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This article, So Close | Mitty Girls Basketball Gives Max Effort In Stinging State Finals Loss, was first published on SportStarsMag.com.
Archbishop Mitty Girls Basketball Left To Regroup, Recommit After Battle Of National Top 10 Teams Ends In A Buzzer-Beater Defeat To Etiwanda •
PICTURED ABOVE: Mitty Star Freshman McKenna Woliczko Grabs A Rebound During The CIF Open Div. State Final. (David Gershon photos)
Sue Phillips, the legendary Archbishop Mitty girls basketball coach, said all the right things.
She consoled her team, applauded its monumental effort and praised the Monarchs’ opponent: A gritty, well-coached, battle-tested team from the Inland Empire of Southern California, the Etiwanda Eagles.
Winner of nearly 800 games (789) against just 137 defeats, a former McDonald’s All-American head coach, and current leader at USA Basketball, Phillips has won everything there is to win, lost all there is to lose, and been in every type of setting to offer wisdom and perspective and a big-picture view of any game, big or small.
But make no mistake. This one stung. It burned badly.
Because this game — the Open Division...
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Archbishop Mitty Girls Basketball Left To Regroup, Recommit After Battle Of National Top 10 Teams Ends In A Buzzer-Beater Defeat To Etiwanda •
PICTURED ABOVE: Mitty Star Freshman McKenna Woliczko Grabs A Rebound During The CIF Open Div. State Final. (David Gershon photos)
Sue Phillips, the legendary Archbishop Mitty girls basketball coach, said all the right things.
She consoled her team, applauded its monumental effort and praised the Monarchs’ opponent: A gritty, well-coached, battle-tested team from the Inland Empire of Southern California, the Etiwanda Eagles.
Winner of nearly 800 games (789) against just 137 defeats, a former McDonald’s All-American head coach, and current leader at USA Basketball, Phillips has won everything there is to win, lost all there is to lose, and been in every type of setting to offer wisdom and perspective and a big-picture view of any game, big or small.
But make no mistake. This one stung. It burned badly.
Because this game — the Open Division...
More...