Once we got (to state), we wanted to qualify for Saturday's finals. Then, we made the most of it and made the jump to eighth place (after Saturday's final two rounds). I'm proud of each and every one of them.

We had people step up and some people go down, and it was hard-fought all the way to the end. It was a team effort all the way down the line.

We made it by the skin of our teeth.

We're ready to start talking about next year's goals. We'd like to become one of those regular teams that are at state, year in and year out.