Last night at the Nebraska girls state basketball tournament, our local high school girls team won a thriller to advance against a team that beat them twice earlier this season. With 13 seconds left on the clock a freshman drained both her free throws giving our team the lead by one point. The other team got two shots off in the final seconds and missed them both. Remaining calm was the deciding factor. Nerves got the better of the other team and the shots they put up were too hard and ricochet off the glass.
I witnessed nerves get the better of many people this week. Some folks are…
