It was definitely one of their goals to bring home Memorial's first national championship. They had heard all about the accomplishments of Victoria High, so they wanted to bring it home for Memorial.

It was very exciting. It was tense. We knew we did well. But we knew it was in the judges hands so all we could do was sit and wait.

We have two seniors, so we have a young squad. Ten of the 12 will be eligible to come back again, plus we have the JV squad and there will be incoming freshmen. And we want to encourage a lot of girls to try out.

It was quite a surprise. They are ecstatic. The girls were screaming, laughing and crying. There were 53 teams in our division and it took a lot of hard work to win.

We worked on setting goals for her, ways of addressing obstacles and strategizing for success.

We worked on setting goals for her, ways of addressing obstacles and strategizing for success,