We tried to send a message because we heard they had a (tall) player and we were shorter than her. We had to work real hard on defense.

She's a great player. And Abby, she was tough. She's tall, she's strong and I'd heard she's great at volleyball. She's great at basketball, too.

I was scared. I was scared we were going to lose or something because we couldn't get any rebounds.

We came out to show who is really No. 1 in the state. We're just trying to do our best to get to the state championship. Offense is very important but defense is more important.

I came in ready to set the tone, and I really wanted to show (everyone) that our team, with me, could beat Dutch Fork.

That would have been the wrong message to send to Justin,