I had a huge post ready to send and my phone died.
But I'll save time and just say this.
As a competitor, getting second is harder than any place. Especially being a defending champion and coming oh so close to winning again. Ask Northgates seniors last year. Ask Houston's This year. Ask effinghams juniors where they want to be next year at state? I guarantee you they won't be happy with 4th with the talent they have. Anytime you get worse than the previous year it's hard. Going from 1st to second is hard. Getting a trophy to remind you of your loss, doesn't really make me happy to go get it. You don't care. I know that lots of teams would have been just pleased with second. But once you win one your not satisfied with anything less.
With that said I know those Houston girls came around to realizing what they had accomplished this year. 2nd in the toughest division in my opinion is not too shabby. It sucks for those seniors hoping to go back to back on their way out.
I was super excited to see the underdogs step up this year. Here's to better competition next season. Congrats to Mcintosh for a long deserved win.
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