That's what the Freeport girls basketball team has to be thinking after last night's win against Oswego, 55-47.
Here's five observations from last night's game
1. Could there have been worse officiating?
I'd like to first state for the record that I'm not the type of person to berate officiating, but goodness there were some bad calls Thursday night.
How do you call a one-and-one free throw with just five fouls committed -- in HIGH SCHOOL?
And check out this clear travel by Kelsey Hoefer (sorry) at :52 :
Seriously, that was the first really bad call.
And everyone remembers the imagined timeout near the end of the game. Just all around awful.
2. Caitlin Greene really stepped up
With a crowd of four 1,000-point scorers on the Freeport team, it's easy to step to the side. But when Katie Norman was visibly sick to her stomach (lots of vomiting throughout the day), Caitlin Greene stepped up with a few steals and 10 points to boot.
She keeps that up, and Freeport might have a legit chance of going downstate again, if not much more.
3. Hoefer continues to come through in big moments
Hoefer was the first to respond to the hellfire and brimstone speech by Freeport coach Ryan Pierce Monday night, and showed up again with 10 points last night.
But this isn't the first time she's shown that she's much better than she started after she returned from an ankle injury suffered before the start of the season.
4. Much better free-throw shooting since last week
It's no secret that the Pretzels have struggled of late from the line. But it did, as Freeport finished the game 21-of-28 (75 percent), and went 14-of-15 in the second half (93 percent).
If Freeport could do that against Johnsburg ... I think you get my drift.
5. Pretz aren't settling for anything less than a championship
You could just tell in the players' faces, sectional championships don't mean much anymore.
Last year, Freeport was estatic. This year, eh.
The goal is simple: become the best Freeport team in girls basketball history.
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