Growing pains, we knew we were going to have to go through them. We knew we were facing a tough defense tonight, but when you put the ball on the ground as much as we did, it doesn't help your cause.

I hope we're a little bit more focused this week. Most of our problems stem from being young. We're depending on sophomores. We've got to get some of our seniors and upperclassmen to step up.

We're 0-2 right now, but playing St. Thomas More who's No. 1 in the state and now West Monroe who's No. 1 in the state - you can't trade that. It's better than playing a team that's not really good and you get a win. It gives you a false sense of security. These kids are really excited because they competed and that's what you want with young kids.

Now I never dream of leaving here. Hurricane Katrina wasn't a good thing, but maybe it was God's way of putting us in a better place.

Here it's so beautiful, and I'm here with my baby sister and once again we're a family.

Everyday we were standing in line to get ice and water and there was no gas. You could see fights breaking out over ice -- and one guy shot and killed his sister over ice.