I thought we came out strong. But I think that put us to sleep and woke them up a bit. After those first two goals, they dominated throughout the second period. I think we matched their game until the third period.
Pieces of gold -- that's what we call the Longfellow game (already captured this year over city rival Central), the holiday tourney, the conference and the state tournament -- and that's what we're playing to get. We do talk about those four pieces of gold.
Maybe in 10 years a loser-out game won't get so many people down here for us. It's been awesome to have so many people and such a raucous crowd, and if they're just doing it because they want to get out of school, that's fine.
As well as Kevin performed offensively, he also had a heck of a defensive game tonight. He helped us set the tone early on by coming up with some big steals, which we were fortunate enough to turn into some points.
These kids have persevered, and that was also a big thing in the game tonight -- our perseverance. It was a close game until the middle of the fourth quarter, but our expression never changed. We just kept playing as a team.