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It's game time. The last month of practice all built up to this game, the tournament final. When I start getting ready, the first thing I think about is how hot it is! It's midday and the astroturf we are playing on seems to escalate the heat up to 100 degrees. Gosh, this game was gonna be rough. We are playing our biggest rivals, Olathe West, for all the marbles. I'm excited, but also nervous because I want to win the game so badly. I try to get the rest of my nerves out before the game and eventually our team finishes our warm up, so we line up for the start of the game. 

The referee blows their whistle and we kick off. I start playing, already starting to become exhausted by the blazing sun. Early in the game, my teammates link up and then take a shot and... GOAL!!!!! We take the lead at 1-0! The game wasn't over, though. We still had a lot of time to defend our lead. We were doing well until we got beat on the wing and they finished their opportunity. 1-1. We would have to continue to battle in the second half if we wanted to win the tournament. I started the half kind of slowly, but eventually I found my rhythm. About 25 minutes into the second half, I won the ball with a tackle in midfield. I had some space in front of me, so I kept going, and going, and going. Before I even realized, I had dribbled all the way up to the 18 yard box. I tried to play a trough ball to my teammate, but the other team intercepted it and kicked it out for a corner kick. I was happy with my little run, but I wanted more. The corner kick came in. I jumped as high as I could to win the ball, but it went just over my head. I was disappointed until I turned around and saw my teammate, Bret, finishing the shot with an insane volley! We were winning again and ultimately that was all that mattered to me.

The game came to a close as we defended desperately and did everything we could to hold our lead. By this point, my legs were so tired that every time I took a step it felt like I was walking through mud. I did my best to help my team finish the game, though. We had a few close calls towards the end, but FINALLY the referee blew his final whistle. We had won the tournament! I was so happy and I instantly went to go celebrate with my teammates, despite how tired I was. We shook hands with the other team and then we handed out all the metals. 1st place, it feels so good. Despite this emotional high, I knew the first thing I wanted to do when I got home would be to take a nap. After all, with hard work comes the need for rest!

Reflection:
This project was definitely pretty challenging in my opinion. I think my end product looks okay, but I know I could've made it even better if I had a little more time to work on it. Some of the color transitions in the grass look a little awkward, and I wish I could've done a better job at fixing the lighting in some other pictures. However, I do think this panorama helps to represent my memory of that game and how excited I was afterwards. Overall, this was a very fun and challenging project that I wish I could've experimented with a little more before I turned it in. I think the skills I learned during this project such as how to use opacity and the eraser tool effectively will be very useful in future projects.

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