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 Last week presented a flurry of good news. If you missed any of our posts please watch the playlist below to catch up. Four of the twenty stories received the most views and engagement from you, our beloved audience: But which one is your favorite? Be sure to vote by commenting here on the blog or back on the Facebook Page poll. If you need to review these stories first, check out the YouTube playlist below. And if there is a story you think deserves a vote that isn't one of these four, you can always cast a write-in nomination.

Sanders consoling Hagler Competition comes with high emotion especially if you have an aggressive disposition. That drive and desire to win can come with disappointment and tears when the outcome does not end in victory. In a team situation you are always sad over a loss but in some ways that can be absorbed and shared since it takes a team to win and it takes a team to lose. However, that is not always clear cut especially when a game winning situation hangs in the balance and one specific player either comes through or fails to. Do the former and you are the hero likely carried off the field on your fellow teammates shoulders. Do the latter and the loss feels like its all on you. That was the situation with Hayden Hagler, who dropped a touchdown pass in overtime. If he caught it, the win was theirs and he was the hero of the story. But he could not secure the ball and keep possession so the heartbreaking opposite occurred and Hayden was emotionally devastated.  Even good coa...