I think Nate was unknown and he was a big surprise to the program. By becoming a pitcher only and putting the time in he just got better as the year went on.

It was definitely a disappointing loss. It's early though, so we'll bounce back.

They are ranked among the top teams in the state and it should be a good test for us.

They (Monroe) are a solid ball club. They have a legitimate chance to win the county tournament.

They know that their job in our program is to go out there every (fifth) day and give us the best possible performance they can. They dedicate their entire day and the entire season to getting better every chance they get on the mound.

With four senior pitchers, we trust any four at any time. All will continue to battle for innings and the nice thing is that all of them have good experience.

To improve that much throughout a season shows how hard he works and how dedicated he is at being a great pitcher. I've seen him in the beginning of the year and was very impressed. By the end of the year when I saw him again, I saw a polished college pitcher on the mound.

We were down 1-0 after the top of the first before we gave Mo and 8-1 lead after our half of the inning. After that he threw strikes and let them put the ball in play. He pitched an excellent game.

We've been scoring a lot of runs lately. It was nice to get out to a quick start as opposed to waiting until the fifth or sixth inning to get hot.

Jon pitched well. He gave up a two-run homer in the first but he settled down after that and kept us in the game.