A season and group to be proud of
Smoyer praises his Napoleon girls after one-loss season on the hardwood By Mike Moore Staff Writer Napoleon – The girls basketball state finals were played Saturday at the Breslin Center. By all accounts, Steve Smoyer and his Napoleon squad had plans of being there, and for the better part of the winter, made a point to show they just may be good enough to do so. And that’s just part of what makes a single loss so tough to accept, especially when it ended the Pirates’ season. “It’s really a mix of emotions when it ended,” Smoyer said of the season, which wrapped up last week in a 40-30 loss to Ypsilanti Arbor Prep in a Class C regional final. “In the end, if we had one loss this year, it was going to be a big loss because of where it was.” The Pirates ended the year 24-1, and roughly a week after that lone loss, Smoyer had nothing but praise for his girls and the season they put together. “I’ve probably never been more proud of this team than I was in that game,” Smoyer said of the loss. “Especially defensively. We…
