It’s rare when the Cherry Creek girls lacrosse team enters a new season as anything but the defending champion.
The Bruins won three straight titles — seven overall since 1999 — before Air Academy pulled off a 17-14 upset in the 2009 state title game.
That setback has since served as motivation.
“In the past, we almost kind of looked at it like it wasn’t that exciting to win anymore because we were expected to win,” senior attacker Kameryn Downing said. “This year we have to really, really work for it.”
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