Guy Dossi : The Union Democrat

From before day one, all our minds were set. This was the year to win a State Championship. I can’t exactly explain it, but right from the start I knew we were going to do it. I was never so sure about anything in my life and I never doubted it once.

You don't hear everyday a high school team winning state championships that often, but at Archbishop Wood it's sort of common. I proudly can say I am one of the few that has not one, but two state championship rings under my belt. As a sophomore AND a junior in high school, my basketball team accomplished being State Champions two years in a row. The first year we won was one of the best experiences of being apart of a team. After losing in the state championship the year before, we knew we had to somehow get back the next year and make sure we'd come out with the trophy. As the new season began in  November of 2016, we played in the Nike tournament of champions in Arizona. The trip was one of the most memorable trips ever with the best group of girls. We had a blast,

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Facing a two-run deficit, Haley Kodama had a two out, RBI double in the sixth to cut the deficit to 7-6. Then, the Wildcats added to their lead with two more runs in its half of the sixth inning for 9-6. In the seventh, Miller hit a two-run home run to make it a one-run game with none out. A fly out, strike out and line out ended the comeback

Pollard continued to have a stellar game defensively as she was putting the Springers guards on lockdown this afternoon. Wiggins did not stop either with her dominant game as she was flirting with a double double. Springers through everything they had at Princess Anne, but on this day, it just seemed like it wasn’t going to be enough. The clock began to tick towards the one minute mark, and you could see few people around the Siegel Center begin to hold up fours, implying that the Lady Cavaliers were on their way to their fourth straight state title if they held on for one last minute, well they did. Lady Cavaliers added another State Championship to their legacy. This made number 8 for Head Coach Darnell Dozier, while senior Nyla Pollard became the only female in the area with 4 State Titles.

The excitement and happiness are what we wanted to feel when hopefully lifting up a trophy. We needed to prove that not one person can talk down about us without there being a consequence. Every day for hours we pushed ourselves and each other. We became stronger individually and as a team. It was time for preseason, and this is where we must justify our position in our division. We played in one of the hardest group divisions in the whole country, which was exceptional because that left no room for failure, it just left room for us to

“Bret Harte battled for seven innings for the ‘W’ and they worked hard for it,” said Sonora head coach Will Sarkisian.

“ This is really a resilient bunch of guys”, said Head coach Butler before the game. “ I love the way these guys have battled all season… now they get the chance to play in an amazing field.”

“We feel good after the win.” Coach Kylie Whaley said, “We have worked on playing together as a team, we’ve struggled with that in some areas throughout the season, so I think we’re finally getting to the point where that’s all coming together.”

Madison's significance of a "faction," or political social affair, is entrancing and most basic in context of the way that Madison soon halted to be one of the Federalists who had confidence in a one-party structure, and transformed into Jefferson's most dynamic lieutenant in sorting out in confinement the Democratic-Republican Party, which was decidedly Anti-Federalist and took control after 1800 (Madison.at.al.2008).

“It’s a really big deal because it’s gets our momentum and spirit back up,” Celli said of winning three games in a row. “We’ll try to keep what we have going.”

“Tim came in, and I've never seen anyone hit the ground running,” said Miller, noting he is “very thankful to the entire staff.

I felt like I could do anything. The moment was extremely surreal. I hadn’t accomplished anything so arduous in my life. The crowd’s cheers were thundering through my body. I had so much adrenaline coursing through my veins that I wasn’t even weary. People were jumping up and down, screaming in victory, and clapping so loud I couldn’t hear myself think. I couldn’t believe that I had just won the State Championship volleyball game.

The team was ready, we had been working extremely hard for the past seven months for this. We were all in great shape and very rested. A few of the returning players were meeting me at my house to carpool to the final game of the state championship tournament. Everyone knew that the hard work had paid off when we won the semi-final game the preceding day.

Here's to the past 5 years with Duke. The years made up of learning (and relearning) each other, challenging each other, and qualifying for the AQHYA World Show. Each year was even better than the last. Every hardship and victory we've experienced makes me that much more excited for the years together to