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Love of the Game

By Emily Clay

There is no mistaking the abrupt, jarring sound of a basketball buzzer. Even as an adult, I find that the loud horn signaling the start of a game sets off an adrenaline rush in me identical to the excitement I felt before my first basketball game in sixth grade. The first year I played was also the last year that girls had six players on the court: two guards, two forwards, and two lucky rovers who were permitted to run the full court the entire game. None of us wanted to be relegated to one side of the court, so…

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