On Thursday and Friday I had basketball tryouts for West Ridge. There were about 75 kids trying out and only 25 make the “25-man roster.”

On Thursday, most of the time we did stations, which are boring, but coaches said that the station stats are pretty much the tiebreaker. My first station was the “free throw” station with coach Franco. I made 3 of my 5 free throws, which is pretty good. Next, I was headed to the outside shots station with coach Bailey. In that drill I only made 2 out of 6, but that’s still ok. I did 3 other drills, but they’re pretty boring, so no need to talk about them.

On Friday, it was all scrimmaging. Everybody was split up into about 7 teams. I was on a good team and we won every game. On my team was: Grant Andruss, Malone Drewett, Micah Stringfield, and Brock McKelvey. There were other teams that were better than us, but we didn’t play against everyone. After that practice I felt pretty good about my chances on making the team.

Finally, after the final bell rang, I sprinted down the hall into the gym, and there it was the roster of 25 people and my name was representing the “P” section. I was very proud of myself and happy to not having to be in off season.