My daughter is an AMHS player that has played with and against many of the BE players over the past 10+ years. I would like to compliment BE. Their girls handled themselves with class last night. Marta is correct that everyone brings their A game, when they play BE. What BE has accomplished by winning 8 straight state championships was remarkable and should be praised. I wish everyone would stop gloating over their loss last night.
I think it is hard to really compare schedules and like opponents as each team is very different. BE is a very veteran team led mainly by seniors and juniors. AMHS started 2 freshmen, 6 sophomores, and 3 seniors. Our bench is full of underclassmen. Most of the season, the coaches were moving our players around to find the right fits. The young lady (freshman) that scored all 3 goals started the season at sweeper. BE came into the season with a good idea of where their pieces fit. AMHS was and is a work in progress.
The game was exciting and well played. I thought the refs did a very good for the most part. I almost had a heart attack when the linesmen called our goalie for punting the ball "just" over the line with such little time left in the game. Thankfully, we survived that and the last 2 minutes (that went closer to 5 minutes) as BE put the press on.
Again, my hat is off to the Lady Bishops for what they accomplished over the last 8 seasons. They should be applauded for their accomplishments. People, please remember these are teenage girls.
