Our big win guaranteed that my teammates would be on board with Dad’s coaching, my own four goals were a career high for me, and I was ahead of Bosko by a goal. Nugget McDonald takes the lead! Awesome? Oh, yeah. I sang to myself in the shower, but very quietly, so I wouldn’t wake Wendy up. I didn...
Mathlete: Double Dribble The Upset I won’t say it was a disaster that one of the Twinvaders broke his arm because that would be a total lie. It was a miracle. With him out of the picture, I had a second chance at having an awesome season and there was nothing wrong with that. Nothing. Any time a ...
Mathlete Personal Foul I got my second taste of the giant in PE on Friday. “I’m Coach Baxter,” he said in that booming voice. “Welcome to my class.” When I looked at the guys’ faces, I could tell which ones hadn’t seen him before. Their mouths were hanging open in total shock. But I was a step ah...
I knew for a fact that I hadn’t done anything to him. Yes, I’d put some pressure on him to come to camp, but he’d had a better time than he expected to. He should have been thanking me. I tried to talk to him in his room, in the cafeteria, and even in the courtyard on Wednesday morning, but he br...