That competition has helped us. We'll be as prepared as we can be, but the time off will really help us, too. We needed a rest.

They had more bodies to throw at us, seasoned guys. I hope by the middle of next year we're close to where those guys are.

We're looking for the best competition we can find to help us get ready for the state championship.

That was a difficult issue. We were looking to find competition that would help us get better. Our league stepped in and helped us. It's still a learning process.

We were looking to find competition that would help us get better.

It's definitely going to help. Playing against them, it just makes us better. Playing against better competition, we lost, but there'll be another team like that, and we'll be experienced enough to beat them.