I want the best apparel, I want the best field playing surface, I want the best coaches. I just want the best for these kids, as I would for my own child.

We're looking to raise money through them to get us two new synthetic turf playing surfaces. So when we make it to the playoffs, we're not going to have home field advantage, and we never have had it.

A lot of the girls don't really want to talk about it ... but the shooting was kind of the impetus behind the whole thing. They already had track and field and baseball and softball, but adding lacrosse adds potentially 40 to 50 more girls and 40 to 50 more boys to give them something to do after school.

I have three girls who have been playing together for four years. The rest have played for one or two years. Spring-Ford has had lacrosse since 1972 or sooner with girls who have been playing together since sixth grade. That's the difference.

We came into big-time lacrosse-playing territory. I was not setting us up for failure. I wanted a feel for learning how the game is played on the East Coast.

Every single thing happens for a reason. I truly believe that.