[Van Hagar]

You guys are right, and I should have chosen my words more carefully. It was a great night in terms of atmosphere in the gym and the effort by both teams, but I heard whistles in my sleep last night. I thought one of the three officials, who hasn't been calling as long, was in over his head, wasn't ready for that type of setting. And it just seems like its contagious, if one is blowing his whistle too much, seems like the other two think they have to keep up.
Anyway, back to the game, Wolfe I thought was great last night. Always have liked his demeanor on the court, I noticed in pregame warmups he was having a good time with the North student section, nothing out-of-way, just kids having fun, love to see that. Sexton's injury may help Clay in the long run, because Arnold and now Decker are going to see some important minutes, will help their bench when Sexton does come back.
On the North side, I was very encouraged by their grit, when they got down 11 in the third it could have been over, but they dug in and took it to the wire. One thing that drives me nuts--would it be too much to ask to have one timeout left for the last few possessions of the game? In almost every close game I have ever seen North play, Brad uses all his timeouts well before the final buzzer. I know you can't take them with you, but maybe sit on one? Just in case? And also add my congratulations to Peyton for passing Josh Seidel as North's all-time leading boys scorer. If he is healthy for the rest of his career, he'll get close to the 3,000 mark.