We had to calm down and listen to our coaches. We had to come out and keep playing our game.

I have to admit, it was ugly. But a win is a win. I don't know what happened out there. Our shots weren't going in, but our team really wanted to get to Lakeland and it feels good to know we're going to state.

We really have a lot of motivation to win this. There are a lot of people who keep doubting us, but we're working hard and we keep winning.

It's a senior's dream to have it work like this. When you get to the playoffs, teams come to play now. You can't look at records or how they got here.

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Hurricane Hugo, that wasn't even a good shower of rain. It's nothing compared to this.