The Ashland High School girls soccer team was back in Milwaukee and playing for a spot in the WIAA Division 3 state championship at this time last year.
The Oredockers were poised for another state tournament run this season, and they very well could have been playing for their first state title a week ago, that is, if the viral outbreak of the century hadn't swept in and upended everyone's plans for the spring semester.
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