{"id":2453,"date":"2013-03-17T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/03\/17\/an-unbelievable-eight-in-row\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:21:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:21:21","slug":"an-unbelievable-eight-in-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2453","title":{"rendered":"An Unbelievable Eight In A Row"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13973,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.journalnow.com\\\/sports\\\/high_school\\\/basketball\\\/article_e27dd0c8-8e9d-11e2-84d9-001a4bcf6878.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/journalnow.com\\\/sports\\\/high_school\\\/basketball\\\/article_e27dd0c8-8e9d-11e2-84d9-001a4bcf6878.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12075,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/six-peat.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260121014151\\\/https:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2011\\\/03\\\/six-peat.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 08:52:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 08:52:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12076,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/seven-is-lucky-number.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260124053719\\\/https:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/seven-is-lucky-number.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 08:52:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 08:52:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13974,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.maxpreps.com\\\/league\\\/E5jZ4ujbbU2Qqs1IPzrKqQ\\\/standings-2a-1a-northwest.htm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.maxpreps.com\\\/league\\\/E5jZ4ujbbU2Qqs1IPzrKqQ\\\/standings-2a-1a-northwest.htm&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13975,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.maxpreps.com\\\/high-schools\\\/bishop-mcguinness-villains-%28kernersville,nc%29\\\/girls-basketball\\\/home.htm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.maxpreps.com\\\/high-schools\\\/bishop-mcguinness-villains-(kernersville,nc)\\\/girls-basketball\\\/home.htm&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13976,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nchsaa.org\\\/intranet\\\/downloadManagerControl.php?mode=getFile&amp;elementID=10437&amp;type=5&amp;atomID=13019&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nPermit me this indulgence as this post won&#8217;t be on guns, finance, legal issues, or politics. It will be on the tenacity and resilience of a group of high school girls, whom when they were down by 11 with 5 minutes to go in the game, didn&#8217;t give up. <\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalnow.com\/sports\/high_school\/basketball\/article_e27dd0c8-8e9d-11e2-84d9-001a4bcf6878.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winston-Salem Journal<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>The Villains looked so dead with five minutes left \u2014 they trailed 50-39 then \u2014 that Robinson compared his team to Jason Voorhees, the immortal character from the \u201cFriday the 13th \u201d movie series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just keep coming back again and again and again\u2026,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>After a tough afternoon of outside shooting, McGuinness found its range just in time. The Villains were 6 of 25 on 3-point shots overall, but they made the final three they took. Freshman Tia Cappuccio sandwiched two 3s around a traditional three-point play by Olivia DeFrancesco and a 3-point field goal by Cameron Nieters.<\/p>\n<p>Those points all came in a 15-0 run that stunned the Jaguars, who had the lead for 26\u00bd of the game\u2019s 32 minutes.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Villains in question are from Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School of Kernersville, North Carolina &#8211; my alma mater.&nbsp; They have just won an unbelievable eight state 1-A girls basketball championships&#8230;.in a row. I wrote about them two years ago when they <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/six-peat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tied the state record for consecutive championships at six<\/a> and then last year <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/seven-is-lucky-number.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when they made it seven in a row<\/a>. I really never thought that I&#8217;d be writing about them winning an eighth straight championship. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/league\/E5jZ4ujbbU2Qqs1IPzrKqQ\/standings-2a-1a-northwest.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">They didn&#8217;t win their conference<\/a> and were only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/high-schools\/bishop-mcguinness-villains-%28kernersville,nc%29\/girls-basketball\/home.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ranked 11th out of 96 teams in the 1-A division by MaxPreps<\/a>. They had to play their way into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nchsaa.org\/intranet\/downloadManagerControl.php?mode=getFile&amp;elementID=10437&amp;type=5&amp;atomID=13019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Regional championships<\/a> where they were the 4th seed.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll let Coach Brian Robinson finish this for me.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Permit me this indulgence as this post won&#8217;t be on guns, finance, legal issues, or politics. 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