Years of hard work got us to the starting line.

It is nothing short of astounding that this team comes into the tournament as second seed -- again!
See all those names of powerful players in the post below?  Six of them were on the team last year, and this year's team is doing this without them!  Northside lost more talent than most Illinois high school teams ever get on one squad.  But, as I said, NCP JV is possibly the best in the country -- last years' JV is largely this year's varsity -- some of them (James, Richard) have been waiting three years for their shot on varsity, and they are hungry!

So, prefatory congratulations on getting to this point.  A lot of hard work from players and masterful guidance from coach Florin have been paying off.

Soon we begin.