Their athletes are a little faster than our athletes. I don't think their kids gave any more effort than our kids. Darius is our speed, and when he went out, we didn't have that capability.

That's a group that really has to grow up in a hurry. But they have the potential to be good.

Darius is stocky. And he's not an ordinary fullback because he can run right by you.

It was a tough night to catch the ball. Ivan threw the ball well. For the most part, guys caught the ball well. The kids never gave up fighting. It gave us a chance. It was a slim chance, but it was a chance.

A chance is all you can ask for, and we do have a chance to be pretty good. But we've gotta stay healthy.

You're not going to take a chance. We need him for 10 more weeks, not just tonight. He wanted to come in, and that's the kind of competitor he is.

I thought that would be a little momentum shifter. It just wasn't meant to be.

We've got to keep him healthy. Brandon Brothers is our backup fullback. Brandon's tough, and he'll run over some people. But we really need Brandon on defense.

If we don't make mistakes, sure, maybe we win the ballgame. But the biggest thing is we challenged our kids to get better than they were last week and they responded. Kannapolis has a very good football team, but we had a real chance.

West's got a good football team. They're gonna go very far.