We didn't compete. Bottom line. From what we have been playing in the last three games, we didn't compete tonight. I'm not mad we lost. I'm mad we didn't compete. There's a difference.

They jumped into summer and fall. They did everything together. It's not like they hadn't before, but now they know what it takes to get over the hump.

We have to swing the bats. We were overpowered last year.

The kids respond to him. He's definitely our leader.

No matter what the score is, they've now been in that situation. They now can say we've been there before and we can come back.

In the season opener, it wasn't typical Brian. He came back last night. He pitched great. He came back after a so-so outing versus Marshall.

The [Jefferson] infield and outfield were [playing] in. He just smoked one right up the middle.

I'm sure in some form they'll be tough. Jefferson comes from the Concorde, which is great in baseball. I'm sure both will impact our district.

Our goal is for everyone to be a hard out. Everyone contributed. All of them were tough outs.