I need skill players at every position and they just have to be mentally tough and play from point one to point 25.

We like to get somewhere and stay with it because we all realize it's a game of skill, and you like to develop those ninth-graders early and see them through. Baseball coaches are unique in that factor.

The skill guys were ready to go.

It's never easy with this team. Maybe we don't have the same skill level as last year's team, so it is always a constant battle. This game did personify who we are. Things were tight and close. There's still great satisfaction of where we are and what we have accomplished.

The line play is the key to the whole thing. Skill-wise, I'm confident we can compete with anybody.

They have great skill players. There was no way we wanted to play them on the perimeter. We wanted to keep it between the tackles, where we thought we would have an advantage.