Yes, the Lakers were severely disappointed after Blair's shot, but there was something that was heard postgame that makes what I just said all the more true.
"We already got guys looking forward to next year," PV coach Jeremy Huber said of the mood in the PV locker room. "I heard a bunch of guys say, 'Let's get back to work tomorrow.' They don't want the season to end and they don't want to stop working."
The Lakers have already learned a valuable lesson that goes far beyond basketball. You fall down, you get back on the horse and try again. You get beat, you come back and play even harder the next time.
Even PV seniors Brenton Harvey and Joe Stenger, who played in their final varsity game for the Lakers on Tuesday, learned something. Don't let one big disappointment ruin something far more special in the future. They all have their whole lives ahead of them and that loss will definitely make them stronger as adults after graduation.
Isn't that the whole point of high school athletics?
Steve Savel, Corey Shontz and the rest of the Lakers will take the disappointment they are feeling while reading this and use it to fuel their futures, too. They'll be back in the gym soon preparing for next winter.
With the talent they have coming back, the Lakers will definitely be back in this spot a year from now and they will be in a much better position for success. In time, the realization that they became the first Laker team to finish the season undefeated in nearly two decades will finally sink in.
Then they'll feel like they should, a million bucks.
Johnson is the boys basketball beat writer for the Star Beacon. He can be reached via email at jjohnson@starbeacon.com.
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