On March 7, 2012, I went to Taft High School city championship game. I was assign to defamiliarize the setting. The location of the game took place at Taft High school, which is located near Northridge. One thing I noticed was astonishing was the simple fact that their known at “Toreadors” and my school which is Northridge are the “Matadors”. Culturally, I would agree that my generation is enthusiastic amongst basketball games.
In order to get into the game, I had to pay ten dollars for a ticket. Ten dollars to me is a lot of money to see a high school game. They were overpricing candy, drinks and chips. My assumption would be that all that money is being used to pay their credible coach.
Their coach is a known NBA player. He goes by the name of Jason Hart. This man is a good defender. He defended against star players such as Kobe Bryant, and Paul Pierce. Basically what I am trying to prove is that Taft Basketball has a popular head coach. Dorsey coach on the other hand was just an ordinary P.E. teacher. Please note that before this championship game, they won the year of 2011. This is where I realized that Taft has favoritism. First of all, the championship game took place that their hometown. That’s a sign of favoritism.
Another thing I annotated was their shoes. Taft basketball team is sponsored by Under Armor. Some players for Dorsey basketball team had worn-out shoes. I feel that since Taft is in the valley, they get better things. Dorsey is located in a perilous neighborhood. Is it fair that both of these schools are administered by the same district but one gets special treatment than the other? Can location be the reason why it happens that way?
Another thing that I found amusing was how my school and Taft have the same school colors. The atmosphere was hectic. People everywhere were going crazy for their team. KTLA Sports came just for this event. It was Taft High School vs. Dorsey High School. My cousin played for Taft. My whole family came to support his championship game. We even customized T-shirts that had his jersey number on it. The back of shirt was entitled “Eastside”. Other fans were asking for shirt.
On the left side of the court, fans had on green colors to support Dorsey. On the right side where I was sitting, the crowd had on red and white. These schools are rivals and have been for a long time. Throughout the whole game my cousin dominated the game. He’s only a sophomore but his role consists of him starting. Taft basically dominated the whole game. Taft had about 13 dunks, while Dorsey had none. Every time my cousin would score, the crowd would celebrate. I can tell by looking at the Dorsey fans body language that they were disappointed that their team was getting blown out. It must have been dreadful for them to watch Taft fans have a blast and celebrate for the entire game.
The culture of the game at a level like this is usually competitive. Every team wants to be known as the champs. Championship equals more recruitment from good colleges. My cousin wants to go to Syracuse which is the number one NCAA basketball teams. I was surprised at how much people came to see the game. The bleachers are usually empty during the regular season.
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