TOME TITANS RECLAIM CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE

continued from A-1 and a 2-0 lead in the match.

The third and final game was close for the majority of the frame as the teams were tied at 17-17, but the Titans closed the set on a 8-2 run to win 2519 and complete the sweep, clinching another MIL title.

“It means everything. It’s everything. It’s something we’ve been working for all year to make this goal,” Tome’s Ainsley Carrillo said, “It’s so exciting to be a freshman and be on the championship team, especially after losing last year.”

The Crusaders fell just short of repeating as conference champions, but head coach Andy Mussaw says he enjoyed his first year as coach.

“It was definitely interesting taking over on a team that just came off winning the championship. It was a lot of pressure on me as a coach, and there was a lot of pressure on the kids,” Mussaw said. “I think they felt that pressure at the beginning of the season, and they realized they needed to step it up. … We had a great season. I wish it didn’t end the way it did, but it was a lot of fun.”