They had double the kids that we had out there, but we had seven kids that worked hard on the court and gave 100 percent. You know they make mistakes, but I think they played well, maybe not totally up to their potential, but I think that will come.

It's neat to watch my dad with the younger kids just starting out. He helps them a lot at first with things like how to line up their sights, like he taught me. It's good to be able to learn from good coaches who teach you the right way to shoot and how to be safe with firearms.

I like the area, I like the kids, I like my employer.

I expect it to be a playoff-type atmosphere. We don't ever talk about the computer ratings, but the kids are aware of them.

We got those close wins over Big Walnut and Central Crossing, who are very good teams, early and the kids really started to believe in themselves. We started setting our goals higher after that.

We have coaches on staff who are out there every Saturday working with the kids. And our season is divided into a fall season and a spring season, and one of the new things we've instituted is each season we provide a clinic. It provides a lot of one-on-one coaching time.