Zoe, Brother, & Mom
Hey, my name is Zoe Brooks. I’m 13, I attend Holy Savior Academy in South Plainfield, I’m a 5-7 guard for the New Jersey Sparks (Class of 2023) and here are some of the things I do on and off the court on a daily basis.
Monday, April 30
Sadly, today was our last day at Disney World. After packing
up our stuff in the hotel room, me and my brother Jalen played ping pong, air
hockey and shot around on the basketball hoop outside for most of the
morning. Around 3 p.m. we got something
to eat and hopped on the plane back to New Jersey. It was a great vacation.
Tuesday, May 1
After a few days off it was time to get back into my normal
routine. I woke up, showered, ate my breakfast and went to school. After school
I worked out with my trainer Eric for an hour and then I had dinner and did my
homework.
Wednesday, May 2
Happy Birthday, Jalen. My brother turned 18 today. My parents
took him to his favorite restaurant Bahama Breeze for dinner, but I didn’t go
because we had Sparks practice. I already missed Sparks practice on Monday
because I was flying home from Florida so I didn’t want to miss it again.
Thursday, May 3
Today at school we had a bunch of tests in religion,
language arts and social studies. When I
got home from school I hurried up and banged out my homework because I had to
go to Eric for training at 6 p.m. Once that workout was done I ate dinner and
studied for my math test on Friday until I fell asleep.
Friday, May 4
I wanted to go to my trainer but I couldn’t because I didn’t
have a ride. My parents were focused on my brother’s junior prom so I just
walked to the park and worked myself out. After an hour, I spent the rest of
the night playing my favorite game Fortnite with my friends. When I’m not
playing basketball, you can usually find me playing Fortnite.
I also talked to some of my friends on the phone and got
packed for our trip to Washington D.C. this weekend.
Saturday, May 5
My dad woke me up at 5 a.m. and we were in the car heading
to the Team Takeover tournament an hour later. Our team played well and destroyed
Team Takeover in our first game. There was a seven hour break between games so
I went to hang out with my friend Gabby until the next game. Our second game
was against Lady Prime and I started off really strong. Then I sprained my
ankle and had to sit out for the rest of the game but we still won. Gabby’s
grandparents live in Virginia, so after the game I went with her to their house
to hang out and ice my ankle.
Sunday, May 6
I woke up and my ankle was killing me. My dad gave me two
Advil, Kool Aid’s dad taped my ankle and my teammate Kayla let me use her ankle
brace. We were playing our rivals Norfolk Express from Virginia and although I
was in pain, I wasn’t missing this game. Our starting center Kelyse was still
out hurt and our other center Mikaela was running late because her parents
confused the game times. That meant although I could barely move I had to play
center. We fell behind 11-1 and 13-2 before Coach Chez got on us and we started
playing like the Sparks.
The game was tied early in the second half when one of their
players fouled one of our players really hard. Our player’s mother went on the
court to check on her. Then I saw one of their player’s mothers come on the
court and then it got crazy. For the next few minutes, there was a lot of
arguing on the court and in the bleachers by the adults while both teams just
sat on the bench wanting to finish the game. After all of the parents calmed
down, Coach Chez and their coach decided it would be better if we didn’t continue
the game after what happened so it ended in a tie. We are now 1-1-1 in our
three games against them.
After the game, me and my dad went to Fridays with Gabby,
her dad and brother for lunch before driving home.