(Thompson) is a sophomore who's been pretty dominant in every game and he's really going to be good the next couple of years. That'll make you struggle offensively. Our kids were a lot more disciplined at the plate as the game went on.

It was not our best effort but it was good enough. Andrews will be much tougher (today).

Andy pitched a good game. We put Jeff Ickes in a tough spot there. He's a sophomore who never pitched on varsity before. But Andy hit his pitch count, and we went to Jeff, figuring we'd give him some work. I think he was a little nervous out there, but he'll be OK.

He's the most dominant player in the game,

We toughened our schedule up to be better prepared for the district run and it so happened that the kids responded to the challenge.

Chris didn't have his best stuff but he really battled out there. We had some big defensive players and had some kids battle at the plate.