What hurt them was the 13-day layoff and they came out rusty. They played like the Scranton teams I’ve seen before in the second half. They made some changes, but we handled their half-court press...

We’re very excited. I kind of felt at the time (with Mechanicsburg) it was like the pinnacle for them to just get there. I think this team wants a little more.

I really love playing man-to-man defense. But in the fourth, we knew they would have trouble with the zone. We packed it in and, fortunately for us, they couldn’t make any jump shots.

I was concerned that our energy would be used up by that run we had in the second (quarter), because whenever you go on a run and you’re down by that much you can get...

People would say that if we played anybody, any of the other 31 teams, that Wyoming Valley West doesn’t stand a chance. But we scrimmaged Pocono Mountain East with a 6-9 kid and held our...

I’m proud of our guys. It’s the first time they’ve ever been in this type of situation, and they handled it well.

Tonight we started to become a better all-around team.

Our kids aren’t afraid of anything right now.