I'm sure there will be people telling me to quit crying over spilled milk, and I realize that this happens pretty much every year to some team or other, but I can't help but think what a magical year this would have been for NS if Weston would have been playing.
We lost 5 games (including 3 to the #1 teams in the state), and the biggest losing margin was 13--which was tonight against 4 Winds (we were down by 4 going in to the 4th quarter). You will never be able to convince me that having a returning 6'7" all-stater who could intimidate on defense, rebound, and shoot lights-out from 3-point range wouldn't have been worth more than 13 points in all of those loses. What a duo it would have been to have Kvilvang and Weston working together as seniors. Teams focused their defense against Kvilvang all season, and he still ended up averaging around 23 ppg. With Weston out there, no team could have matched up against those two. We would have had 5 players who could be deadly from 3-point range.
But what a great effort for the remaining players this year! Great coaching job by Hagler, Haugen and Vote to win their 7th straight District 8 crown and 7th straight Region 4 championship appearance. Congrats to Kvilvang for SOY. I left before awards were given out, but think I caught on the radio that Hagler also won coach of the year.
I'll try and have game video for both teams up by about10:30. Four Winds has some great 3-point shooters!