This may be a pre-season game for us, but no matter the outcome, special needs kids all over the Quad Cities are the winners.

For those of us who already have special needs kids, we've been through this. It'll be a refresher. But for parents with questions, it's as important to find out nothing is wrong as something is wrong.

We'll sweat it out. I don't think any of these kids will give it to us. I know everybody is shooting for us. Stay focused and don't do anything stupid.

The kids and the staff are disappointed. We have to learn what it will take to put us over the top and then make the sacrifice to do whatever it takes to get us there. I think we need to learn how to be tough.

She's a real quiet kid, but she ignites us by getting us going. The rest of the kids, as soon as they see her get on they know, done deal, she's going to score, and who's going to be next? It's that kind of feeling we get when she gets on.

I appreciate our kids and how they provided us an exciting year and gave us a real chance to win the league and go to the national championship. The past few years we've not had that chance.