Chapter Seventy-Three: The Visitation
The next afternoon, the Rangers were all absent from class, and the homeroom teachers, although dissatisfied with this, could not say anything. The National High School Basketball League is a biennial event that has been held three times. In the first three editions, Gezhouba No. 6 Middle School won the second and third places many times, while the Yichang competition area only had one place, so it did not participate in the higher competition.
This year (1996) is a particularly good opportunity, and the National High School Basketball League has increased the number of participants as appropriate in order to expand its influence. In this way, the number of places in the Yichang division has increased to two, which means that as long as you finish second, you can participate in a higher level of provincial competition.
What's even better is that the pillar of the school team, the Class of 94, is in the year of playing, whether it is experience, cooperation or time, and there is a talented player like Xu Jian who has rarely been seen in ten years to join. The teachers of the school all said that the strength of this school team can be ranked in the top few even in the history of No. 6 Middle School, which can not only ensure the top two positions in the entire Yichang City, but even compete for the title of first place.
Advancing from the Yichang Division is almost a sure thing.
At this moment, a vicious weapon fight brought such a good thing to naught. Sometimes, this is destiny, this is irreversible fate. When this kind of thing happens, all high schools in Yichang City and Gezhouba are sighing for Gezhouba No. 6 Middle School, and at the same time they are happy. Without such a strong opponent, the number of places in the field becomes confusing. Therefore, they are moving one after another, hoping to grab this spot.
Except for one school.
For three consecutive years, it has entered the Hubei Division with the first place in Yichang City-Yichang No. 1 Middle School.
In the huge gymnasium, there was a row of whirring and panting players. They stood up straight, and in front of them was a middle-aged man with a bright face, and it seemed that the coach was lecturing.
"I just saw that some of you are not serious, the warm-up before formal training is very important, and it must be done in place," the middle-aged man said sharply, his eyes swept over the players in front of him, "I said, are you very relaxed, do you think you don't have to work hard to fight this promotion tournament in the city?" Yes? Isn't that so? ”
The team members were silent, not daring to answer.
"I know what you're thinking," the middle-aged man snorted, "If something happens to Gezhouba No. 6 Middle School this time, you feel like you have no opponent, don't you?" Let me tell you, it is not something to be proud of at all that our No. 1 Middle School has qualified from Yichang City for three consecutive years, is there anything to be said after qualifying? We have never broken into the top 32, and the reason is because of this mentality of bullying the weak and fearing the hard! This time, the school leaders said that they would make a historic breakthrough......"
The players' eyes moved to the entrance of the gymnasium. The coach turned his head to see a skinny student walking in, with a camera in his hand and a school bag on his back, and at first glance it was not from the basketball team.
The coach walked over and said, "Is there something wrong?" The school team is training, and the gymnasium is temporarily closed. ”
The skinny student smiled and said, "Hello teacher, I am a student reporter from Yichang Daily, and this newspaper wants to report on this ball game in detail, so I was sent to cover it in detail." Yichang No. 1 Middle School is the leader in our city, and we must ...... this spiritual outlook."
"Good, good!" The coach had a headache when he heard this, waved his hand, and shouted, "Who is that, Lu Guang, you accompany this little reporter to sit on the sidelines and talk about the team's situation." Others, ready to start training. ”
A boy about 1.76 meters tall walked out of the end of the line, he looked honest, with fair skin, a handsome face, and a strong body.
"Comrade reporter, give me a few close-ups, are you done?" Another boy shouted.
"Hahaha......" The players all laughed, and were immediately interrupted by the coach's shout: "Zhang Xiaodi, give me less poor mouth!" Punish you for running another twenty laps, run now, hurry! ”
The players couldn't help laughing, watched Zhang Xiaodi come out of the team, grimaced with his back to the coach, and then started running around the court. Only that Lu Guang didn't smile, he walked up to the little reporter expressionlessly and didn't say a word.
