The Golden Years...

Throughout elementary and middle school I still remained the star in my parents eyes. They took me away from my first friends I made in elementary school and sent me to another school district just for basketball. I knew it would only be a matter on time before I slowly became more distant from my friends and be forced to interact with people who I don't even know and have no desire to get to know. Avery, my best friend at the time, could not imagine being away from me. She was like my sister and I did not want to have to get a new best friend. They can be hard to find...

I was mad for some time but knew basketball was the most important thing to me. I played with friends from my AAU team so that made it that much easier for us all. I remember the most exciting thing to me was the warms-up before a middle school basketball game. Everyone would yell and scream when we would come on the court, which got us even more pumped up. Fans would be decked out in "buffalo green", with green and white pom-poms and face paint.


When I was half way through my eight grade year I was asked to join the high school varsity basketball team. This was a huge opportunity for someone in the eight grade, i knew sophomore in high school who didn't even play varsity! This not only made me better at basketball because the competition was increased, but also because it made the transition from middle school to high school that much easier. Atleast I thought so...