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JJ Jackman language Arts Stockton 10.3.16 Ross Beverly was an 8th grader at Oakleaf Middle School when he got invited onto the local AAU basketball team named the Royals. He lived about five miles away from the Buffalo Grove Royals which was hard to get to since his mom doesn t have a car. He has to either get a ride from his friend who lives next to him, or walk. It takes him a little less than an hour to walk with his stinky bag of worn out basketball shoes and knee pads that probably don’t help when he falls at all. Ross had played on the Oakleaf Middle School basketball team that had gone from not even making the playoffs, to winning the championship against Elk Grove Middle School. He had been named team MVP every year he was on the†¦show more content†¦On Ross’s first practice he got to know everyone on the team. The players that stood out were Frank Stanford, Reggie Duncan, Karl Payton, and Wyatt Irving. They weren t all as tall as him except for Reggie. Reggie was 6’3 and could a lready dunk. At the 5th Royals practice, he was just getting to know everyone when Karl and the team introduced themselves. â€Å"Hey Ross, get over here.† Karl says As Ross comes over, it seems as if the whole team swarms around him like bees. â€Å"Yeah Karl, what s good?† â€Å"We have seen you shoot around and now know how good you play. But we see you are slipping and sliding in you shoes so†¦Ã¢â‚¬  â€Å"Wait, wait, wait. Are you telling me-† â€Å"Yes Ross. We are gifting you with New Hyperdunks 2014 to make you the best player you can be.† At this point in time, Ross inside was about to cry and he wanted to scream. He was so surprised because nobody had ever been so nice to Ross. When he was in school, no one was ever nice to him like that. Because he was poor he only had one friend that was actually nice to him. It seems that everyone on this team liked him. It was his dream to play basketball and for someone to be nice to him and both were finally coming true. He wanted to switch schools straight away. When he walked home that day, he told his mom and cried a river of tears because it was a private school. He didn’t come to school for a whole week because he was too sad. When he finally came to school, he played basketball for hours and didn’t listen to