The little reporter stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Hello, I am a reporter from Yichang Daily, just call me Xiao Wang." ”
Lu Guang nodded and said, "Let's go to the side." ”
They sat down on the seats on the sidelines, and Xiao Wang looked at the boy who was running, who was 1.80 meters tall, well-proportioned, strong, with a delicate face and a grinning look. Xiao Wang asked, "Who is he?" ”
Lu Guang glanced at it and said, "Oh, Zhang Xiaodi, play the point guard." ”
"Is it your ace in the first hit?"
Lu Guang hesitated, nodded, and didn't say anything.
"So, what about you? Can you introduce yourself? Xiao Wang said and took out a pen and paper.
"My name is Lu Guang, and I am Zhang Xiaodi's substitute ......"
As he was talking, someone suddenly ran in, looked left and right, and then quietly ran to Xiao Wang's side and patted him on the shoulder. Xiao Wang looked back: "Yu Yang? How did you find here? ”
Yu Yang hurriedly pulled Xiao Wang aside: "I couldn't find you anywhere, I called the newspaper office, and I found out that you came to the No. 1 Middle School in the city, and you kid didn't say anything to me...... That player profile, have you gotten it, it's going to be a game tomorrow! ”
Xiao Wang laughed twice, took out a piece of paper from his trouser pocket, and shook it at Yu Yang: "The middle school attached to the water courtyard!" There's something I can't get, so take it! ”
Lu Guang looked over curiously, Yu Yang hurriedly folded the paper, "shhh By the way, what are you doing in Shiyi Middle School? Didn't I tell you, hurry up and help me get the information of the vocational high school? ”
Xiao Wang smiled: "Your vision is too short-sighted, no wonder you can only be a small boss and make a little money!" Who is the biggest enemy after qualifying, isn't it Yichang No. 1 Middle School? That's the most important thing, I'm getting first-hand information right now! ”
Yu Yang smiled: "You are also a small reporter, and you are embarrassed to talk about me." I'll tell you, it's a question of whether you can qualify this time, besides, even if you can't beat the first middle school in the city, you can qualify if you take the second place, you stupid head! Okay, I'm leaving, you hurry up and go to the vocational high school, do you hear it! ”
Yu Yang waved his hand, turned around and walked towards the door, at this time, a clear voice came: "Give me one!" ”
When he turned around, he just saw Zhang Xiaodi snatching the basketball from his teammates, dribbling the ball and rushing towards the basket, his movements were as fast as lightning and lightning! He swept in front of Lu Guang and Xiao Wang, and under the envious gaze of his teammates, he inserted it diagonally into the penalty area!
Two steps later, Zhang Xiaodi easily flew up in the air, and his right hand holding the ball crossed a semicircle and slammed it down!
"Bang", the basket seemed to tremble, Zhang Xiaodi hung on the hoop with one hand for a second, and then landed in a dashing manner and turned around...... The coach glared at him fiercely: "Zhang Xiaodi, have you finished running?" Give me another twenty laps! ”
Yu Yang walked out of the gymnasium, bypassed the flower bed in front of the door, and walked out of the school gate of Yichang No. 1 Middle School. The paper in his hand was shaking.
Oh my God, such a dunk...... Yu Yang thought to himself, he had never seen it with his own eyes. Although Deng Liang in the Rangers and tall centers in many schools can dunk dunks, they are all directly dunked without any aesthetic feeling, which is completely different from the appearance of professional players on TV. To really do a chic and beautiful dunk, you must have very good bounce power, waist and abdominal strength, the player from the first middle school just now obviously has these conditions, he is so relaxed and freehand, so full of visual impact, Yu Yang can't believe his eyes.
If he hadn't had to send the information quickly, he really wanted to stay and take a look. At this time, Yu Yang's heart was a little emotional, Yichang No. 1 Middle School really deserves its reputation, with such a talent, no wonder it has been the first place for three consecutive years, and has repeatedly won championships in various competitions......
He didn't dare to think any further. After getting on the bus and turning to a minibus, Yu Yang arrived at the foot of Dongshan Mountain, walked along Shanggang Road for about ten minutes, and finally returned to Gezhouba No. 6 Middle School.
Before he entered the stadium, Yu Yang heard the old and majestic voice of the old man Zhang from inside: "Waist!" How not to force the waist! Pay attention to your step, Cheng Fei, don't stand stupidly! ”