Many teams look to veteran leadership when things get tough and when a team needs a spark. For Latreisha Moon’s team, she looked to a group of middle schoolers.
The Lady Wildcats won two of three at the Jeff Davis Invitational last week, earning victories over Notasulga and Jeff Davis and losing to Greenville.
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