McDaniels start their events with a strong and fast start If this year is anything like the last other teams will need to bring their A game to keep up
CHAPTER 1 Stewart Mac McKenzie’s chair creaks as he sits back to review the article he wrote the night before Something is missing he thinks Before he posts it to his blog The Mac Report he could add videos of Jesse Samantha and Bailey competing last year The athletes that he mentioned in the article so far did well last year He’s written about them before and many of his readers are familiar with them What’s missing is a highlight of some of the team’s rising stars The athletes who could help the Predators win this year’s championship Just then his mom pokes her head into his room Are you ready to go she asks Mac looks at the time on his laptop School doesn’t start for another couple hours so if
he leaves now he can get in some shooting practice With the basketball season over he will do just about anything to get some time on the court including waking up at the crack of dawn Just a second he says After saving his article he is out the door Mac’s mom drops him off in the school parking lot which is mostly empty at this time of day toward Remember I’m covering track tryouts steers his tonight Mac calls as he wheelchair the gym entrance Somehow his mom manages to work long hours at the emergency room while for his sake catering to Coyote Canyon’s sports schedule Not to mention reminding him to eat breakfast Mac shakes his head thinking
of the granola bar that she shoved into his backpack on their way out the door Mac’s in the hallway just outside the gym when he hears dribbling coming from the court He’s not surprised Diego Lunez is one of Coyote Canyon’s basketball players just as dedicated to early morning and practice as Mac The two often share the court in the morning with Mac on one end and Diego on the other But today when Mac opens the gym doors the dribbling stops He hears the squeak of shoes coming from the direction of the locker rooms and then nothing The court is empty More court for me Mac shrugs lines himself up at the basket and shoots Swish When Mac reaches the track after school he is geared up and ready He has his tablet
