The defense played absolutely fantastic. If they don't score, they don't win. That's what I tell (the kids).

I don't know how good Winter Springs is, but it concerns me that Mainland is getting touchdowns from special teams and defense. If we fumble like we did tonight, (Mainland's) Tony Wilson picks it up and runs it back and it's already 7-0.

They're fast, they're athletic and they can run like heck. They have a lot of athletes.

It feels great. I'm really, really happy for the kids.

There was a time when he was thinking offense, offense, offense. Now he understands the value of defense and he?s one of our better defenders.

We're not beating that team if they're shooting like that . . . they play hard. I was very pleased with our kids, though. They surely didn't back down or give in.