Perserverance

You’d never know the home team was still searching for its first win Friday night...

There was a big crowd.

The student section was there in force as usual.

The cheerleaders were yelling and imploring the team from the get-go.

Ryan Close (pictured at an earlier game) was his usual on fire self.

But while two starters were injured and in street clothes, the kids on the bench—mostly freshmen and sophomores, and junior Ryan Wilson—were called upon to fill the gap.

And did they ever.

The bench chanted “de-fense!” and players scrapped and clawed for loose balls.

And even when the game became out of reach, there were never any signs of dejection or “we give up.”

Good to know that the long-standing pride of Conval Nation was in full force.

And while we can’t help but think of all those winning teams of the past,

Someday, we know we’ll see that first W (boys and girls) go into the books like a championship.

Until then, keep doing what you did tonight…never give up!