by Parker
I woke up at six o’clock, rubbed my eyes and got out of bed, got dressed and went downstairs. As I walked down the stairs and walked into the kitchen, I said hi to my Dad and fixed myself a bowl of cereal, sat down and started eating.A few seconds later, my Dad said, “Are you excited?”
“Oh yeah, I can’t wait,” I said in response. After that the kitchen was silent. When I hopped in the car my Dad and I didn’t talk until we got to Bellevue then we started talking like crazy.We were talking about basketball, and baseball, listening to the radio, and arguing about who would win the playoffs.After all, we were headed to the Final Four!
When we got to Boise and checked in, we got on the plane and our road to the Final Four began. We had to land in Cincinnati because the flight to Indianapolis was too expensive. So when we landed we got a rental car and started to drive to Indy.It started to turn towards evening as we cruised towards the city.As we drove up the driveway of our friend’s house, we were very tired and wanted to get to sleep so went straight to bed.
The next morning we woke up, got dressed and went to Lucas Oil stadium (where the Final Four was held). When we got to the stadium there were a ton of West Virginia fans, Michigan State fans, Butler fans and Duke fans.I was rooting for Duke, of course.
Then we went to the ticket counter and got our tickets. As I opened the tickets, there were two tickets. One was a blue long ticket that said Semifinals on it. The second ticket was gold, even longer, and said Finals on it. I thought these were the coolest tickets I have ever seen.
After we picked up our tickets, we went to a place called Bracket Town. Bracket Town was awesome; there was a ton of little gift shops, people were handing out free Coke Zeros and Vitamin Waters. Also, there were small three-on-three games, hoops that you could shoot on, video games and hoops that you could lower and dunk on.
After a couple hours the doors to the stadium finally opened. As we walked in there was a big area with food stands; it was crowded and loud.Already, fans were streaming in wearing navy, yellow, green and blue.As I sat in my seat and looked at the large stadium, I said to myself “This is going to be awesome.”
Olivia (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 12:28 PM
Hi Parker,
Great story! I really liked this phrase "It started to turn towards evening as we cruised towards the city." I liked all of your descriptions, but I wish you had described the outcome of the games. I think your story was great! Keep up the good work, Parker!
-Olivia
henry (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 12:29 PM
nice story you have liked the deviles a long time
carson (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 12:36 PM
parker,
that was such a great story i loved your story it was great
Carson
GRIFF!!!!!!!! (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 12:45 PM
Paker
that is a great story i like the bigginning the best part of the story. have liked the devils a long time????!!!!?!?!?!
Ryan (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 3:23 PM
Parker-
Nice story. It was very descriptive and it painted a picture in my head. The last picture is really. I also like the last sentence. It added some suspense, so no I want to know what happened. Great job, and keep it up.
-ryan
Emily (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 3:24 PM
Parker,
That is so cool you got to go to the final four. I love to wachet on tv. I love that you telled us about how you got there . That was such a cliff haner when you just stop after you got in. I love your pics and graet story
Thomas (the kiwi) Gillespie (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 4:18 PM
Parker,
This was awesome the whole time i was watching the game i was thinking "parkers there" that trip sounded like a lot of fun!!
p.s. congrats on making your cereal i always burn my corn flakes when i try to make them
and GO DUKE
Lilly (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 4:32 PM
Awesome story Parker. I liked all of you descriptive words. It is really cool that you wrote about the Final Four and that it was a recent thing that you had done. Cool story.
Lilly
Braden (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 6:09 PM
Duke! That would be so much fun. Great story and how close to the court were you?
-Braden
Darby (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 6:23 PM
Parker,
I really liked your story! I wish I had the chance to go to the final four. You have very good detail and that made the story more interesting. It sounded like a great trip!! Keep up the good work!
-Darby
Keegan Whitelaw (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 6:35 PM
Parker,
Yo Parker that was a awesome story!!!!! It was very desribtive and I loved how you said, "This is going to be awesome.”
That was a great line! It sounds like Braket town was also a lot of fun. The way you described those tickets sounded
really cool! I loved your story (and your pictures) and thought that ws a great story! Keep up the good work!!!!!!!
-Keegan.
sean (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 6:37 PM
that was sweeet those pictures were cool and you got to go on the court that must have been fun great gob P.J
Keegan Whitelaw (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 6:43 PM
Yo Parker,
That was a great story! I loved how you said "This is going to be awesome." That was a very cool story.
Also Braket Town sounds fun as well! It sounded sooooooo fun! The tickets sounded really cool too!!!!!!
