Ten years from now, people may not remember how many assists a player had or who shot the 3-pointer to tie-up a crucial game.
But, for the three seniors on the California High School girls basketball team - who finished second place in Class 3 - they hope people will remember "we loved each other and appreciated the community," Halle Oliver said.
"That's what is beautiful about sports, you find what you can contribute and off-court it's the same - be a good teammate and friend," Elizabeth Lutz agreed.
Players from this team remember the previous Pintos girls team that went to state in 2009. They looked up to them.
Now, these girls realize they are in the same position.
"At the meet-and-greet, there were so many boys and girls we didn't know," Brittney Ellington said. "We're ones impacting the younger kids; we're affecting more than we think.
"We have to show the right character now."
The whole experience was humbling, Lutz said.
"We hope we've put some vision in the younger kids' minds," she said. "Our future image of ourselves, from when we were younger, helped get us here."
Oliver remembered their sophomore year, head coach Bobby Sangster gave a serious talk to the team after someone had made a serious mistake.
"He said when we put that jersey on, we're not just representing ourselves, but our teammates and everyone who has worn it before us," she said. "Inside and outside of the school, we reflect those people.
"It's hard to make bad decision with all those people on your mind. It's just like we play our games - for everyone else."
The selfless attitude on the court and the thoughtful nature off it are the legacies these seniors hope they leave for the future girls basketball team.
The players attribute their considerate disposition to Sangster's instruction through the years, as well as being reared in Christ-centered homes in a small town where everyone invested in their futures.
Throughout this season, Oliver said the team felt the support of the community.
"Even people without someone on the team would come," she said.
When they won the district tournament to advance in the state competition, the Pintos felt that support grow. Even Jamestown and Tipton players reached out with encouragement.
"We felt we were representing more than our school, our county," Lutz said.
Donations helped send the girls to postseason games on charter buses, pay for meals and hotel rooms.
But what struck them more was arriving at a game venue, seeing fans already there waiting for the doors to open, Lutz said.
"We've embraced every moment," she said.
After the community send off the night they left for Springfield to play in the final four, they were escorted out of town by a long line of trucks and a group of motorcycles.
"It was so special, everyone on in the community took ownership of it," Lutz said.
The tight-knit group of girls, who have spent seven-days-a-week together from October to March, were "just happy to be here," Oliver said when they arrived in Springfield.
The community following, which turned out to surpass their opponents' "added to the overall experience," she said.
"We wanted to play the games and we wanted to win; but we were just happy to be with our friends and have the experience," Oliver said.
At the final game against Strafford, Lutz said she was embarrassed and wanted to escape the arena, after they lost. But their fans cheered just as loud as they would have if they had won, she said.
"That's a testimony to the people of California; we didn't have to earn their respect," Lutz said.
And, the Pintos fans cheered for the Strafford girls, too.
That exceptional sportsmanship did not go unnoticed by tournament hosts.
The two top teams in the state prayed together before the game and posed for a group photo.
The unusual site was the result of a year's friendship, started when Lutz approached Strafford players who had come up to the California basketball tournament a year ago to scout.
"She went over and just starting talking to them," Oliver said.
The friendship grew as the two teams met again at the University of Missouri basketball camp in Columbia and chatted on social media. A pool party/sleep over is planned for later this spring, Lutz said.
The girls' sportsmanship extends off the court.
Their late practices and games, helped them get to know the custodians. Oliver often would pitch in to help clean the bleachers after games.
"I feel bad when people leave stuff; it's inconsiderate," Oliver said. "The reason the people were here was to watch the game I played in.
So, when community donations came in, Lutz asked if game tickets and hotel rooms could be extended to them.
"Their job may be overlooked; but we spent so many hours at school, we were in a position to see their hard work," Lutz said.
Throughout the season, the girls also watched Sangster deal with his father's ill health. The call that his father had passed away came on the bus ride home from their regional victory, they recalled.
"All season, there were opportunities for coach Sangster to teach us life lessons," Lutz said.
"He's taught us a lot on the court to get to the end of this season, and off the court on how to become better people."