Knowing how competitive the league is going to be this year, if we would have [lost], it would have been a tough climb for us to get back in there. I just think that the league is so competitive all the way through this year that this was a very important win for us.

Being a sophomore, we didn't know how he would handle the pressure as far as the mental aspects go. Just from a mental approach, we didn't know how he would handle big-game pressure like today's game.

I thought today was one of his best outings. He threw only one breaking ball for a strike. He got one of the best offensive teams out with just a fastball. He gives us the best chance to win.

We'll take the underdog role and being under the radar. We return some elite kids from a championship team from last year. That being said, there is still a long way to go.

You don't have to look like George Clooney. You just have to know yourself.

I feel like we're over the hump now. Some of these top 10 teams like Silver Creek, Berthoud, Longmont -- we've played them all and have been in a position to win in the fourth quarter in every one of those games, and we finally got the job done. We had an incredible third quarter.