April PPOW

Dakota

He calls me a brick,

He makes me sick,

He thinks he’s slick,

But really he makes no sense.

He doesn’t realize that,

He’s more of a brick.

Your science presentations,

Are mostly just copy and paste.

Not trying to hurt your feelings,

Your one funny dude,

That just got schooled.

Joey C. Out.

Mr. Ross

Good ole Ross Boss,

His class is pretty good,

But we have to write PPOW’s

That always sucks.

Ah shucks.

We have to take a lot of notes.

Makes me wanna leave the class,

And float away on a sailboat.

This isn’t one of my best poems.

But neither is this class.

No offense Mr. Ross,

Your classes are usually pretty good.

But sometimes I miss understand what you’re talking about.

By the time your lessons get over,

There will be a water drought.

Joey C. out

Villanova

They weren’t expected to win it all,

But all they did was ball.

They went to the national championship,

They took it all.

They faced UNC,

NOVA locked em down,

Like they were back on the play ground.

UNC players wishing they transferred to Georgetown.

Marcus Paige made a great shot with 4 seconds left,

And it tied the game.

It was pretty clutch but Villanova was more Clutch.

With a splash buzzer beater,

Hearts were broken,

So were Marcus Paige’s ankles.

Villanova was stroking them threes.

UNC thought the game was gonna be a breeze,

But then they choked.

Joey C. out

Track

Gotta love track.

You could be fast.

You could be slow.

You could even break your hip,

In the 100 meter dash.

Gotta love track.

Some teams are completely stacked,

Some teams aren’t.

Still gotta love track.

Joey C. out

Basketball

It’s my favorite sport.

I just love the game,

Put the defender to shame.

Make sure they remember your name,

Otherwise it’s only yourself to blame.

It’s a really great sport.

Not all people are ballers though.

Some wrestle which I am not much of a fan of.

It’s all good: do what you want,

But you should definitely play basketball.

It’s a smarter choice.

Joey C. Out

Brady

Brady is one good friend,

That’s is really good at sports.

He’s one big dude,

That runs track,

That has weak comebacks.

He thinks they’re good.

But they really aren’t;

Just like him, just kidding Brady.

Joey C. out

March PPOW

Michael Jordan

He’s always taking flight.

People always trying to put on the clamps,

But they can’t because he’s the champ.

Lebron thinks he’s better,

But he’s too busy getting leg cramps.

I ain’t out here always roasting.

I am just here speaking my mind.

Better get out some paper

and a pen

Because this is not a joke.

You need to take some notes.

Mr. Ross

We call him Ross Boss.

He doesn’t know how to play lacrosse,

But yet we still call him Ross Boss.

He teaches english.

He’s a pretty good teacher.

He preaches out lessons.

He’s sending a message,

But it’s kinda depressing.

No offense Mr. Ross

I just state facts.

Mr. Renberg

We call him Renny.

You could by his truck for a penny.

He hasn’t told us if he has girlfriend or not,

But I think her name is Jenny.

He coaches basketball.

He’s like Chris Paul.

Rise above all.

He might of even played baseball.

Basketball

It’s kinda my life.

Ball is life.

You better treat it right

Because you gotta shine bright.

Start balling like Dwight.

You gotta take flight.

Dreaming wasn’t enough,

So you gotta chase it.

Gotta commit to the game.

Put the defender to shame.

Just play the ball game.

The right way

You better not disobey

Make people

Remember your name.

Get into the hall of fame.

Jarret Freeman

We call him tweety bird.

He is a turd,

But he is really funny.

He is my buddy.

He might be a dummy.

No offense Jarret.

Were still buds.

He’s one funny dude.

He likes food.

Brady Canada

Good ole Canada.

He’s balla.

Well sorta.

He wrestles

Which is dumb.

No offense Brady

If he had some common sense,

He would be baller,

But that’s alright we’re still buds.

He’s about as fast as a slug.

This poem sounds kinda mean,

But we’re still friends

I hope.

Big Mike

We call him Big Mike

Because he takes flight.

We yell at each other in science class,

And at Mrs. Dahir because

she doesn’t let us sit by eachother.

Mean ole Mrs. Dahir,

But she still doesn’t care.

Her lessons are about as slow

as Tortoise and the Hare.

Mrs. Dahir

She is a pretty good teacher.

She’s pretty good at giving lunch detentions,

So you better pay attention

Otherwise you will face the consequences.

Take lessons from Michael and I in her class.

Her class can be a blast,

But her lessons are not fast.

I probably would have time

to check the weather forecast.

February PPOW

WIBBl Championship

We used to play in this baseball league called WIBBl. We started playing in this league sixth grade year. We did alright we finished in the middle of the league. Next year was a different story.

We kept on getting better and nobody expected us to towards the top of the league. At the beginning of the year we played glenwood and we got stomped. We kept on practicing and working on things that needed to be worked on. Baseball is probably our best sport that we all play together.

Us Walnut kids weren’t too familiar with the Avoca kids at this time because all we did was play baseball with them in the summer. That summer going into my seventh grade year didn’t really know what to expect. I didn’t really know much people at the time but that would change.