I loved your story and your pictures! That sounded really fun! Nice describion, and keep up the good work.
-Keegan
lukas (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 6:46 PM
Parker- That was a really good story. I liked how the stadium had my name in it where the final four was held. You are so lucky that you got to go to the final four! I wish that I could go. Well any ways you had a lot of great details and I could picture a really good picture in my head when you were speaking.
Keep op the good work!
lukas
Evan (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 6:47 PM
Parker,
i can tell you really wanted to write this since you gave lots of detail! I know that it's really hard to get the tickets, so i am really surprised that you could go there! Good job!
Evan
Evan (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 6:47 PM
Parker,
i can tell you really wanted to write this since you gave lots of detail! I know that it's really hard to get the tickets, so i am really surprised that you could go there! Good job!
Evan
Dane (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 6:48 PM
What a awesome strory. That would of been epic. You are so luky.
kristian (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 6:53 PM
holy those are some awsome pics!! what are the things around our dads neck and yours. How many people where in that statium??
It looks like a couple thousand. I wish i i could go to the Final four it looks so much fun. really good job
~kristian
Eliza (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 7:09 PM
Parker, Great story. I like your beginning and ending. The begging really drew me in and the end I thought was a really cool way to end a story. You were very descriptive. Great job!
Eliza
Alex (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 7:09 PM
Parker-
Dude that is sick!!!!!!! I wish I could have come! I loved it! ya man
- Ur spanish buddy alex
Nico (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 7:17 PM
Parker,
That sounds so cool that you got to go to the Final Four and the your favorite team won! Your story was awesome and its good that you got to spend a lot of time with your dad.
Nico
Lexi (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 8:47 PM
Awesome story! I didn't know you could write like that ! You are such a fantastic basketball player and those were some great games! My dad was glued to the TV.
Hannah (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 8:53 PM
Parker,
I liked your post a lot. I think it would be super cool to go to the Final Four. I don't really understand a lot of your basketball talk, but, well, you know, I'm dumb that way. I loved your descriptions and the pictures added a lot to your story. I liked how you worded a lot of your descriptions. I especially liked this part: "As I sat in my seat and looked at the large stadium, I said to myself 'This is going to be awesome.'" I'm sure it was. Anyway, great job, I hope you had a great time with your dad!
Hannah
Blair (unauthenticated)
Apr 28, 2010 9:23 PM
That is sooo cool.
You had really good decription and i wanted to know more about the game!
Blair
Tripp (unauthenticated)
Apr 29, 2010 8:18 AM
awesome story parker! i loved how you described how excited you were leading up to the start of the game. i also liked that you talked about getting and leading up to the game instead of talking about the actual game that gave the story a nice twist.
P.S. i loved your ending "this is going to be awesome"
jay (unauthenticated)
Apr 29, 2010 8:44 AM
Parker,
the games must have been so fun. you had great description. long days of traveling are never fun.
colby wright (unauthenticated)
Apr 29, 2010 8:53 PM
nice story, i liked your description. that sounds like a lot of fun
pierson (unauthenticated)
Apr 29, 2010 9:00 PM
wow parker, that must have been amazing i mean i would do almost anything to get to see the finals!
I liked how you described what you were thinking in the stadium.
Great job, pierson
henry (unauthenticated)
May 10, 2010 8:13 AM
wow cool story i wish i could go to the final four
nice descriptions
Evan (unauthenticated)
May 10, 2010 12:45 PM
I am dissapoitmented (not the right spelling) at you parker. This was BETTER THAN I EXSPECTED! I love this story and i feel that you put your hardest effort into it. I think it is amazing that you could get the tickets and i am glad you got to see the FInal Four.
Hope Perkins (unauthenticated)
May 10, 2010 8:46 PM
Parker,
Great story! I like the last sentence a lot,It makes you want to read more than there is on the page! You had great discription. You are very lucky that you could go to the Final Four!
-Hope
Jack Goodwin (unauthenticated)
May 11, 2010 8:03 AM
NIce going parker, that was a great story.
that must have been an amazing experinecnce
nice going
Jack
Sarah (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 6:30 PM
Parker its so cool that you got to see the final four. I lliked how you added all of those pictures they helped me see the story. but your discriptions alone gave me pretty good pictures. anyway cool post!
-sarah
jackie (unauthenticated)
May 28, 2010 12:22 PM
wow its cool that you got to go to a basketball game. I liked your story really discriptive.
samie (unauthenticated)
May 29, 2010 8:14 PM
Parker,
that must of been so fun!!!
good description
samie