Attaining ultimate success is only possible after enduring necessary failures. A championship team is often a group who learned to respond from mistakes and utilize its hiccups to improve throughout the season, not the team that won its way to a top seed without battling adversity.
As Thompson Valley's Donovan Love entered the water ready to go in the 100-yard butterfly in Thursday's dual with Longmont at the Dick Hewson Aquatic Center, his goggles were already sliding toward his mouth.
The players couldn't wait for the final seconds to roll off the clock, and when Niwot was able to dribble them away, the Cougars were bouncier than the ball.
