Last year our football team had the opportunity to travel to not one, but two different playoff games. I was filled with mixed emotions about being able to keep on cheering. I was excited that I would be able to cheer another game game, but also nervous because I knew that if we were to lose, then the season would be over and I wouldn’t be able to cheer until the next season.
On Thursday night I packed my things and was ready to leave on Friday. When I finally made it to school, most of the girls had already put their luggage into the cafeteria. After I put my bags into the cafeteria, I went to first period. After that, some of us went into Kelly Halls’ moms room until it was time to load the bus. Usually when we're alone,that's when we tell each other all different kinds of random, silly stories about ourselves.
Once we loaded the bus, we travel to both the middle schools for a send off on our way to Appomattox. After that it was time to try to get comfortable for the long road ahead of us. Most of the girls went to sleep as soon as the bus started rolling down the road. Me on the other hand couldn't fall asleep, because I just couldn’t get comfortable. That and I was sitting next to the smelly bathroom on the bus. At least I was sitting next to a phone charger so my phone wouldn’t die.
After what seemed like forever, we had finally made it to the hotel. After we had unloaded our luggage into our rooms, it was time to load the bus again and go to Golden Corral. Then it was back to the hotel to get well rested for the game the next day. If I remember correctly, we had to get up at 6:30-7 in the morning to get ready in time and make it over to the football players hotel for breakfast. Once we finished eating, it was off to the football stadium to play the first round of the playoffs.
As everybody knows, we won the first round of playoffs 20-14 against Appomattox. This was the first time Lee High had won a playoff game in years. The next week we traveled to Giles to play the number one ranked team. Sadly we lost that game and that was the end of our season. I remember all of us cried because our season had run its course. I think I was mainly sad because we had to say goodbye to our seniors, knowing that they would never cheer/play ball again. Even though we ended our season on a sad note, I will always remember the pride we had when we won that first playoff game. (472)
