It's not a big secret that we like to run left. Because of that, other teams are going to overload to that side. But Shaun can see that and make the defense pay by cutting it back. Shaun single-handedly a lot of times will force the defense to play it honestly because of the cutback.

But he has to do it week in, week out and not just against the big teams. He has to raise his game against everyone.

Walter is undoubtedly one of, if not the top, offensive lineman in the league. We've played next to each other for five years now, and the continuity we have and the bond we've formed, that's been key.

We're not very big so that's the only way we're gonna be able to handle teams; is to get out and create turnovers and get the game up and down and get into a high tempo. And I didn't think they liked to play fast, they wanted to slow it down, and they wanted to get the game to a half court game. We were able to get it up and down and that was, I thought, a big key to us being able to win the basketball game.

She's our big gun. It was nice to see her pick up where she left off. Our last meet here, for districts, she won all the same events, too.

There's not a lot of teams around the state of Illinois that can say they have that type schedule left. We have it (tough schedule) for a reason. We want to be tournament tested and tournament ready.