Personal Narrative Essay On A Football Team

Everywhere you look there’s people sitting or standing cheering on their favorite team and player. Parents are lugging around bags full of snacks and blankets while girls are carrying around big bags of softball gear. You can smell the popcorn from the concession stand and the dirt on the field. It’s a beautiful day at the softball fields; 75 degrees and sunny! I was on a new team called Iowa Outlaws, and I wanted to show my team that I could help them. We were playing in Ankeny in a 1-day tournament, so we had 3 games total. It was important that we played our best in the first 2 games so we would be able to play in the championship game. My team was lucky and got one of the later games so we played at 11:30 and had to be at the fields at

This time I was a little nervous because I wanted to help my team. I told myself the same thing as before and hit a double to right-centerfield. As I started running, my coach on first base was yelling, “Go, go, go!” I rounded first base and made it to second. The original runner who was on second had scored. I heard my team yelling and cheering as I stood on 2nd base. I eventually scored and went up to bat again. I hit another double, but to leftfield. Another girl had scored and we were in the lead now. I could again hear my team screaming in the dugout as I was standing on 2nd base. After the inning was over my coach patted my helmet and congratulated me on my hit. That made me proud because I had felt like I had done my part for the team. I walked into the dugout and all my teammates were giving me high-fives. Katie and Lexie said, “Good job, that was an awesome hit, Nat!”

At the end of the game, the score was 3-1 so we had won. The whole team was so excited because we had gotten 1st! We lined up on the foul lines so we could receive our medals. The medals said 1st place on them with blue ribbons. The parents were all on the field taking pictures and congratulating