The Last Shot

By Caroline

            It was halftime at the field hockey game.  The Green Hornets A team was playing the Crofton A team. I think the score was 1-0 and my team, the Green Hornets were winning.  The second half of the game started.  We were getting so may fouls.  It was a whistle every couple seconds.  It went on the whole entire first half of the second half.  In the middle of the second half Crofton scores.  The score was tied and the pressure was on.  We were fighting as if it was the championship game but it was really the first game of the season. We wanted to start off our season with a win.  The time was running out and the game was still tied.  It was down to the last five minutes of the game and we were fighting as hard as we could.    The time was going so fast and both teams couldn’t get full control over the ball.  It was down to the last minute and we were still fighting for the ball.  All of a sudden we all stopped when we heard the buzzer ring.  The game was over unless they let us go in to overtime.  The referees discussed and overtime was about to begin.  

Our coach was talking to my team.  They went out on the field against the five other Crofton players.  They did the draw and the other team wins the ball. They tapped sticks three times and then fought for the ball.  They start dribbling down the field.  They pass to a girl close to the goal. She shot.  Our goalie saved it.  We ended up fighting for the ball.  It was a constant battle for the ball.  The players know that they only had five minutes of overtime.  They had now wasted at least three minutes.  They were still fighting but after a few more seconds we had finally got possession of the ball.  The other team played defense to get the ball back to their team.  But, we still kept control of the ball.

            We finally got full possession of the ball. I believe Sydney passed the ball to Erin.   Then, Erin passed the ball to Hunter.  Hunter got a long pass and she started dribbling down the field.  My teammates and the Crofton players were chasing her from behind.  Our whole team was on the sidelines screaming as loud as they could.  Hunter finally made it down to the goal.  She went to shoot and the whole crowd got quiet.  If she didn’t make this shot there would be fifteen seconds left to shoot again.  She shot.  The goalie made a quick slide for the ball.  I heard a “bang” on the backboard of the goal.  The goalie didn’t save the ball.  Hunter had just made the winning shot of the game.  We all went crazy and we were screaming as loud as we could. 

My team sat down to talk about the game after we shook hands with the other team.  Our coach congratulated us and told us our next practice time.

            As soon as I got in the car, I soaked in what had just happened.  It was amazing.  We had just scored in the last fifteen seconds of the game.  It was a great game and I was still in shock.  I woke up and went down stairs.  I stared talking to my mom but realized it was more like a whisper.  I had then remembered that during the whole overtime I was screaming as loud as I could. 

I still remember this game as like it was yesterday.  I miss my team and that game.  I wish I could replay that game over and over and over again. Hopefully my team this year will be as great as a team and as good friends as my team last year.  I will always remember that field hockey team as the dream team and the best field hockey season ever!