WOW

It's been a long time since I checked in here, and I apologize for that.

What a game last night. We gave it our all but just came up short in the end. Anyone there knows we fought the entire time and NEVER gave up. That has been the theme this entire season.

When asked by the Daily Ledger reporter, Jimmy Hart, if that was our best game of the year, I shook my head. It wasn't. It was a top-3 effort, but I think our best game was at Lawton. Anyway...

We have asked so much from you players this year, and you gave us back more than we expected. I really did not think (back in April and May of 2005) that we would get past regionals. But after busting it all summer, working their tails off all fall, I knew we could go far. But this far? WOW. The excitement level last night was incredible! The girls were definitely ready for that game, and so were the coaches.

As I told the team at the shoot-around Thursday, I never doubted we would win that game. the bad thing is, 31 teams in 6A lose their last game. In fact, only SEVEN teams in the entire state win their final game. And to be in the last 5 remaining teams in 6A after we were ranked SEVENTEENTH in the pre-season polls, I can only say I am amazed at what we as a team accomplished this season. No one outside "the family" gave us a shot, but we believed in ourselves and each other and played as a team.

Good job! SCRATCH THAT! GREAT JOB!!!