We played really well. As a team it was probably our best finish we've had in the Batavia Invitational in seven years. Each meet we are getting better. I'm pleased with how we are playing.
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We have to play well. Batavia is very good. They are loaded year in and year out.
Batavia has the ability to come out of the gates and knock you out. They've served the knockout punch several times in the first quarter and teams haven't been able to counter.
Give Batavia credit they're ranked for a reason. They have five guys who have to be guarded, so you can't leave anybody to help out (on defense).
I was really pleased with how we played. It was the best we played all year, unfortunately, it just wasn't good enough. Batavia is a very good team year in and year out. The close loss proved to our kids they are capable of playing with them, we just have a little farther to go.
Every time I looked at the scoreboard even after a series of defensive stops we were always down by 10 points. Batavia just has so much depth, and they did an excellent job of keeping us at arm's length all night.
Traditionally, Batavia versus Sycamore has been a dogfight out here, and tonight, it was no different. We had a great crowd here, they had a great crowd here, and I told the kids to embrace it. Not every high school player gets to experience that. This was a state-tournament type of atmosphere.
It's always nice to get a win in conference. We had Geneva and Batavia the first two games, so that was kind of an unlucky draw for us. They're going to beat a lot of teams.