just need to stay focused on what you learn and love. James played like the king of houston 


The author's comments:

talk about how the football player got hurt and still made it to collge


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