It's a lot better than a loss. Van Buren is a great team, even better than last year. But we played solid all-around. I think the forces were with us tonight.

We were fortunate to be in the right place at the right time. Hey, I'll take 1-0 any day. They're tough. Rogers has always been good.

We're one step closer to El Dorado (the site of the state tournament). I can't stress enough how proud I am. They communicated and played defense, and have really come together.

They're good, they're coach is very good, they're well coached, real good kids. And I told our guys, if we play as a team, good things will happen. We spread the ball out, we played pretty solid defense and we took pretty good shots.

She's (Spears) phenomenal. I can't say enough about her, and you could see it in her eyes (Friday). She was trying so hard to take charge of the game, and she did - I thought a couple of spurts there she really got us back in it.

We are ready. Everything is on the line, but we hope to come away with a win.