Our half-court trap is our staple. It gets teams out of their normal offensive sets, which can lead to turnovers. (The trap) is what has got us here and we will use it in the future.

(Saavedra and Covarrubias) are invaluable to this team. There are the catalysts, I knew if we stayed healthy we would have a good team, and we did.

The kids have really been resilient, especially our seniors. They played through adversity and made up their minds they were going to go for it, even after last year. They are showing their true character.

At halftime, I told the guys we needed to keep our lead in the second half. A lot of teams that are as successful as Maryville aren't used to playing from behind. We wanted to put that pressure on them in the second half and not let them make a run.

We made several adjustments on defense and ran our half-court trap fairly well. That caused major havoc for them and got the temp going.

We have to learn, once we get a lead, we have to bury teams,