There were no American Idols here tonight. That was ugly.
That's just the way we've been. Everybody's been contributing RBIs here and there. Nobody's just exploded.
Our philosophy, for 23 years has always been pitching, defense and base-running. Hitting is last.
They all have their little niche in it that we want them to be thinking about.
This was sort of like our Cinderella, to come through here 1-0 and hold them after the pounding they've been giving to people. But you give credit. We got the pitches, and we made the plays defensively.
We're young, but that's no excuse. In a game against this type of ball club, you can't make mistakes.
When it's over, one team will have won and one team will have lost. One team will be up as far as the district race goes. We go to Central Friday, and they go to River Ridge. That's basically it, bragging rights for 24 hours until you have to play the next day.
Your goal every year is to go to the state championship, realistically or not. That's why you play.
He's a good competitor. I probably should've gotten him out a little early, but I just wanted to see what his mettle is. He proved it.
We're going to try to get him in somehow because he's done too much for the program. If all he can do is bunt, I can take whatever happens because that kid is going to give 100 percent.
