Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español.

Faith Lutheran football coach Jay Staggs posed a question to his players last week before their first practice ahead of Tuesday’s Class 5A state championship game: How many would be competing in their third title game?

One by one, hands shot up across the room. Fourteen in total.

When the Crusaders face Spanish Springs of Reno at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday at Allegiant Stadium, that battle-tested experience could prove decisive. Spanish Springs, after all, has never played for a championship.

“We rely on a lot of guys with experience playing this late in the year,” Staggs said. “That experience shapes you.”

But that experience comes with a sting.

The Crusaders fell short in both previous finals to Bishop Manogue of Reno, meaning those 14

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