After they got that 10-point lead, the defense got together and talked about how the game is not over.

Everyone on the defense trusts the guy next to him to do his job. We?re a more mature group this season.

The defense has really picked it up. Bucyrus is a good team and we played well. We wanted to pick up momentum for the next game and we did.

We got together (as a defense) and met and let it be known that the way we played last week was unacceptable. We had to pick it up. There was no way we were going to come out and play like we did (at Penn State).

We came out a little flat today, but our defense was solid. Thankfully, we manufactured a few runs early and then started playing better. And Russell Allen pitched another great game for us.

I was fascinated by Leontyne Price for obvious reasons,