Just a day removed from wrapping up the Kaysinger Conference regular-season crown — its second in three years — with a perfect 9-0 mark, Sacred Heart’s season finale against St. Paul Lutheran had “trap game” written all over it.
Following the team’s emotional 36-26 victory over Stover on Wednesday night, Sacred Heart coach Shawn Bestgen observed that his girls were a “bit beat up and drained.”
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