I'm not saying this to be political, but it really was a team effort.

The South Park coach made a classy gesture by presenting the game ball to our starting pitcher and then she went home and had the ball cut in half and gave the other half to April, which I thought was pretty cool.

We never had this luxury before and it's a nice problem to have. It's an obvious advantage over any team, especially if you go to extra innings because your second pitcher won't be as winded.

We'd like to win [in the playoffs] this time and not just get there. Last year was a pretty good experience with a pretty young team. It was good for our girls to experience it, but now that they've got their feet wet, I don't think they'll be as intimidated.

There was an overall great effort by everyone. We followed through with our clutch hits, and we just played a solid ball game.

I think I'm safe in saying that we're very proud of our name and heritage as the oldest incorporated city in California,