I started get to know the Avoca kids everything started to click. After the Glenwood loss we went undefeated and won every game from then on. We became a team and started to play like it. All we cared about in the summer was baseball. That was our main focus. It just seemed like we would hang around the good teams long enough go on a run in an inning and keep winning ball games.

Offensively we weren’t the greatest but defense was the reason we won some our games. We worked on defense the most out of all the drills and like fielding.  It really helped us in the close games because you have to get shutouts in innings.

We had a pretty good bunch of kids that year at third base was Lucas and Ethan. At shortstop was Clayton and I. At second was Joel and at first was Caleb and Brady. Our out fielders that year were Cristian, Marshall, Michael, Gavyn, Jackson, and Jarret.

Before we knew it was Tournament time and we played Panama first and were the two seed and they were one of lower teams in standings. Then we played Mo valley. Then we play Logan in semifinals and won 11-1 and in the regular season won by like one. Then it came championship against Glenwood. They killed us in regular season. Then we heard our number get called out before the game and looked at eachother and it was time to go.

There lefty pitcher was pitching to start and we got a couple runs off of him. I was starting on the mound that game and I could only pitch like three innings. We kept on tacking on a couple more runs each inning. We played some real fine defense and the last inning clayton was pitching and we were up 12-7 and the bases were loaded a ground ball got hit to me with two outs and I threw it to first and ….

We won the championship..

I and my teammates were kinda in disbelief. We beat Glenwood the powerhouse of the league and we won the Championship. I swear people would think were lying if we told someone we won because we weren’t expected to win. Time went by and we carried on with our lives it was definitely a great memory to look back on.

Well life went on and sports went on. The next summer started a new baseball season. Teams got better and division was a little bit tougher and everybody was out to get us. Everybody just wanted to stomp us. The problem was is we dug ourselves out of a lot of holes. We played Red Oak first round of tournament and well they can hit the ball but not very good on the defense side. We found ourselves 13-0 in the third inning. I wasn’t supposed to pitch that game and I wound up having to pitch and we kept on tackin on runs and in the 5th inning we were down like 13-4 and we came back that inning and won 17-13. We play seven innings total.

Then we played Logan in the semi’s. We beat them in the regular season by one. There really good at baseball. They were out to get us in the tourney. We played not our best game against them and they won.

That was the end of little league season. Next year we play high school baseball. Going into high school career is gonna be real fun. I can’t wait. It’s gonna be a great time. Baseball is a pretty fun sport.

I really like baseball and I like basketball, football, track. I can’t wait for high school sports. But I can wait for high school class. The class of 2020.

I’m am gonna write a poem.

I really like baseball.

It’s graceful.

It’s very peaceful.

Been playing for awhile.

It’s kinda my life style.

Hit.

Run.

Catch.

Time to snatch state championship.

January PPOW

Ballin

Ballin so hard;

You don’t wanna guard.

Michael so slick;

Looka the flick of the wrist.

He hasn’t missed,

He so good;

He’s from the hood.

Joey C. out.

Brady Canada

He thinks he is smart;

He works at Walmart.

He’s not what you call on the star chart.

He might think he is,

but we all know he is phony,

but were still friends.

Not trying to hurt his feelings.

I just state facts.

Joey C. out.

Steph Curry

He is a baller;

Has a daughter.

Shoots trey bombs.

Plays in the NBA;

For the warriors.

On the court;

He’s a soldier.

Joey C. out.

Duke Basketball

Duke is amazing.

UNC always complaining.

People always hatin.

But Duke always chasing .

All the way to the top;

The threes are about to drop.

They won’t stop.

Joey C. out.

Lucas Young

We call him Luch.

He’s a goof,

But we all know

He shoots them three’s though.

He’s kinda a pro.

He’s my bro.

People like woah.

Joey C. out.

Basketball

It’s my favorite sport.

Puttin in work on the court.

The sports goat.

Get a pencil and some paper;

Cuz you need to take notes.

Joey C. out.

Dozer

He is one of my dogs.

He eats like a hog.

He thinks he’s human,

But it’s alright he’s an old dog.

He’s came along way.

He’s getting grey hairs.

He just sleeps all day.

Joey C. out.

Lucy

She is also one of my dogs.

She is way too fat--

ole lucy dog.

Kinda overweight,

about 10 pounds over,

She acts like she runs the place--

Sleeps on the couch all day;

But we all know that’s

why she is overweight.

Joey C. out.

Chickens

I can not stand chickens.

All they do is poop

Where I play basketball.

it really ticks me off.

there about as bad as beef stroganoff;

They smell,

they yelp,

and gets really annoying,

but they lay eggs,

That’s why we have them.

Joey C. out.

Lebron James

I like to call him Baby Bron Bron,

Because he cries about every call.

He thinks he can ball.

He was good.

But his prime is over.

He can keep making shoes though.

He was good.

He was from the hood.

Straight outta highschool.

People thought he was fool.

But we all knew he was cool.

Joey C. out