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Crash upends girls' soccer trip, but not their resilience

The La Conner High School girls' soccer team lost its state tournament match last week.

But head coach Maddie Huscher, her staff and players won the hearts of many across Washington.

La Conner received much love on Thursday for hitting the road a second time for its playoff venue in Cle Elum.

The team's Nov. 13 trip ended abruptly when its bus was struck by a pickup truck on I-405 in Bothell, forcing a 24-hour postponement of La Conner's date with third-seeded Cle Elum-Roslyn.

No one on the bus was seriously hurt, though several players were shaken by the collision. Investigators believe the p...

 

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