In 365 days he went from agony to the thrill of victory. He learned to handle the pressure, which is something he didn't do last year. That's a very hard thing for a kid to do. It was a lesson well-learned.

If you're a coach from another section and you read that, you've got to think it's a misprint. Thirteen? Nobody ever does that.

The kids going (today) have an uphill battle. That was a huge pillar we lost. But he's a 17-year-old kid and predicting what they'll do is like playing the stock market.

We really feel like we are the best in the state balance-wise. But it's one thing to say it and another to do it. Talk is cheap if you don't go out and back it up. We're going to try and get better and we'll see what happens in six weeks.

The thrill, believe me, is as much in the battle as in the victory.

We got a little bit lucky with the shot in overtime but it was hard-fought victory for us.