We didn't perform well there. But I told the kids it's a long season.

This was just the culmination of all our hard work. This was our goal -- to win a state championship.

We came out and set the tone defensively. That's been our mantra all year.

It's hard to even let your kids out because you don't know if they'll ever come back to you. The violence just keeps escalating.

I feel like it's the best gift I could've given my kids, to come down here.

It is the absolute thrill of a lifetime to have coached these kids when they were little and then to see how they've matured as individuals and as runners,