OMG

This is the plot of every feel-good "coming of age" movie ever.

We won the beginning rounds largely by luck, and a "spark" of some sort that can't be defined by conventional language. Our first true victory came about by the barest of margins, and now we've got a rival declaring us defeated before we've even begun to fight.

All we need is a little boy in the hospital depending on us to win, so he can find the strength to beat his cancer.