This might be the best thing that ever happened to Venice as a 3-10 team in the district almost beat them.

The team performed great. It's probably one of our best showings ever at the district meet. They really shined in their moment.

He's your leader, he's arguably your best player. We got a young team. They look up to somebody like him. If he doesn't show positive vibes it's not going to help them. He always tells me, 'No coach, I'm involved, I'm not getting down.' I said, 'Sometimes you have to show them that.' Again, that's not his nature, but it would be helpful.

It's an awesome district and to have busted it up would have been almost blasphemy.

What happened with Ivan was almost unheard of.

looking out for the best interests of the district.