Tears of a Tiger

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After the win at their high school basketball game, Rob, Andy, B.J and Tyrone had other plans for the night. They put about four six packs of beer in Andy's trunk. Everyone in the vehicle except B.J was drinking. Even as the driver, Andy had a little more to drink then everyone else maybe because he was excited on seeing Keisha after he dropped the boys off. That same night Andy never made it over to Keisha's house and Rob, B.j and Tyrone never made it home.

The boys were in a terrible accident involving the car weaving in and out of traffic, totaling into a wall and igniting into flames. Three out of the four boys made it to the hospital with serious injuries. Robert Washington was trapped in the car as it was burning to flames. Later in the week, a memorial service was held at Hazelwood High where students, teammate and the staff were able to express their feelings.

The first home game back since the incident was very important to the team due to the fact that they forfeited the last two that was on the schedule. This game was dedicated to Robbie since he was the head captain of the team. It was a close game the entire second half, but Hazelwood pulled it off with a win. Andy had so much on his mind and had so many emotions flowing through his body but still managed to pull off the game winning three point shot. Although the win was great, Andy was the last to leave the locker room and had a discussion expressing his feelings with coach Ripley. Coach Ripley, Keisha and Andy's psychologist seemed to be the main people that Andy would talk and express all of his feelings to.