Our kids work hard on defense. We left this field last night at 6:50 p.m., and if you looked at your clock, it was pitch black -- and that's the night before a day game. That's how much these kids care.

Plain and simple, we have to put the ball in the hole. Defense is never our problem. My kids work extremely hard on the defensive end of the court. Where we seem to get in trouble is when turnovers are creeping in.

Overall, the kids are starting to work with each other. We had some nice team defense and kept the pressure on Glendale.

The kids are bouncing back. They left everything on the field the last two weeks, and they'll keep coming back.

Coach Ingram demands so much hard work from his guys, everyone who plays there leaves a better baseball player. That's what I'm looking forward to.

Defense and rebounding win championships and those two things are hard work. I have it written on the board up there that offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.