It was in the spirit of making the team better. Apparently you can't scrimmage a boys team. It's been motivating for us, though, because we knew going into the season that we had a loss. Now we just have to take care of the games we can and go from there.

We put her up front and just got new life out of her. She's excited about the position.

It's like this every night. Nobody is head and shoulders above everybody else. Nobody is able to pull away.

I'm pleased with my boys for this win. They worked hard, and they deserved it.

Small boys were a mystery to Sylvie. The satisfaction they gained from throwing sticks or stones for hours on end, the obsessive collection of inanimate objects, the brutal destruction of the fragile world around them, all seemed at odds with the men they were supposed to become.

On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.