Just looking around this room, you can see how truly special this young man was. ... Well, if this is true, then my best friend passed as a wise old man. ... I had had huge plans for this team; I had drawn up plays, bought a clipboard and a whistle, and was ready to win it all. ... These few words alleviated any thoughts of apprehension I may have had and assured me that this season would be a season to remember. ... We ended up not winning a single game that season but that was irrelevant. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

One day in September of my sophomore year, I was walking through my high school quad when a tall, blonde, middle-aged man approached me. ... I played that year with all I had because I had a feeling that was my last year ever being able to play my favorite sport. ... I ended up playing club volleyball after my volleyball season in high school, and we would travel the United States and play teams from all over and it was defiantly a life changing experience. By the end of my club volleyball season I had around 13 full rides for volleyball for Division one schools all over America. It was the be...

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As I get older I want to be a man who has a degree, a good job, and a beautiful wife. ... First of all I want to start off with good grades. ... Somehow I have to make time for all of that. ... A college coach makes 93,596 dollars a season. ... NBA coaches make about 4,600,000 dollars a season. ...

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The title, "Wrestling Sturbridge", symbolizes one young mans struggles with his mind, body, town, and most importantly, his legacy. ... This time, for Ben, is an abstract yet virtuous time in which he questions his ideas, his morals, his aspirations, and most of all his ability. ... Ben is a very mundane young man who does not have any "stand out" characteristics besides his obvious determination and obdurate attitude at times. ... The only thing he has left is this season. ... He doesn't want to turn out like his father or other men in the town who all turned out the same. ...

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Everything just seemed so much harder during football season, and when football is over, everything seems to get so much easier. ... I remember this one time during the season, we had homecoming that week. ... I can't recall of all the times that we were categorized. ... All he said was, "don't worry about it, its none of your concern". ... He wasn't big at all, but still, there is no reason a man can't look at another man in the face while your being questioned. ...

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Everyone thinks of football as the "tough man" sport. ... Not one person is alone out there on the field or court and has to do all of the work himself/herself. ... Teamwork is extremely important if the team wishes to have a successful season. ... A basketball player does not need all of this protective gear. ... The game will keep one's attention and have one sitting on the edge of his/her seat, but what people do not realize is that all sports, in some way or another, have similarities and differences. ...

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In middle school, we went through the phase that all preteens go through when they believe for a while that they hate their siblings. ... I knew in my heart that he needed to move on and grow into the man he is supposed to be. ... He introduced me to his roommate, an all-state golfer, and showed me around his Honor's dorm that was freshly set up and organized. It was funny to see his bed was made, which was a rare occurrence, and all his clothes were still in the nice folds I prepared for him and neatly placed in the drawers given to him by the school. ... Emory and Henry football season ...

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In 1963 the Enrollment Act was made, it said that all males must get draft cards right after their 18th birthday (Surrey 13). ... In Timmy's first football game of his senior year, Timmy broke his leg and couldn't play another game for the rest of the season. After his injury all colleges lost interest in recruiting him to play football for them. ... Timmy's grandmother told him that there was no other man in his mother's life and that his mother and she will do everything in their power to keep him from going to war and losing him. ... She refuses to date or get ...

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The move took place at the closing point of my travel soccer season, and the second half of my first semester in seventh grade. ... My dad had built my travel team from the ground up, holding our first try outs when we were 9 years old to structuring one of the elite teams in all of New Jersey by the time we were 12. ... As we turned the corner, I sighed and fell asleep with all the grief any one person could possibly deal with in one day. ... As in the words of Clarence, a guardian angel from the movie It's a Wonderful Life, "No man is a failure who has friends". ...

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• Grade Level: High School