There was disappointment and the disappointment was real.
But as time goes on, senior shortstop Patrick Paligraf said that's not what he'll remember about the Cathedral High School baseball season that ended in surprising, heartbreaking fashion in early June.
What he'll remember is what the Irish accomplished:
How they went the regular season without losing.
How they fared better than anyone outside the team imagined.
How they maintained excellence in a program that has come to exemplify it.