Quote Originally Posted by d0tc0m View Post
They certainly deserve to be ranked ahead of Celina to start the year. Melissa is stacked with a load of returning talent that is still fairly young. But they got absolutely walloped against Pleasant Grove last year in the Region II finals. It'll be interesting to see how they respond. Did it humble them and send them into the offseason hungrier than before? Or did it take away the notion that they could compete with and become legitimate contenders? I lean towards the former. But, time will tell.
The PG game was a great learning experiance for a very young Melissa team last year. PG jumped out early in the game with a predominantly senior lead team. I think after PG scored so quick the young Melissa crew was shell shocked. That shouldn't happen this year. As far as talent and athletes Melissa is loaded. If the team comes together they have the personnel to compete for a title.