SUGAR-CITY – Tradition doesn’t graduate.

It’s a simple but highly effective principle that drives every sports program at Sugar-Salem.

You win a state title but graduate half your team?

Celebrate the championship, hang the banner, and then move on.

No excuses.

No down years.

Underclassmen will be waiting in the wings to step up next season and be ready to play at the varsity level.

And they’ll be prepared to win.

It’s a bold vision to live by, but judging by all of the championship banners in Sugar-Salem’s gym, it works.

Which brings us to the Diggers’ girls soccer team.

Until recently, the program’s tradition has been that of a team that is good, but was still chasing the elusive blue trophy.

There was a stretch from 2018-2020 where the Diggers made three straight 3A state titl

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