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It begins with 278 teams competing for one championship,\u201d Valentine said. \u201cWe are so happy our players were able to win the 13th Region tournament.&nbsp;<br>\u201cAlthough, we certainly had a difficult path to get back in the championship game, I feel the draw came out the best for us,\u201d he added. \u201cWe needed to have a challenging road to push us to play better. We really had to dig in and find a way to win the first round game against Harlan. We just kept telling our guys that every team has to go through a game like this in a tournament. I think the schedule and experiences we had this season prepared us for that moment. Every guy that played in the game had a critical part in the win.\u201d<br>North Laurel will enter this week\u2019s UK Healthcare Boys\u2019 Sweet 16 as the Lexington Herald-Leader\u2019s Dave Cantrall\u2019s Rating The State top-rated team.<br>The Jaguars have an 84.7 rating while Warren Central is second with an 84.3 rating. Rounding out the top four of the Sweet 16 teams are George Rogers Clark (83.9), and Male (83.7).<br>\u201cThis year\u2019s Sweet 16 field is loaded once again,\u201d Valentine said. \u201cI know our players and coaches will work as hard as they can to survive and advance. We\u2019ll have to be ready to adjust and make changes just like we have all year. Our players have put in a lot of work this season and they have a tremendous amount of pride in representing the North Laurel community. Growing up, its every kids\u2019 dream to play in Rupp Arena in the Sweet 16 and I\u2019m thrilled they get this experience.<br>\u201cWe have just really tried to focus on our team this season,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s really easy these days for kids to get distracted by social media, accolades, awards, and opinions of others. I think all the attention we received in the past three years helped prepare us to handle this season. We have a really unselfish group of kids that just want to win right now. They\u2019ve learned that if our team has success, the individual success will follow.\u201d<br>North Laurel has had many ups and downs this season while dealing injuries, and playing one of, if not the toughest schedule in the state.<br>After starting the season with five consecutive wins, the Jaguars went through a spurt where they posted a 4-8 mark.<br>They then won seven of eight games before falling at Madison Central, 74-58.<br>\u201cI think the Madison Central game was a pivotal game for us this season,\u201d Valentine said. \u201cPlaying an extremely difficult schedule along with several injuries, we really didn\u2019t have a good barometer of where we actually were at any point in the season. We really felt like we had a lot of room for improvement in February just because we hadn\u2019t had our entire team together yet.&nbsp;<br>\u201cWe were really disappointed in our loss at Madison Central on February 4th,\u201d he added. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t so much about our poor play, it was more about the way we handled adversity and kind of left each other on an island. I think that loss galvanized our team and got our season headed in the right direction.\u201d<br>With the Sweet 16 just a few days away from tip-off, Valentine said he made sure to tell his players to not take anything for granted.<br>\u201cWe won our third consecutive district title and second consecutive 13th Region title,\u201d he said. \u201cOur players and coaches have worked extremely hard to get this program in this position, and we certainly couldn\u2019t have it done it without having really good players. We have some really talented young kids in our program right now as well. 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