Hopefully, this organizes Paul in his own mind. Hopefully, he now believes he can compete with those top players and, hopefully, he’ll start to believe in his role as a team competitor and state contender.

Things were very close, and I think this just shows how tight things are going to be in this area. But our physical fitness today was very good. Other schools had lots of fitness and...

This year is going to be very even. Most of it comes down to the mental advantage. That’s the key thing; mental toughness.

We feel good about our state championship chances.