Two teams can't know each other better than we know each other. It's going to come down to who's going to execute their game plan better.

We know that participation peaks by the age of 12, then really starts to drop off. Very early on, we begin the elimination process.

She was playing on one leg in the second half.

Big-game jitters. We weren't playing with confidence. I told them to relax, and they responded.

The trail base, the lake ice and the snow supply for Main Street have not been this good in eight years.

To me the biggest difference is their maturity. They were a really young team the last three years, with their kids sort of being on the bottom of the roller-coaster, and they started climbing to the top last year. This year they're up on top.