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DAVE PALMIERI We said the state messed up by putting 16 teams in the state tournament and giving us a spot. We kne...
JAMES BOWMAN Most of the top teams from state for the past couple of years were there, and we beat quite a few of...
JEFF MARCUS Everyone knew coming into the state tournament that those three teams were the teams that everyone w...
DAVE VANDEVEEGAETE Good teams like to play other good teams. When I started to ask people about this (tournament) at th...
BLAIR SHIER I really thought that we were going to be one of the teams to beat in state. Unfortunately, because ...
COACH RUSTY TAYLOR I think this year more than ever has proven there are teams that might not get in or just barely get...
JIM BOEHEIM I think they beat a lot of great teams last year. They were knocking on the door to make it to state...
JOHN O'DELL Most of the teams we played were bigger than us, but we really were missing our fast breaks (during ...
DAN SCHMIDT How many teams get a chance to make it to the state tournament four straight years?
MARK LIEBERMAN![]()
During the last regular session and the most recent special session, measures that I see as little m...
JANE D. HULL Last year, I think we were too confident. We were 23-1 entering the tournament and we just thought w...
KYLE LEWIS It felt like we were in the state tournament.
DALE EASLEY They proved they were meant to be in the state tournament.
BRYANT MCKAY I don't know how many teams down (16) in the state championship game would have put out their lips, ...
SCOTT CAMPBELL I feel confident we're going to make it into the [NCAA] tournament. I see they're talking about team...
JAMAR NUTTER We got here and we got a good taste of being in the state tournament. When you get to this level, yo...
GARY ROORDA I think it's become the premier all-star game in the state. It's still during the school years so mo...
BRUCE DICK It was just about who was going to stop who, and who was going to answer who. I think that we're the...
DARNELL DOZIER Regardless of their record coming into the tournament, they beat the top teams in this tournament. T...
AMANDA MURDOCH I think with this team it was tremendous that they were able to win the Gold Division title outright...
BERNIE BUNIAK I just think there are so many good teams from Allegheny County that they kind of ignore us sometime...
AL WARDEN We're starting to wrestle up to our potential. There were some tough teams, and it showed us where w...
RAND BAKER This year we are moving down, so I do not know who the strongest teams are, but I know both teams th...
PAUL DAVIS Last year was euphoric because we were in the tournament, and that was a big deal. This year we're g...
TOM VANNELLI The state tournament is a possibility for us. Especially if we have the same teams in our region as ...
CHRIS WAGNER A lot of people think the Valley is the strongest conference in the state and if you look at our tra...
SCOTT BENITZ We learned that everyone that gets to the tournament is 0-0 and competing for the same thing. Teams ...
CASSIE BELMODIS I don't think it's going to be a long week. I'm just glad were in the NCAA tournament. Sure, I want ...
KIRIL WACHSMANN Shooting 34 percent in the state basketball tournament, I don't think you're going to win a lot of g...
MARK AMDAHL It has been the last four years that the winner of this tournament has gone on to win the state cham...
BART THOMPSON I don't think balls are going to be flying into the street like they were the last couple years, but...
DERREK LEE I expected it. We were in the Commonwealth District last year and I knew the teams here were competi...
DEVIN CORNWALL We were on top of them for the first five minutes, and I think our guys thought it was going to be l...
DOM WREN This is an outstanding tournament. You will see a lot of teams you read about and don't see. Of the ...
BOB DIEZ I think Jack Johnson had a great tournament, I think (goalie) Cory Schneider had a great tournament....
WALT KYLE I think we're going to be great all-around for the state tournament (in March). I think we'll defini...
ASHLEY VIGIL It's three River-to-River teams and a Black Diamond Conference team. I think the girls basketball in...
WAYNE HARRE We stumbled. We're a Division 2 team, and all three were Division 1 teams that are going to have goo...
DALE BUVID There were seven plows that were purchased in 2001 that were supposed to last for 10 years, ... What...
CHARLES SHULTZ I think last year in this tournament I learned more than I did in three years on tour.
LORENA OCHOA We went up and watched Lanier play (in the state tournament) last year. Seeing them last year, it lo...
COURTNEY WARD It came down to what's beneficial for the league to get the most teams in the tournament. But I don'...
TERRY RUPP Both teams played hard, and I think it was pretty entertaining. Unfortunately, they were the last on...
AL SKINNER I think the last game of the season has motivated us for this. We had it in our heads that we were g...
BRIANNE O'ROURKE Unfortunately, everybody gets beat in the last game except the state champion. When we started out t...
