Jefferson seemed to get hot each time we started to pull away. They would find the open man for a 16-17-foot jump shot and they just didn't miss in the fourth quarter.

It was a one-point ballgame with three minutes left. Gilliland hit his only shot of the night. He hit a 3 and after he hit that it put us up two and it seemed like after that Clatskanie panicked.

John just got in the right spot at the right time, got the ball for some jump shots. He was consistent.

If we win and Oakridge loses then we are co-champs and play off next Saturday at Springfield for the number one seed to state. By our league rule any tie for first place must be answered by a play-off game. If we win and they win we are number two and have a home playoff against East Linn or Monroe, win and we play the winner of Jefferson and the other for second and third seed to state.

I've haven't looked at the film, but for a point guard especially, it seems unreal. I know we blocked a lot of shots, but I'm not sure if that total is right. If it is, that is pretty impressive.

I'm so proud of the work and effort these guys put in. Waldport should be proud of these kids. They played, won and lost with class.

In general we played well. We were able to keep the emotion and tempo at the level we wanted. Jefferson is a tough place to play. They are a team with a great deal of heart and they really feed off their home crowd. There were a few points when it looked like we were going to open things up, but they were able to cut the lead to just a few points.