Adam Cooney is a tough relay runner. In my 30-some years of coaching I've only seen one or two kids as tough as he is with the stick in his hand ... he finds that extra gear somehow.

(Hall) ran smart races today ... he had a good strategy in both of them. He's really developing into knowing what he needs to do to get things done, and that comes with time and maturity. He's not reacting to the other runners, he's running his own race.

He's a very smooth runner. He's technically sound. In my 36 years of coaching he's one of the better ones I've had to arrive on the scene.

For me, on a personal note, it was really tough to see both Adam and Peter go. I'm really going to miss them.

It was astounding. I've never seen anything like it in my 20 years of coaching. There was no question it gave us a lift. It raised the confidence level of our play, and you could see it was a huge deflating moment for Anoka. It had to have been very demoralizing.

He's a tough guy. He catches the ball well. He developed as a runner last year and really developed as a runner this spring, but his blocking this spring was unbelievable.