Narrative Descriptive Personal Narrative - 1168 Words

It was around 3:30 on a cold winter afternoon, and my brother and I pull up into the Highschool parking lot. As he pulled up to the door of the school, I thanked him for the ride and he sped off to return home. I opened up the doors of the school, and worked my way down the steps, to the wrestling room to weigh in, and wait to leave. As upon entering, I was greeted by other wrestlers roaming the hallways. As I entered, I threw my things down next to someone and sat down. With the butterflies in my stomach starting to emerge, I was still content. The group of us sat in the large room joking around, and talking. Then it was all stunned to a halt when my coach yelled at us to â€Å"listen up.† He instructed us to gather our things and get†¦show more content†¦That is unit i realized that he would have to wrestle varsity to fill the weight class. Now I was a little weary about the future. When Lucas came up to me and asked if I was wrestling anyone, I told him no more to convince myself and stop my never ending worrying. After sitting in the locker room for twenty minutes we went out into the big gym. On the bleachers, the group of us pulled out a big snack and began eating away our hunger. Meanwhile my coach went over to meet with the Union grove team to figure out matches. With only one person in my weight class, and he s wrestling varsity I had little probability to wrestle. After we were done eating, the JV started to warm up. With a few stretches and rough moves. We gathered to see if who was going to wrestle. With little chance of wrestling I was astounded when My coach said I was wrestling. At that moment nervousness filled my body. My coach explained to me that I was wrestling someone two weight classes above mine. Starting with the lower weights, matches began. I was the eighth match out of nine matches. I sat down to try and gather myself and think of how the match would go. Before I knew it, four matches had occurred before me. At that po int my coach told me to start walking around and warming up once again. I had one of my teammates come over and stretch me out. Also like before the time had flown by, and my match was up. I strapped on my head gear, and went over to the scores table. IShow MoreRelatedPersonal Narrative Descriptive Narrative919 Words   |  4 Pages On April 14, 2017, I was reminded to never take life for granted. When you’re seventeen, you think you have all the time in the world. However, on this day, time came rushing in. I had just put on my bathing suit and gone to the beach barely even making a dent in the sand. My cell phone buzzed continuously like the nagging of a dog whining for food at the foot of the dinner table. The type of noise you drown out constantly. 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