McGrovin

Salut tout monde! Here I am again to finish telling you the odyssey of the McDaniel Grovers. When we las left off our heroes had just bonded, and had 6 days left to fulfill their mission... ok, I can't write this as an epic story, it gives a sarcastic tone to one of the most memorable weeks of my life. We woke up on wednesday looking forward to the only thing that could be looked forward to all week, the dodgeball tournament. We had set our minds to winning this thing since we weren't succeeding in others, to say the least. This day I met Jake Lane, the biggest guy of our city, along with some other guys that were pretty chill too. We defeated our opponents one by one, and by noon, we were the crowned champions of the tournament. As our prize we received a pizza party later on thursday night, which we thoroughly enjoyed with chicken wings and pranks on the counselors.

Soon the week ended and we began to pack on Friday night. One thing my father says is that in all trips something always goes wrong. And once again, his words proved true. We were all standing around the hall joking, exchanging info, when, suddenly, one genius decided to run down the hall with a mattress. We all saw it coming, and told our friend Ray Fernandez, a corner tackle for his football team, to well, tackle him. As 5'9" 157 lb. Corey Duncan ran across the hall with a mattress, 6'2" 221 lb. Ray Fernandez charged at him with the right shoulder dropped. What happen next was either the best tackle I've ever seen or the most disturbing charge that lifted a boy off the floor and made him land on his head. After all the medical procedures had been taken to check for concussions or other injuries, he turned out to be ok, with a chipped tooth. And that is how my week at Florida American Legion Boys State ended. We had fun, we bonded, we made history, and we sure as hell are glad to have gone.