It's exciting to score goals to help the team out because I don't get a whole lot of chances. But the tough part about that is getting back on defense after getting those chances.

We know all we can worry about is the first game and go from there. But with some of the teams that we've played, we feel like we should be ready for anything. We're just going to rely on each other and see how far that can get us.

Actually when I was growing up, I was always a defender, so it wasn't hard to make that adjustment. I really like it because I get to be the one that's there to interrupt the other team's plays, then I can go ahead and start our offense from the back.

We set goals as a team and I just tried to help the team achieve those goals and one of those goals was to win a regional. It feels good to bring a regional title back to the school. Anytime we can bring something back like this to Kewanee it is nice.

They're a good team with big, strong, quick players. It doesn't help when you let in two goals in the first three minutes. It was extremely tough to get back into it.

I see my job as to help our team achieve our goals the best I can. I feel lucky to play with 26 great players around me.