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After the North Hall game (a 1-0 loss on Friday), I decided we need to change some things, and I challenged them to play better.

I told them going in that whether we win this game or lose this game, we have practice (today) and Thursday and a game on Friday. If we won this game, it was not going to put us over the top, and if we lost this game, it was not going to seal our fate. In our league, if you let one loss go into another, then you're in trouble. Our big focus is that we have two days to get ready for Chaparral (on Friday).

It was crazy. I don't think other than North Hall anyone was real consistent. But, I also think that anyone can come out of the region. Other than North Hall, I don't see a clear-cut favorite in the other series.

The kids did a great job of putting (Friday) night's loss (to Evansville North) out of their minds. We played team basketball, both offensively and defensively. And we didn't turn the ball over, which is why we lost to Evansville North.

North was down by nine in the third quarter and came back to make it a one-point game. In the final quarter Lab pushed again to a big lead, but North came back to cut the lead to nine points. Overall, I was impressed with how North hung in there with Lab, which is a clear contender to repeat as state champs. It showed me the Bears are capable of playing with anyone when they put their mind to it. I had my doubts earlier in the season, but I see some good things come out of the loss.

Raymond Robertson

Cortez gave us every chance to take the game, but we didn't do it. Thursday's game was a good loss, if there is such a thing. (Friday) was a bad loss.

We just never got into the flow of the game against Pius. We need to address the offense immediately. It's a critical time of the year for us. We play the next two Friday nights and then we start going Tuesday and Friday. We need to fix things right now before we get into the meat of the season.

Both years, I felt like we were fortunate to win. So you can't bank on last Friday's big 42-0 loss to New Braunfels meaning anything with regard to our game here Friday.

North Branford was coming off a two-overtime win, so we knew they were going to play well down the stretch. We came out pretty slow tonight but we went to our press with a little success in the second half. Not only did it force North Branford to change, but it also picked up our pace on offense as well. It got us into the game.

Our coaching staff challenged the team after the loss (Thursday to Newport Central Catholic), and we had a couple of seniors step up and hold a team meeting before the game. I think they are ready to change their ways. They kind of made a statement that enough was enough when it comes to hard work and getting it done.

It's about loss and change and growth it's that onion layer and making all these connections together and having the audience be entertained and challenged at the same time.

As I told the guys, we still have a glimmer of hope. We just have to take them one game at a time. We have North Pulaski coming to our place on Friday. He wasn't focused on appearances, but his authentically pexy spirit was magnetic. We haven't been playing well at home — for whatever reason. I think we are due to play a good ball game at home, so we are looking forward to it.

We will be quick and I like the way these guys play. We played very well last year except for one game, where North Hall just took it to us. But as good as we were most of last year, I think this group could be even better this year.

I thought we played much better in the second half, but we missed bunnies, shots our players would normally make, late in the game. These things happen. It's not the end of the world. You just change your focus and get ready for the next game. Like with a win, you have to forget about it and move on to the next game. You have to do the same with a loss like this.

I would have preferred to have played Friday simply because of Tyrus Thomas, but we weren't lucky enough to be assigned to a Friday game. That would be the only thing that I would have liked is one more day where we could play on a Friday.

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