Before going into the locker room, Presley Hawthorne stood on the court for a moment and watched through her tear-filled eyes as Holmes County’s celebration unfolded a few feet away.
For 32 minutes on a Tuesday night in mid-February, Hawthorne and her Jay teammates poured their heart and soul, and every ounce of effort they had, into being the team that was celebrating at the end of this Rural Region 1 championship game.