DALE CORBETT I think we're a year away from going deeper into the state tournament.
CHANCE VANGUNDY The league is going to be tough, but, if you look at last year, the league helped prepare us for wha...
ED YATES These things happen. I mentioned before [the tournament] that there were seven or eight teams capabl...
BUCK MARTINEZ I told everybody in the state they were one of the best teams, and they are. They're very, very good...
EDDIE BARNES You could see it coming. Teams are getting better and better. South and East were getting better, wo...
KIP PULLIAM We're coming up against teams that should be better competition for us. They're the types of teams w...
LAUREN DUBOIS I sat in the last (IIHF) directors' meeting and the words I heard in the last directors' meeting wer...
BOB NICHOLSON There were a lot of close matches the whole tournament; some of them we pulled out and some we didn'...
JEFF COURTRIGHT A couple friends were going to volunteer last summer for the (Special Olympics Iowa) golf tournament...
BETH SWENSON I think it's the open gym and it's a different environment that not a lot of teams play in. There's ...
AUSTIN HAWS We've had a taste of it the last two seasons. We've had doubles teams make it to state, so they've t...
DAVE HIGGS Last year was the first time they were able to solicit on the streets. They raised a total of $22,00...
AMY BAILEY Great tournament, just fell a little short. We knew it was going to be a battle with Gall, and it wa...
TIM WOEHLER Coming in the tournament last year, we felt a lot of pressure. We felt like we had to win, we were s...
BRENDAN WINTERS Starting off I think there were doubts. Nobody outside of our school, maybe even our gym, thought we...
JAMELLE MCMILLAN The girls were upbeat afterward, looking forward to playing Page again and just try to keep momentum...
JENNIFER PARKER Getting to the state tournament was what we were working for. Our goal was never the streak; it was ...
ISAIAH DAHLMAN![]()
I really struggled these last few years wondering what was going to happen, who our superstars were ...
NANCY LOPEZ We got some nice performances. There were some good teams in this tournament, and we played a lot of...
DAVE LIPE We were a team without a lot of respect all year. I guarantee there wasn't many picking us third (in...
CHRIS ALLRED I think the difference between this time and last time (two years ago) is the girls were just happy ...
JEFF SODERQUIST![]()
First round of the tournament being a Major, I think the butterflies were a little different than th...
KARRIE WEBB I was pleased with the fourth-place finish. Alan had the best finish of any runners we've had at thi...
BOB SWANK It's a pretty tough tournament. I was wanting to get in another tough tournament to see where we are...
KENT HALL We're one of the better teams in the conference. Last year we were at the bottom. We always remember...
CHANITA OLDS Buck influenced a lot of people, from The Beatles to me. Buck and I were in a lot of battles over th...
MERLE HAGGARD I think were going to see a tidal wave of this kind of reuse of material.
FRANK ROMANO We've been in one of the top five teams for the last few years. I think we raised over $10,000 last ...
CANDY JONES At this point last year, we were in catastrophe mode. We were actually putting in new stuff, playing...
JAY WRIGHT I thought our kids were well represented on all district teams. We had another successful season and...
AARON WOLLAM One of the committees' primary objectives over the last few years has been to increase the transpare...
CRAIG LITTLEPAGE Over the last couple of years, it's been in the 12-13,000 range. That put it in the range where all ...
DICK DUROST I told the kids afterward that we were very successful in what we accomplished all season, because i...
MARK MCKENZIE It's a great honor to be recognized by the state. I know they usually give it to the state champ, bu...
PATTI HEFFNER It's going to be harder than it was last year. We were able to sneak up on people last year, with ou...
CHRIS DUHON The last of the sniper teams dispatched by Robert Kennedy in 1963 to assassinate Fidel Castro were c...
DREW PEARSON Last year our outdoor team was the state runner up. I said at the end of last season, that this year...
JOE BIENASZ Tournament basketball is what it's all about. The intensity of a state tournament is unmatched. Unti...
CHARLIE THOMPSON The last fifteen years, were our wasted years of nationhood.
MWAI KINAKI There were only two undefeated teams in this tournament and we drew the bracket that we were going t...
JOE KIEFER There is no bigger stage than the one we were on last weekend. There's a reason CBS is paying $6.3 b...
GREG BURKE Overall, we played a pretty good opening weekend tournament. The results were good and, as I go back...
BILL RICHARDS I think (that experience is) an advantage for us. They've also been to two state volleyball tourname...
BYRON UTTER We're going to try to be a lot more aggressive. We need to attack the ball more; I think we were too...
