This year's Eastview baseball team is trying to leave a legacy, so much so that the word is the team motto and printed on the back of every player's shirt.
Even though the Lightning won its first state championship last year in its first appearance in the tournament, this year's players don't want to extend that legacy.
They want to start their own.
"We're just trying to … carve our own legacy," senior pitcher and captain Grant Martinson said. "We just want to… make sure that we leave our legacy like those guys in the past have."
Last year's team was nearly half seniors, including three of Eastview's four all-tournament selections. Coach Tom Strey said his Class 3A championship team had collective talent apart from game skills that helped it succeed.
"They knew how to win and they knew how to compete real well," Strey said. "There was never a moment that was bigger than what they could handle."
This year's team is starting to emulate that confidence, he said, but is using the early part of the season to gain experience before embarking on another championship run.
Junior pitcher and outfielder Marcus Frederickson said the experience level makes this year's team different from the last. It's the first time many of them have played at the varsity level, he said.