We lost almost all of our games during our ’78-’79 Jr. High basketball regular season. Let’s just say our team was a little light on 8th graders… one to be exact.
However, when it came time for the state tournament, there were two tournaments. A 7th grade championship and an 8th grade championship. We entered the 7th grade one. (I’ve never quite gotten past how unfair that was to 8th-grader Judy, but…)
Since we had been playing tougher upperclass competition all year long, we were ready. We advanced into the quarterfinals fairly quickly before the competition stiffened. After winning a close game at THCA in Shreveport, we travelled to central Louisiana for the championship game.
The score went back and forth. It was a tie game just as time was running out. The ball was passed to me. I was at the top of the key. I shot the ball and watched. The buzzer sounded.
It went in!!
Sometimes the defeats in our lives prepare us for the victories ahead.
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