Consider if you will Thursday's game between North Moore and South Stanly. The Mustangs came in ranked #3 in the state in 1A while South Stanly is #1, and there were no playoff seeding implications or anything else on the line except rivalry and pride between two teams that might see each other again in the playoffs.
South Stanly won the game with some timely hits, claiming the tournament title, yet the reaction of the girls and the South fans was quite subdued. It was more of a response of their belief that this team is supposed to win every time out.
I have been around teams like that in the past, first as a manager with the Hayesville women's basketball teams that won six straight 1A titles from 1988-1993. The parents, coaches and players celebrated their team's victories all year long but never truly relaxed until after the wins at Carmichael Auditorium.
True champions never rest, never stop working, never stop yearning, never stop needing victory until the championship game. These two softball teams have the opportunity to acheive great things...but the real work has just begun.
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