Our kids need to really concentrate on the little ones. If you have $500 here and $1,000 there, it really adds up.

When you apply for local scholarships, people know you, and they want to support their kids and their community.

I personally think it's harder to get scholarships today than it was five years ago. Money has gotten tighter.

We picked it up into a different gear as far as our defense goes. The kids just stepped up, put some pressure on (Dickinson) and forced some turnovers.

It's kind of hard with the kids, and it's bad with him being gone. We went through some teenage trial and error this summer.

We have a good crop of kids returning from last year's team. I'd love to have an opportunity to get back in that environment, for sure. Absolutely, I think we can. Field hockey is a crazy sport, anything can happen. We just have to take care of what we need to do and win the games we should. It's going to be difficult. There are a lot of strong teams in our division.