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My goal for the remainder of highschool is for the varsity basketball team to make the playoffs both this year and next year. Basketball has been my favorite sport and hobby my entire life. I have dedicated every spring and fall to AAU (club basketball), and every winter to either the town team, middle school team, freshman team, JV team, and now varsity team. Basketball has always been a huge part of my life. I have made friendships through basketball, met and worked with professional coaches and players. Basketball has taken me to places that I never thought I would go. I am incredibly competitive and I have put so much time and work into basketball, and because of this, making the playoffs is my goal for the remainder of highschool. The …show more content…

When I am playing chess or a board game, I will refuse to lose. For me, winning is the best. During basketball, I never really care how I am personally playing, whether or not I have a lot of points, or even if I don’t play a lot. The only thing that I am paying attention to is the scoreboard. It's not that I want to win just for my personal satisfaction, but it is also about representing the town of Wayland. I know most of the kids from the other towns that we are going to play. We grew up playing against each other in Metrowest basketball and AAU, and I have also played with a lot of them in AAU. Now, that we are on the biggest stage of our basketball career, it is time to show them what we are made of. For example, we played Weston every year in Metrowest, and played them for the metrowest championship in 8th grade. I personally know everyone on their team, and whenever we play, it is extra competitive. The Wayland soccer team won a state championship this fall and in 2014, the wrestling team always goes nearly undefeated and has won a few state championships in the past years, the swimming team is always really good, and the golf team won a state championship last year. The point is, Wayland High School always has great sports teams. Us players representing the basketball team want to show the rest of the school, as well as the entire state, that we can be up there as a top tier sports team. We all love to win, and this winter, we will try

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