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I talked to someone from Mercer County the other day, a college friend, and he said that all the girls on Mercer's team are from Mercer County. All have been playing basketball together since they were little. This group of juniors started playing basketball when they were in the 8th grade at the varsity level (some as seventh graders). Looking back on the years according to KHSAA information, Mercer over the last four years:

8th Grade Year for the Juniors: Finals of the Region (loss to Danville)
Freshman Year for the Juniors: Sweet 16 (defeated by ETown)
Sophomore Year for the Juniors: Final Four (defeated by Franklin County) 31-6 record
Junior Year: State Champions. 31-6 record

The seniors won region all four years of their high school career.

Pretty rare to have this much talent on one team from the same place. Speaks volumes to the program built by Coach Souder and the hard work of the girls in the program