We weren't sure if he'd be able to play today. We had so many kids banged up this week, we asked if our team bus could get a handicapped sticker.

We played as well as we could today under the conditions. The kids were disappointed. But they'll live to play another day. I'm not disappointed. They gave it their best. That's all that counts. It's a tough game.

We hit the ball extremely well from top to bottom. The kids came to play today. ...Our first five are real solid. But our six, seven, and eight hitters hit the ball well today, too. We saw the ball well and we hit it well.

We have a lot of kids who are older but didn't play much last year. They carried themselves today.

Our kids played solid for 32 minutes. That was the key. Anytime you play well for 32 minutes, good things will happen. We have played a lot of good quarters and halves this year, but we put it together for the whole game this time.

We turned a nice 6-4-3 double play, and the kids were just hungry.