Descriptive Essay: The Game Of Trojan Pride

Game day: one of the most important, if not the most important day every week during the fall for any student. You can feel the Trojan Pride rushing through your body as your day begins. The whole school has a buzz going around it just thriving with anticipation for the upcoming game each Friday. That feeling of watching your team play under the lights is just an amazing feeling. September 4, 2015: It was a normal Friday in Fayetteville, North Carolina, I wake up from my restful slumber way past when I am supposed to at 7 o’clock. I stumble as I walk into the restroom, I flick up on the light switch to turn on the light and fans. I lift up on the shower lever and turn it to the left, so I get hot water spewing from the shower head. I hop in the shower and I get all cleaned ready for day. I go upstairs and microwave 3 pancakes for a

Fans were tailgating, the band was playing 20 minutes before game started, and it was a huge stadium. We get in line facing an old blue shack turned to a ticket booth, while waiting in line, the bleachers were rocking, and the anticipation was at an all-time high for the first game at home for Hoggard of season is about to kick off. We get to the front of line and the kind old lady asked for $7 and once we gave her the last of the money our parents gave us, we entered through the chained link fence and walked around the track to the visitor side across the field. In the midst of us walking over to the visitor side, the Public Announcer comes on and says for everyone to remove all headgear to honor America. Hoggard’s ROTC brought out the American and North Carolina flag to midfield and all eyes were locked onto those beautiful flags, hands over hearts, as we listen to the band play the National Anthem. After the band finished performing the Anthem, it was time for kick off between The Pine Forest Trojans and Wilmington Hoggard