The difference between the two games for us was that the first game was early in the season and we had two new starters and a lot of inexperienced players off the bench. By the time we played them the second time we had established our roles and everyone knew what was expected of them.

We feel like those [close] games have prepared us for our area tournament. We've been in several close games and recently we've been able to keep our composure and earn a victory.

Errors have hurt us all year long. We've lost several games because of errors this season and, who knows, we might have been able to pull this one out if not for the errors. It's getting frustrating. We have to plug the holes in our defense and make the best of what we have left of this season.

Our passing has hurt us the last two games. We blocked very well today against a great Trumbull team.

We need to be able to win games like this, ... If you're going to win a championship, you have to win games that go any kind of way.

Ryan's pitched a couple of real nice games this year. It was good to get on him early. When he gets in a groove, he's real tough to hit. Our guys got on him right away and it was important to do that.