The NorCal CIF basketball tournament put the good and bad on display Thursday night.
DANVILLE — Carondelet High girls basketball coach Kelly Sopak emerged from a disappointing visiting locker room in good spirits.to San Ramon Valley Thursday night in a NorCal Division I girls playoff game, the Cougars having left their blood and sweat on the court only to fall when officials correctly ruled a 3-point bank shot by Allie Cummins had come a fraction of a second too late to tie the score at the end of regulation.
Regardless, it is incumbent upon coaches to stress the right virtues rather than follow the “winning is everything” myth that can poison sports from preps to pros. Sopak said he honestly didn’t know if the shot was good or not and properly acknowledged that officials have a tough job.“I told our team, I don’t lose any sleep over games like that,” Sopak said. “It’s the ones where you don’t show up and just lay an egg when you second guess why you’re doing it.
It may sound corny and dated, but it’s as true now as it was then. Strive to win, then accept the end result by honoring not only the spirit of competition, but the opponent that helped make it happen. The lessons are learned in the formative years and it’s as much a mixed bag among professional athletes as it is with those in high school. Not everyone handles themselves like Stephen Curry or Buster Posey.
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