Claire Proves She Belongs on the Court

Ok I was at the park the other day and I went to the basketball court. there was some guys there already playing and were like “hey get off the court girls cant play basketball.” I didn’t care.  I like to play basketball. I play at my school and I’m really good.

So I just started shooting and I got out of the way whenever they would come over to my side of the court.  Well after I had just finished warming up the guys took a break from their game and went to sit on the sidelines.  I started shooting 3-pointers and these crazy shots and swishing them. All the guys were amazed.  They even asked me to play with them.  I was like “I thought you said girls can’t play basketball?” and they all said “well I guess we were wrong.” I couldn’t believe that they said that.  Next time they won’t diss any girl who wants to play basketball.

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