Now I may or may not have forgot about this. But I've wrote it now so we can enjoy this. Hope you enjoy reading this Totem Story!
The bullying didn't stop, I was constantly reminded of this moment, everyone hated me, and I just was so bad mentally. I couldn't play Basketball The same way. My performances were so bad that I ended up getting cut from the team. The Coaches didn't want someone who bottled a title on their team. That's what they told me. And my educational performances got worse aswell. The only thing that everyone focused on and what I focused on was the mess-up of the final before. And stayed through the whole year, no happiness. None of my teams doing anything. Mavericks losing in the Final, Arsenal coming 2nd again in the league and at least the Bucs got to the Divisonal game. But still lost. Our school ended up having the worst record in the whole league. 5-28, the worst in the history of the school and probably the history of the league. And to make things worse, my granddad got diagnosed with cancer. It was by far the worst year of my life. My family went to see him, but we didn't know it'll be for the last time. He sadly died the day after we saw him. The final words he ever said to me was " Don't let the past stop you from moving foward. "
Ever since then, everything I've done has been in memory of him, changed my number from my beloved 19 to 31 to remember him as that's what he wore. He always believed in me even through the tough times, and to lose something who believed in you, you know how tough it is. However ever since then I've became inspired. I got back onto the team. My mental state was improved somehow despite the loss, and I started playing the best Basketball I've ever played. I broke a bunch of records assist wise. I wanted to help people as they helped me through tough times. I also did the one-chip challenge infront of the school to raise money for the Irish Cancer Society, hoping to make others be cured from cancer.
As of yesterday since we won our semi-final series. Our school is in the School Finals. We've made 4, lost them all. We're the 3rd seed, and we can definitely win.
Thanks for reading Part 2. Part 3 will be about the Finals.