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Personal Narrative: Jake Banfield

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My best friend, Jake Banfield has impacted my life in numerous ways since the second grade. One of those would be basketball. We played together for 7 years all the way to our eighth-grade year. He is one year younger than me, but is probably one of my closest friends. I have had numerous memories with him by my side. A bulk of those memories come on the basketball court. We have won two ORES state championships, lost one, and not even make it to the state tournament with one another. I have shared countless practices with him and I believe that is a considerable reason we have become so close. Those practices that we have been through together have taught me a great deal about who he is and as well as myself. How to compete while controlling
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