I know games go up and down and what-not, but I felt like we should've never been in this situation in the first place if we take care of the ball and do things right. The breaks didn't fall our way, but I can't say enough about our kids and how they banded together.

None at all. When you get to that level, you're there to win games,

Winter X Games Ten (Jan. 28-31) will be the only time international Olympic riders face off before meeting in Italy, and there's no better place to check it out than here. Ride Aspen Highlands during the day (be at the top of Highlands Bowl when ski patrol drops the rope!), then make your way to Buttermilk for the night pipe event. Aspen is made up of four different mountains, so you can see as much or as little of the X Games as you want.

We've been competitive in all those games. I think we're playing really well right now. We're getting better every day.

This is a fun time of the year. We've got a couple of big games coming up against the Bay City schools. These are the games that you live to play for.

Games like this are good for us. It will get us ready for next week. It's always good playing the quality competition Althoff provides.