YAKIMA—Britney Knotts knew it wouldn’t be easy to address her Washougal girls in the locker room just minutes after the end of a season that, in her view as a first year as head coach, was defined by defying expectations.
But as the reality that the team’s trip to the Yakima Valley SunDome was over started to sink in after the Panthers’ hot start was derailed by a lopsided second quarter in a loss 55-46 to Lynden on Wednesday morning, she found the right words.
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