The kids really stepped up to the plate and played extremely well on both sides of the floor. We switched to a half-court defense, and that slowed down Johnston and allowed us to get some transition points.

I told the kids that this is our conference championship.

I told the kids in the locker room that no one person won this game for us; it was a great team effort. We knew that's what it would take to beat a team like Valley. It would have to be a team win, and that's what it was.

Kids need to be exposed to as much as possible.

These kids -- we don't want them to be forgotten.

Our young kids were in position to make plays, especially Wayne,