MONTROSE — Control what you can.
Loveland football coach Wayne McGinn knows his team has been darn good at doing just that through an undefeated 2018 campaign (12-0), one that led to Friday’s trip to Montrose for Saturday’s 4A state semifinal showdown with the home team (11-1).
What he found out during a more-than-seven-hour bus ride Friday is his team handles what is out of its grasp pretty well, too.
“Toward the end, they’re ready to get off, but they did a great job,” McGinn said as the team pulled into the Holiday Inn just shy of 7 p.m. “I think they’re ready. They just know how important it is.”
As the No. 2 seed, it was just bad luck of the draw Loveland made trip to the Western Slope, because Montrose had played fewer home games. It made the trip to Greeley West a week ago, knocking off the No. 3 seed. It comes with a price tag, as LHS athletic director Kevin Clark said the bus trip cost just shy of $3,000, the hotel bill for 20 rooms at $2,100. None of those things were anything for the players to worry about.
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