When Randy and the rest of the Huntington High School football team left the locker room, they walked into a hostile crowd. The opposing team's fans were mean, nasty, and aggressive. Some of them were shouting things, others were throwing things. Randy ducked as a soda can missed the top of his helmet by a good five feet.
     "It's okay," he said to himself. "All opposing teams are like that. We're no different."
     "Hey number 7!" a male fan screamed. "You stink!"
     Randy felt nervous. Seven, of course, was his jersey number. The man continued to heckle Randy, and some of his overweight friends began to join in.
     "Don't listen to them," his running back, Tee, advised. "They're just trying to get inside your head."
     Randy closed his eyes to try and block out the sounds of the hostile crowd. But just as he did, the loudspeaker P.A. rumbled:
     "Nummmmmmmmber 7! You are a chump and a half!"
     The crowd laughed. Randy felt nervous, weak. Were they allowed to do that? Surely the school district would put a halt to this. But sadly, no help came.
     There was no choice but to play the game.


The purpose of the setting in the story is to
A.
describe the game-winning drive.
B.
scare the reader.
C.
show why Randy is so nervous.
D.
create some emotional distance.