Brian Bonner played as good a defensive game as anyone has played in my four years at Anacortes,

They have a really good team and those guys off the bench played hard. We wanted to take care of business, no matter who was out there.

I'm back into my defensive mode. I'm trying to stop guys, especially this time of year. We've got a lot of guys that are scoring now. Somebody has to be a leader defensively, and I'm just trying to take that role.

All you can ask is that the kids play hard and play a good defensive game. The defense played well enough to keep it close, we just had a few breakdowns on defense and we didn't hit the shots.

I never lost four like that. Last year, before this game, I lost my defensive coordinator. He went to East Carolina. Much like Al did, I jumped in. I was the linebacker coach. I worked with the defense. I had a blast. I really did.

We played a really strong defensive game. The 5-on-3s were the key. We killed them off and that was important for our success.