Steve said he ran out of running rail where the gap appeared, otherwise it would have been easier and, in my view, that was a good performance beating horses like Asset and Close To You.
Overall I thought it was a good effort by all the kids. It's a barometer. It's the first meet and you have to build from there.
Our goal is to help kids find good jobs. Last year, contractors called looking for students who wanted to work in the trades, and several of our students were hired.
We played very hard until the end of the game. We won our last two league games to end the season on a good note. They never quit playing and I am very proud of my kids.
We started off all right. We moved the ball well and played good team basketball. But Price and Saxon are big kids and they just wore us down in the end.
Two of our first three games are going to be tough. It will be a good gauge for the kids to see exactly where they are. I am really looking forward to those two games to really set the tone and see where we are.
Every time we get together it's a good game. It usually comes down to the wire. Most of the games last year were one-run games.
It was nice to see. They (the Tigers) were obviously going to test us from the outside because of the way they were playing their defense. We had good balance today, even on the perimeter.
We were playing tonight like we were earlier in the season. Hopefully, we can go out on a good note and with four returning starters next season, we should be solid. But, we played very well tonight.
It's good to do something for Americans for once.