so close

our tema was in the finals of the JV district tournament against Mcminn Central.... a team which goes to state every single stinking year. early in the season, they beat us by 4. a little background... we were missing one of our 4 sophmores. it was 9 in the morning and we had no idea we had a game until the night before at our game. because our coach ahd been in and out of the hospital. but we played.

then, the ref is terrible. whit and caylee foul out. everyone is in pain from cheap shots. and in a huddle, whit decides to inform us why the ref hates our guts. she and her boyfriend just had a rough break up. she did it. and the ref.... was his dad. ouch. but, as farragut, i dont think we have ever played in a game with fair refs. ever. ever. so, we lost. but we should have won.

we were pretty confident going in. were good and we know it. more trashy refs, but not bad enough to blame the loss by any stretch of the imagination like last time. but we started off shaky and were down most of the game. last quarter we had the lead, lost it, got it back, ect. beginning of 4th, whit fouls out on another cheap foul. it just seems like refs hate her, and she happens to be our best player. 30 seconds left, our ball, down 1. BIG PLAY!!! we pass it down low to a post because she had a weak side defender who was no match for her. strong side helped over, our girl got fouled, and missed a short corner shot. not at all a gimme, it was difficult. and of course a ref cant call that kind of foul with so little time left. so it goes uncalled. we naturally fould them asap. 12 ticks left, a post is shooting 2. makes first. oh great. there up 2. AIRBALLS the second. we have ball under there goal, 10.7 seconds left. the whole play is go down, have a specific wing who i will not mention, just as i did not mention the post, shoot a 3, hopefully with enough time for our posts to rebound a miss. she decides she doesnt want to shoot and passes it. our girl isnt ready because that wasnt the play. pass is over her head. she jumps, gets in a scramble for the ball, and time.... runs.... out.

hard loss for a championship game, and we had more than one girl really upset in the locker room. but, i feel strongly that it is no ones fault. yea, some people may have messed up at the end, but everyone messed up at some point. any missed layup could have given us the 2 points to win. any bad pass could have never happened saving us a possession. but, thats the way it turned out. oh well.