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Latta at 12-16 just made State. Do not see that very often.

Playing a tough Schedule paid off for them in the long run.

Agreed. It is very rare to happen 

Question for you historians: Latta was 8-15 going into Districts and base on records would have been underdogs to Dibble at 10-11 record.

1) Can anyone think of a 2A team that made state with record similar to 12-16?
2) Can anyone think of a team across all classes that made the State Tournament with worse record than every team they played and beat to get to State?

Think those 2 stats are about as remarkable as 24-8 unranked Tushka winning State.

Yeah Millwood would play a gauntlet schedule. I remember a year they was 14-18 and came one game shy of state 

The current group of seniors for Latta were freshman when Latta were State Runner-up in 2018, and 3 of the current seniors played significant minutes when Latta made their run in Area in 2020 including win over #1 Oklahoma Union; one was a starter (Latta's record was about 13-11 at that time). Not to mention a now head coach that was assistant in 2013 & 2014 state championships and head coach in 2017 state championship and 2018 state runner-up.

Tradition & experience played a big role in Latta's run to State this year. Going back to 2013, every player on the current team back to players since 2013 will now have been a part of a State Tournament team.