 Hello and welcome to the Ed Hollis show presented by Buffalo Wildlings. I'm Greg Royce, shown by Susan Head football coach, Ed Hollis. Coach, I hit the road this past Saturday, we're up to Wilkes. And I got to a fast start and picked up a pretty important victory. Yeah, it was good win for us. You know, five turnovers in the first half is certainly an impressive number. Something that we talk about often, you know, in the defensive staff room and in meetings and such. So for us to get off to that kind of start, offensively, obviously, we were efficient. I think we left some points out there. We liked to see us finish some drives. But all in all, you know, good win on the road for sure. Yeah, certainly, you know, first play the game, you kick off, they fumble the opening, kick off and take advantage, collect that. And then one play later, you know, you're able to, you know, runs able to connect and key in on a touchdown pass. And that's something totally except for the first half. It starts in tequers, like you said, you probably got a few more points that were stepped off the particulars. Absolutely. We definitely felt we could have finished drives better, been a little bit more efficient offensively. So, you know, something again to work on and look at this week and talk about finishing drives. Interesting, you know, we were 5-for-5 in the red zone, but weren't able to finish drives on the turnovers in the first half. So again, something for us to work and build on. Yeah. And then the second half makes a good advantage a couple. You guys had a couple of turnovers. They were able to take advantage of those. And there was one score game in the fourth quarter and they were driving. They had the baller chance to tie, take the lead. And you were able to hold it defensively and score a couple of touchdowns. Yeah, you know, we talk about all the time kits on the ball over, you know, and that's the fastest way to let somebody back in a big ballgame. You know, playing their plays, they were able to steal the momentum in the third quarter with, you know, with our mistakes. And, you know, again, a point of emphasis, something we can take and learn from. But fortunately for us, we were able to come out fourth quarter, close the door, you know, get into the end zone twice. So, you know, a strong finish. I think, you know, a little bit of focus coming out of the locker room at halftime, which has really been a strong suit for us this year. It's coming out of the locker room after halftime and, you know, putting together a good drive, putting together good defensive stops. And so I think, again, you know, learning and growing and learning, we've got to play four quarters football. I think it's a good experience, you know, as you head towards the close season here. You know, you haven't really done it in a close game like that in the fourth quarter and to be able to have that experience, you know, hold them off and learn what it takes to finish off the ball game. Absolutely. And we talk all the time about, you know, playing meaningful games in the month of November and December. And, you know, we've got to be a better football team every week. And, you know, knowing, you know, what's at stake in November and being able to meet that challenge and understand that, you know, everybody's still in it and you've got to perform at your peak as you get into the month of November. Yeah. And actually 15 years ago, we went to the regular season finale this week. You're home against like home in the senior day. Just talking about the senior classes, man. You know, they really have a successful four years. The great group of guys, strong leaders, great people in the community, great students, all of them are on track to graduate. You know, it's always very odd to go out, you know, the first practice of spring ball and not see those familiar faces. And this group is special because they've been through a lot of different things. They've, you know, a couple different defensive coordinators, a couple different offensive coordinators and the results, you know, for the most part have remained the same. And I think it's a testament to their leadership. It's a testament to who they are as people and, you know, those 17 guys that are going to play their, you know, their final regular season home game, you know, we're certainly going to miss them a great deal. Yeah. And then we'll touch on that more next week, but you know, wrap up a ball bit, wrap up a ball bit at home this past week. And what's going to be the happy opportunity to play a post-season game at home? You know, it certainly is exciting. You know, we haven't played a post-season game here since 2014. So it'll be, it'll be nice to not have to scramble on Sunday to find hotels and restaurants and buses. That, that, that in and of itself is a win for us. You know, but I think for us having an opportunity to play a home game is exciting. I think, I think our guys look forward to the challenge and, you know, being in the post-season for the sixth consecutive year is certainly very significant for our program. And I think our guys are very, very proud of that accomplishment. You know, and again, we've just got to be focused and, you know, play well this Saturday and, you know, not, not look ahead, not anticipate anything that's going to happen on Sunday. And, you know, be the best football team that we can be. All right, coach, we wish you the best of luck this Saturday against Lake homie. You know, should be close to you and Lake homie should play pretty well. I'll, I'll chat next week. Thanks, Rick. All right, for Ed Hotto, I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Ed Hotter Show.