You have to give our kids a lot of credit. Things didn't look very good and we just kept battling. That's what they've done all year.

Van Buren is a senior-laden team with several key players back. They've got a new coach, and I'm sure they're playing with a lot of enthusiasm right now.

They've always been close games, because usually both of us are near the top of the conference, and both teams play with a lot of pride and a lot of emotion. It always turns out to be a good series.

He's pitching like a senior with leadership. We didn't give him much support, but we gave him enough.

That is what we wanted to do, to go 2-2-1-2 (innings pitched by pitcher). Jon and Brent will start for us on Tuesdays. We throw out of the bullpen on Saturdays anyway so it was good for us.

We're throwing strikes off the mound and playing good defense. And we've been having some guys come up and get some big hits when we've needed to.