Trent Dawson

Authors note: This is a character development about Trent Dawson in Night Hoops.  

Trent is a boy that does have a good role model. His brother is the only person he has and his brother isn’t the best role model in the world. His brother has been to the Seattle jail many times. Trent does everything he can do to get in trouble. He also isn’t the nice kid around he is always getting in fights with kids and doesn’t really like anyone, but his brother. When his brother does sometime that can put him in jail for life Trent has a decision that he has to make that could be life changing.

Nick, Trent’s neighbor is always practicing basketball and Trent likes it just as much as any other kid that plays. Steven Clay one of Trent’s friends one day asks if him and Trent can shout on the court in Nick’s backyard and they said yes. At about 10 every night after that they were there shouting. Now Trent had to go and try out for the basketball team.

A few days later was basketball tryouts. Trent showed up that day for tryouts. Every kid there was shocked to see Trent there. Nobody even knew he liked basketball. He worked his best and Made the team, but there was one thing keeping him back from playing in the first part of the season was his grades. Trent didn’t try or do anything in school he hardly showed up for school. There were other things in his life also like him and his brother got caught for killing chickens in a trail. How was Trent going to fix what he was doing though?

Trent knew that he wasn’t going to play unless he shapes up. Trent and Nick start to become more of friends when they both start to play 1 on 1 at Nick’s and they also start to work on their grades because Nick’s aren’t the best either. They bout get there grades up and start to play on the team and when both Nick and Trent play they are really good and they can’t be stopped. Then the decision comes for Trent. Trent and Nick are playing basketball when Zach Trent’s brother comes up to Trent and says I got the stuff, but Trent making the right decision says, “I’m not coming, I’m playing basketball”. Zach leaves and goes off and that next day Nick is reading the news paper and its says that one of Nick’s friend has been shot by Zach. This is the decision that Trent has to make, he can either live and run with Zach or play basketball and live a normal life. Trent says that he is staying for the rest of the basketball season and then he is leaving.

The week of the championship game Trent doesn’t show up for school and he also doesn’t go to basketball which is big because he is there best play. Trent is there though, but not showing himself till half time. At half time Trent comes running out and everyone goes wild in the stands. Trent and Nick help win the game. Out playing the other team, but then the game ends. Trent and Nick are talking after everyone leaves the locker room about the game and  the Trent makes the decision of not leaving.

Trent has to make that decision and Trent handles it well and keeps playing basketball and keeps working hard and his school work and everything in life and becomes to a better person by being nice to others. Basketball really changed Trent and he really likes it to.