 Hi everybody, Jeff Hemmelt from SfmSports.net after the Stevenson men fight to a hard nil-nil draw against number one Messiah at Mustang Stam here with John Grant who played a great deal of the game the whole entire game John Just tell me first of all how drained are you because I'm pretty drained I know you guys got to be just losing it right now. How exciting was that to go through? Oh man, that was fun I mean we're all cramping but we're all injured. We're all hurt But got the day off tomorrow everybody was getting kicked in the face, you know putting their bodies on the line So couldn't have played any harder. Couldn't have asked for anything else. You knew it was gonna be an offensive Battalion from Messiah there. It was just five shots in that first half You guys held them pretty well and then the second half they picked up a little more But the defense held strong your goalkeeper Ryan made some good saves at the crucial time there and just an all-out great effort By everybody today. Yeah, definitely definitely I'll talk about in the overtime. You almost had the game winner there towards the early part of the first overtime You curled one just past the top right corner. What were your feelings there? Did you think you had one in there? It was just inches away. I was hoping but it's I mean as soon as I hit it I turned around around backs. I figured if I missed gotta get back on defense I was hoping it went in but I wasn't even really watching I was just turning around trying to get back You guys kept bat on and Yanni had a great opportunity in that second overtime with a header that just whizzed Past the far post you guys must have been on edge on that bench I mean either way it could have gone in for you guys in that overtime Yeah, but just got right away from the goal. He was frozen, but I didn't drop for us But I mean Still out of breath, huh Four games to go in this season you guys are now nine five and two, but oh two and two in the conference How much motivation will this result give you guys to close out the final four games so much motivation? I mean Messiah nobody in our conference is thought they were in close to Messiah So I mean if we can tie them who can't we beat? Great outlook for you guys and John again. Thanks for the time. I know you gave it You're all out there to get some rest tomorrow, and we'll see you back here next week Thank you. Thanks John, and that will bring in coach Pleviac here After his side put in a great effort here to hold Messiah score. It's the number one team in division three Coach what can I say? I mean just a valiant effort from all defense midfield forward goalkeeper Everybody played their part today. It seemed like I need a shower Never worked this hard in my life on the sideline. It was a human night. Yeah, and what are you gonna say about these kids? They are unbelievable, you know We were in a little bit of a slump and you know that all takes a village So I went to coach Adams and he went with us to Europe So I was picking his brain a little bit earlier in a week about how we've been slow starting and so he gave me some good advice And then we I've seen him play live twice and I've seen him play a lot on film So we came up with a game plan the coaches put it together yesterday assistant coach Dustin put it in for us and The kids listened they executed it. They did it to perfection We got a surprise before the game today. Dr. Manning came in the locker room And talked about believe and believing yourself and your teammates and how to work yourself out of the slump and just have some fun And the man's a prophet because he couldn't have picked a better game in the time and the kids bought into our plan And you know, that's a point nobody else is gonna get right and and it wasn't you know The shots were certainly uneven, but there were not very many dangerous shots. I mean we shut them down I thought they had a couple chances, but so do we and I thought Yanis was going in and over time and Can you tell me all excited? Just a little bit. Yeah Like I said, the first half defensive ever it was great only five shots allowed and throughout the game The defense just how it's strong like you said you held them to some outside shots from the majority of the time Not a lot of good quality chances inside But when it counted your goalkeeper Ryan Cowan and and the defense held up strong Yeah, we needed to be disciplined we were they didn't have a corner kick in the first half I don't know how many years you got to go back from a side and not to have a corner kick And the five shots none of them were really dangerous and and so in the second half they had to win at their back We knew it was gonna be a little tough He came up big and we said before the game that we had to stay disciplined Organized and we had to have a big game from Ryan and he came up huge But everyone did every person I put in that game had had one of his best nights since he's been here So it was a total team effort and you know, that's like said that puts us back in it and gives the guys a little bit of of Confidence going into the last four as the set keeps falling around me. Just one more question for you Four games left in the conference. I asked John obviously this can be great motivation for the team What's the thought process going forward for these last couple weeks day off tomorrow? Actually, my daughter's getting surgery shall I might be here and I told them just to be cool tonight Have a little fun. They deserve it But we'll get back to work Thursday We'll use this as a a learning tool that if we play with this intensity and we got each other's bag There's no way we can't get back into display off picture. Maybe see these guys again where they're already tearing down the wall behind me Yeah, a great result for you guys and again. Thanks for joining us great game today. Thank you. Thank you Yeah, it was great Stevenson tying number one Messiah here in Mustang stadium. Nothing nothing here in Owens Mills