Champions

Champions

North Shore tennis team went 21-0 and we were playing for the championship. 
"Howard!!  Howard!! "
"What is it 2?"  (His  name is Juan) 
"Look what they’re doing.  Can they do that?  Its not fair!" 
We were playing the Boys Club from Coral Gables.  The boys club had their own baseball and football fields, and  basketball and tennis and other games that needed  courts and they attracted kids from al over because a lot of parents joined an inexpensive program sponsored by the charity.  In fact they had so many kids they had to disappoint a few because the rosters would fill up.  Even after the league allowed them to enter 2 teams, an A and a B team.  Both tms re very good and they had finished 2^nd and 3^rd   behind North Shore, us.  It appeared the coach took the 1-2-3 players from the ‘B’ team and put them on his 'A' team roster for the tournament.  The match was about to start. I called for a short delay and called the team together. 
 "Is everybody listening?  This is a good lesson for all of you.  What's going on is how things happen in the real world and you will just have to deal with it.  We are going to play without objection so get it out of your head.   Any questions?  OK, lets go, good luck.
We lost singles 4-2.  We won #1 and #2 and lost #3,#4,#5 and#6)  Boy’s Club needed only one of the 3 doubles matches. 
We won #1  doubles  in straight sets.  And then, in real  tough matches, we won #2 and #3. 
Every member of the team got a winners trophy.
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