By Ian Silverstein
Bulldog Staff Writer
6th Grade Student
ITMMS
October 1st, 2014
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Ian writes of his experience on the Holy Trinity basketball
team located in Hicksville, New York. This year, he hopes that they will come
back stronger.
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The last game of Trinity's last season made it official:
they went all defeated. No wins, all losses. They hope to make a major comeback
this upcoming season.
This season, they will most likely lose the 6th grader big man,
Ricky Petralia. He was a big help on defense, a solid player who was able to
get rebounds for Trinity. He was able to make short-range shots, and was decent
from mid-range.
I'm not gonna lie to you-Trinity's game was kind of ugly.
They lost most of their games by a wide margin. Very few games were even within
a 10 point difference, which is still pretty bad.
I (Ian Silverstein), starting small forward, want to lead
the team to victory. I was once nicknamed the "rebound machine",
because I was able to get boards. I can still do it. I'm not going to make
myself sound like LeBron James now, because I am not THAT good. But, I can
shoot mid-range shots, and get rebounds. Plus, I will make a 3-pointer every
once in a while. But the reason I feel like I can lead the team to victory is
because of my attitude. In fact, I only averaged 2 points a game that season.
I feel like I have the attitude to take control of a team.
When I'm on the court, or even on the bench, I feel like a coach, telling each
other to communicate better and stuff like that. My goal this year: to make
sure the team doesn't lose more than 7 games. I have a good team with me to
achieve that goal.
My fellow teammate, Kenneth, is a player who reminds me of
Amar'e Stoudemire because he has a nice game, but not the BEST game you'll ever
see. I'm kinda like that, too. I'm no Jordan, but I'm also no Scalabrine.
That's also how Kenneth is, and a few of my other teammates. We are a solid
team, and we can make the playoffs this season if we put 110% effort into every
single game and practice.
All I can say is that I'm really pumped for this season, and
I can't wait to see how the team and I do this season.