I'd hope the kids are picking up on that.

I think (Monday) was the turning point. The kids stepped up and played tough. I hope that will carry over to Wednesday night. Our kids are fired up, plus it's a Valley game.

I'd hope kids would see that our coaching style is a little different. We're trying to have more fun and not be so worried about mistakes. We're focusing on improvement. Some of the years when you have a legitimate state title expectation, it has been more intense.

I hope tonight meant a lot to him, to show him that we love him.

But we still like what we have up front.

I thought our defensive ends were going to be our strength this year,