The G.W. Long Rebel baseball team knows the highs of winning the state title and the lows after losing in the state championship series.
The Rebels, owners of 16 state titles with the last one in 2019, currently have a bitter taste in their mouths following last year’s series loss as they head into this year’s state finals.
The Rebels hope that motivation pays off when they play in the Class 2A best-of three state championship series starting Wednesday against Decatur Heritage. While last year’s title loss hurt, said Chancey, it’s not something Rebel players talk about among themselves, though it is still present. “They are both motivation,” Miller said. “Anytime you win, you want to have that feeling again and anytime you lose, you don’t want to face that obstacle again. You can see both as motivation. It is something we keep in the back of our mind. It’s not something that we make important.”
"We will really have to keep the score low. We will have to make the routine plays. They have three guys that can pitch – three quality 2A pitchers who probably could pitch at any level, so we definitely will have to swing the bat.” “Anytime you play a series like that, it makes you battled tested,” Miller said. “I don’t foresee any situation that will be as intense as the one we were in last Thursday and Friday. Going to a third game was good for our kids. We were challenged the week before and that was good for us.”
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