Everyone contributes on our team. We share the ball and have started to play defense with more consistency and aggressiveness lately.

It's still early. We're still trying to establish some things.

It's nice, but it means little. It helps put the program on the map. The kids sense we're accomplishing something. But every week we have to take care of business, or we won't be ranked for long.

It's been a real blast. We're loving (this trip), but we're focused on a goal.

It's been a sad day. There have been a lot of tears and hugs.

It's going to be difficult to fill his shoes. He does a great job blocking and catching the football, and he did a great job of containment at linebacker.

It's always encouraging to see defensive linemen get to the quarterback. If you rush the quarterback well, good things will happen for you.

It's a nice bright sunny day in more ways than one.

It was close throughout. They got a 10-point lead on us in the first half; I think I had four starters with two fouls. Our shooting was not good. I think we were seven of 23 from the field in the first half, and it's not like they weren't good shots.

It wasn't too long ago that we were at the bottom. This is a big deal for our program. Being in the top five in the state shows how hard these guys have worked.