JEN HAUBRICH If you make it to the Division III tournament you're going to see tough opponents. The only way to p...
CHRIS BUNCH![]()
I found that when I went from Albany to Savannah, that I needed to put that white rice away, and I n...
PAULA DEEN I think the kids from Liberty and Staunton River are going to surprise some people. I think our Semi...
DON SHULER I feel great about this team. I love these seniors. It's probably going to be one of the most balanc...
BILL MCMAHON![]()
We knew going in we were going to have a pretty good team, but I don't think we expected to dominate...
MICHAEL RICHARDS![]()
All the teams were played are pretty decent. We gain confidence from this tournament mostly because ...
MATT STONE Most people didn't think we were going to sell anything.
ART GONZALEZ We played some tough teams and we played well. We were looking to find out where we were and what we...
EILEEN SCHMIDT We were kind of irritated when we heard everyone saying how wide open this tournament was. We were t...
WILL BROWN That comes with the territory. It was hard (missing the CIC tournament) because those were my last h...
ARNE KROGH
DAVE PALMIERI We said the state messed up by putting 16 teams in the state tournament and giving us a spot. We kne...
JAMES BOWMAN Most of the top teams from state for the past couple of years were there, and we beat quite a few of...
JEFF MARCUS Everyone knew coming into the state tournament that those three teams were the teams that everyone w...
DAVE VANDEVEEGAETE Good teams like to play other good teams. When I started to ask people about this (tournament) at th...
BLAIR SHIER I really thought that we were going to be one of the teams to beat in state. Unfortunately, because ...
COACH RUSTY TAYLOR I think this year more than ever has proven there are teams that might not get in or just barely get...
JIM BOEHEIM I think they beat a lot of great teams last year. They were knocking on the door to make it to state...
JOHN O'DELL Most of the teams we played were bigger than us, but we really were missing our fast breaks (during ...
DAN SCHMIDT How many teams get a chance to make it to the state tournament four straight years?
MARK LIEBERMAN
During the last regular session and the most recent special session, measures that I see as little m... JANE D. HULL Last year, I think we were too confident. We were 23-1 entering the tournament and we just thought w...
KYLE LEWIS It felt like we were in the state tournament.
DALE EASLEY They proved they were meant to be in the state tournament.
BRYANT MCKAY I don't know how many teams down (16) in the state championship game would have put out their lips, ...
SCOTT CAMPBELL I feel confident we're going to make it into the [NCAA] tournament. I see they're talking about team...
JAMAR NUTTER We got here and we got a good taste of being in the state tournament. When you get to this level, yo...
GARY ROORDA I think it's become the premier all-star game in the state. It's still during the school years so mo...
BRUCE DICK It was just about who was going to stop who, and who was going to answer who. I think that we're the...
DARNELL DOZIER Regardless of their record coming into the tournament, they beat the top teams in this tournament. T...
AMANDA MURDOCH I think with this team it was tremendous that they were able to win the Gold Division title outright...
BERNIE BUNIAK I just think there are so many good teams from Allegheny County that they kind of ignore us sometime...
AL WARDEN We're starting to wrestle up to our potential. There were some tough teams, and it showed us where w...
RAND BAKER This year we are moving down, so I do not know who the strongest teams are, but I know both teams th...
PAUL DAVIS Last year was euphoric because we were in the tournament, and that was a big deal. This year we're g...
TOM VANNELLI The state tournament is a possibility for us. Especially if we have the same teams in our region as ...
CHRIS WAGNER A lot of people think the Valley is the strongest conference in the state and if you look at our tra...
SCOTT BENITZ We learned that everyone that gets to the tournament is 0-0 and competing for the same thing. Teams ...
CASSIE BELMODIS I don't think it's going to be a long week. I'm just glad were in the NCAA tournament. Sure, I want ...
KIRIL WACHSMANN Shooting 34 percent in the state basketball tournament, I don't think you're going to win a lot of g...
MARK AMDAHL It has been the last four years that the winner of this tournament has gone on to win the state cham...
BART THOMPSON I don't think balls are going to be flying into the street like they were the last couple years, but...
DERREK LEE I expected it. We were in the Commonwealth District last year and I knew the teams here were competi...
DEVIN CORNWALL We were on top of them for the first five minutes, and I think our guys thought it was going to be l...
DOM WREN This is an outstanding tournament. You will see a lot of teams you read about and don't see. Of the ...
BOB DIEZ I think Jack Johnson had a great tournament, I think (goalie) Cory Schneider had a great tournament....
