Emotion and resiliency continued to be a staple for Siegel's football team last Friday night.
The No. 6 seeded Stars (3-6) were underdogs again when they traveled to Knoxville to face Bearden (6-5), the No. 3 seed.
It also came on the 17th birthday of teammate Baylor Bramble, who remains hospitalized at Vanderbilt with a severe brain injury. The Stars have already suffered the loss of one teammate this season, Mason Loupe, who did on Sept. 1