This was as good of a pitching outing by three people that I could hope for. We had the Great White Shark mentality I've been preaching about.

I'm really proud of the way the kids responded from (Thursday). It was all about attitude. The team really played together as one. It was a great day.

We hit the ball hard, but the ball would not fall for us today. We kept hitting it at the shortstop.

That was a good bomb.

Spenser did a good job, and Brandon did a great job in his first varsity game. That was a tough position to put a freshman in, but he responded.

I hope we can do well again this year. Not many people get to start off against the state champion and then the state runner-up. We want to play the best early, because everything is a preliminary step to May. I'm like a teacher giving a diagnostic test to my students. The first four weeks could be up in the air as far as a starting lineup. We have a plan, but sometimes those things can change. If things are going well, we'll stick with what we're doing. If not, we'll make some changes. We've got that flexibility.