Female Athlete of the Week always delivers in crunch time
For two panicked hours as a freshman, Katie Adams believed she hadn鈥檛 made varsity. The verdict came in after Day 3 of tryouts, when coaches sent an email blast around Ridgewood to let players know if they were selected. Phones buzzed. Group chats exploded. Everyone celebrated or commiserated. Everyone except Katie, who didn鈥檛 get anything. Sitting in the car with her mom, she replayed tryouts in her head, wondering what she鈥檇 done wrong, wondering if the message went to a parent鈥檚 inbox instead. Then she reached out to girls lacrosse coach Jim Montegari and found out why. She was accidentally…
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