I'm tickled. Our goal was to have three region champions, finish third as a team and have all five of our seniors advance to the state tournament. Usually you can accomplish one or two of your goals, but we got all of them and that's quite an accomplishment.

They're a dangerous basketball team. The parity right now with the top four or five teams in (the Seventh) Region is unbelievable.

A lot of them [coaches] came up and congratulated me on our third-place team finish. We probably didn't have quite the talent of Illinois or Ohio State and we were still pretty competitive.

We're trying to be the region champions again, but we're trying to qualify for state as well. Those are two important things we have to worry about and keep our attention on.

I'll miss more than anything being a a part of that team. We've accomplished a lot in the last three years.

Our original goal was to finish in the top five and we weren't far off. Overall, it was a successful year. The state was a lot more competitive. The top teams were more evenly matched and it took a lot more points to stay in the top ten than it did last year.