It has been stated that, "Second place is just the first loser." When I was in high school, I played football for a team that spent 12 weeks ranked #1 in the state. Unfortunately, the season was 14 weeks long and we lost in the state semi-finals. It doesn't matter how good Union County was all season long. The fact is, they were watching the state tournament, not playing in it. All of your wailing and gnashing of teeth cannot change that irrefutable fact.