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Don't think for one minute that the Huntley girls basketball team left Redbird Arena here Saturday night hanging their collective heads. Not a chance. OK, so the Red Raiders lost both their games in the Class 4A state tournament, falling in Saturday's third-place game to Whitney Young 60-27. But Red Raiders' coach Steve Raethz, one of the classiest guys to ever roam the sidelines of any state tournament, was quick to not only credit Corry Irvin's Dolphins for the team they are, but to also put into perspective what this first trip to state meant to his team, the girls basketball program as a whole at Huntley, Huntley High School and the Huntley community in general.