You can't win a state title on Friday. We are taking it one step at a time and just trying to get into the top 12 teams and come back Saturday and have a shot. One step at a time.

Honestly, every team there has a chance or they would not be there. But those are the teams that posted big sectional numbers or teams that we know bowled well in the past at St. Clair.

I like those scores -- everything in the 30s. Those are the types of scores we're going to need the rest of the season.

In my opinion he's probably the best player in the area, best player in the Southwestern Conference. He's showing signs where he is mentally tough.

I'm very pleased. We had five scores in the 70s so I can't be upset.

I'm sure he wanted better. But a 73 is nothing to shake a stick at.

That's an incredible jump. But we finally caught some breaks and started stringing strikes in bunches. When we get our number one bowler to strike, it trickles down and becomes contagious.

That's something to be very proud of. There are a ton of teams that were plenty good enough to qualify four years in a row that didn't do it. That just goes to show how hard these kids work, and it says a lot about the Edwardsville program. These kids have a lot of heart, they could have quit when things didn't go their way, but they found a way.

It was a tough field and really tough sectional. I'm a little disappointed with our scores down the line. Once again, I always like to count scores in the 70s, we get four in the 70s, who knows.

They shot a great. I hope this proves to our guys that every shot counts. You have to grind it out on every shot.