In my eyes, we blew this game. We never gave up, but in the end somebody's got to lose.

No one really had to say anything when we got down because there's an understanding. There's a tradition, and it continues.

We didn't come all this way for nothing. We weren't going down without a fight. We got on the boards, played good defense and Raven stepped up. She played like a senior.

North's got two players that are hard to guard man-to-man, so we got in that zone. It was working, so we stayed there.

It means a lot because a lot of people, for a couple of years, I don't think I was even recognized as one of the top-10 best in the county. To be recognized as MVP shows I did work hard this summer to push my game.

All I was thinking was that this game wasn't slipping through our fingers.