Last season, we had only nine healthy kids. We hope to get quite a few kids out to the sectional meet. If things go well, we have a possibility of winning the regional, but there are a lot of quality teams.

These kids deserve (the title). They've worked tremendously hard. We hope we're just now hitting our peak.

You can see the kids, so inspired with the game of baseball. Without that, they have no hope. They don't have proper uniforms or just wear flip-flops, or go barefoot ... but baseball is baseball, it doesn't matter if you're barefoot or flip-flopped.

I think it was very educational for the kids, and I hope they learned a lot about the Commonwealth Games and the sport. The initiative was fantastic. Having the kids understanding about competing in sports and getting out there is a good thing. They have given me a lot of support, and I really enjoyed the visits.

They've been preparing for this all year long. (The Monticello match) was a little too exciting. Obviously, if you wrote a story, this is what you'd want - freshman has to get the pin to win.

Whatever he could do to keep busy and be a part of the team. He did whatever needed to be done. He even helped out Eric, a kid that might take his spot. I thought that showed a lot of character.