Lacrosse Firestorm by Matt Christopher

Author:Matt Christopher [CHRISTOPHER, MATTHEW F]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780316093958
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2009-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

10

Sleep didn’t come easily to Garry that night.

It’s all Michael’s fault, he thought as he tossed and turned. That fire wouldn’t have started if he hadn’t humiliated me in the mess hall! Scottie shares the blame too. If he hadn’t yelled, I wouldn’t have dropped that match!

But even as these thoughts raced through his mind, he knew they weren’t true. No one had forced him to light those matches. He had done that, even though he knew it wasn’t a good idea.

That’s when he knew what he had to do. He had to confess.

He rolled over and checked his watch. It was after midnight, too late to go to the coach.

I’ll tell him everything first thing in the morning. I’ll probably get booted out of the tournament, maybe even off the team, but that’s no one’s fault but my own.

Then he rolled back over and finally fell into a deep slumber. In fact, he slept so soundly that he didn’t wake until the breakfast bell sounded. Groggy, he stumbled out of his bunk, changed into shorts and a T-shirt, and hurried to the mess hall, intending to find Coach Hasbrouck and tell him what happened.

Unfortunately, the coach was sitting at a table with all the other coaches. From the expressions on their faces, they seemed to be having a very serious discussion. One look at them, and Garry lost his nerve.

After breakfast, he told himself.

But when the meal ended, there wasn’t time to talk to the coach, because the Rockets were playing in the first game of the day. Garry had no choice but to hurry back to his cabin, get into uniform, and report to the field with his brother and Jeff.

I have to put the fire and Scottie out of my mind, he thought.

But that wasn’t going to be easy. The Rockets were playing the Thunder — which meant he was going to be facing Scottie all morning!

Sure enough, as he passed by the Thunders bench, he saw Scottie. The goalkeeper was sitting with his head bowed, his arms resting on his legs. Garry wanted to tell him that he intended to tell his coach what had happened. But then Scottie looked up and gave him a blank stare. Once again, Garry lost his nerve.

“Okay, Rockets, onto the field for warmups!” Coach Hasbrouck called.

After their running and stretching exercises, it was time to play. As usual, Garry, Michael, and Conor made up the attacking lineup. Behind them were middies Evan, Jeff, and Samuel. Carl, Eric, and Brandon were on defense, with Christopher in the goal. Todd, Pedro, and Andrew sat on the bench, ready to bring fresh energy to the field when needed.

Garry bounced on his toes in the wing area as the Thunder players took up their positions for the face-off. Opposite Michael at the center X was a ferocious-looking Thunder attacker.

The referee placed the ball between the two, stepped back, and blew his whistle.

Michael instantly flipped his stick head over the ball and raked the rubber sphere between his legs.

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