“I’m excited for the girls, they worked hard.… It was a big deal (after the last two seasons). We lost our team leader from last year in three-time state champion Kaylee Annis, and it was kind of a group leadership role this year,” said Thurston coach Mike Simons. “Kaylee kind of led that team for three years, and we lost her. That was a big, big part of our program to lose. But the girls just stepped up and bought into what we were doing.”