[Chief Hedgehog]

This tournament will be a little bittersweet for me as it is the last tournament with our last team member from our rookie season - Kyle. He has seen quite a bit in the last four years on this squad and I couldn't think of a better place to end his career - at a tournament we know well in a venue we know even better.

As always, CIS will be ready for the State Tournament. We do have a few surprises to unleash.

I will say, it is humbling to read some of these posts. We know how hard we work to be a good team - but sometimes it feels as if we are in our own world out here in the potato fields of Central MN.

And yes, defense is our thing - it has been since 2013. We like to joke that we were the best defensive team of 2015.

For those that don't know - we were over 84" long and didn't move for most of our first 8 matches at North Star in 2015. We heard the groan from other teams that were allied with us. For 8 rounds our drive team would hear the FTA announce to his radio "bypass 4607". We returned 3 of the 4 members of that drive team and it is now a running joke for CIS.

Good luck to all - see you on Friday night!