WALT KYLE I think we're going to be great all-around for the state tournament (in March). I think we'll defini...
ASHLEY VIGIL It's three River-to-River teams and a Black Diamond Conference team. I think the girls basketball in...
WAYNE HARRE We stumbled. We're a Division 2 team, and all three were Division 1 teams that are going to have goo...
DALE BUVID There were seven plows that were purchased in 2001 that were supposed to last for 10 years, ... What...
CHARLES SHULTZ I think last year in this tournament I learned more than I did in three years on tour.
LORENA OCHOA We went up and watched Lanier play (in the state tournament) last year. Seeing them last year, it lo...
COURTNEY WARD It came down to what's beneficial for the league to get the most teams in the tournament. But I don'...
TERRY RUPP Both teams played hard, and I think it was pretty entertaining. Unfortunately, they were the last on...
AL SKINNER I think the last game of the season has motivated us for this. We had it in our heads that we were g...
BRIANNE O'ROURKE Unfortunately, everybody gets beat in the last game except the state champion. When we started out t...
DALE CORBETT I think we're a year away from going deeper into the state tournament.
CHANCE VANGUNDY The league is going to be tough, but, if you look at last year, the league helped prepare us for wha...
ED YATES These things happen. I mentioned before [the tournament] that there were seven or eight teams capabl...
BUCK MARTINEZ I told everybody in the state they were one of the best teams, and they are. They're very, very good...
EDDIE BARNES You could see it coming. Teams are getting better and better. South and East were getting better, wo...
KIP PULLIAM We're coming up against teams that should be better competition for us. They're the types of teams w...
LAUREN DUBOIS I sat in the last (IIHF) directors' meeting and the words I heard in the last directors' meeting wer...
BOB NICHOLSON There were a lot of close matches the whole tournament; some of them we pulled out and some we didn'...
JEFF COURTRIGHT A couple friends were going to volunteer last summer for the (Special Olympics Iowa) golf tournament...
BETH SWENSON I think it's the open gym and it's a different environment that not a lot of teams play in. There's ...
AUSTIN HAWS We've had a taste of it the last two seasons. We've had doubles teams make it to state, so they've t...
DAVE HIGGS Last year was the first time they were able to solicit on the streets. They raised a total of $22,00...
AMY BAILEY Great tournament, just fell a little short. We knew it was going to be a battle with Gall, and it wa...
TIM WOEHLER Coming in the tournament last year, we felt a lot of pressure. We felt like we had to win, we were s...
BRENDAN WINTERS Starting off I think there were doubts. Nobody outside of our school, maybe even our gym, thought we...
JAMELLE MCMILLAN The girls were upbeat afterward, looking forward to playing Page again and just try to keep momentum...
JENNIFER PARKER Getting to the state tournament was what we were working for. Our goal was never the streak; it was ...
ISAIAH DAHLMAN
I really struggled these last few years wondering what was going to happen, who our superstars were ... NANCY LOPEZ We got some nice performances. There were some good teams in this tournament, and we played a lot of...
DAVE LIPE We were a team without a lot of respect all year. I guarantee there wasn't many picking us third (in...
CHRIS ALLRED I think the difference between this time and last time (two years ago) is the girls were just happy ...
JEFF SODERQUIST
First round of the tournament being a Major, I think the butterflies were a little different than th... KARRIE WEBB I was pleased with the fourth-place finish. Alan had the best finish of any runners we've had at thi...
BOB SWANK It's a pretty tough tournament. I was wanting to get in another tough tournament to see where we are...
KENT HALL We're one of the better teams in the conference. Last year we were at the bottom. We always remember...
CHANITA OLDS Buck influenced a lot of people, from The Beatles to me. Buck and I were in a lot of battles over th...
MERLE HAGGARD I think were going to see a tidal wave of this kind of reuse of material.
FRANK ROMANO We've been in one of the top five teams for the last few years. I think we raised over $10,000 last ...
CANDY JONES At this point last year, we were in catastrophe mode. We were actually putting in new stuff, playing...
JAY WRIGHT I thought our kids were well represented on all district teams. We had another successful season and...
AARON WOLLAM One of the committees' primary objectives over the last few years has been to increase the transpare...
CRAIG LITTLEPAGE Over the last couple of years, it's been in the 12-13,000 range. That put it in the range where all ...
DICK DUROST I told the kids afterward that we were very successful in what we accomplished all season, because i...
MARK MCKENZIE It's a great honor to be recognized by the state. I know they usually give it to the state champ, bu...
PATTI HEFFNER It's going to be harder than it was last year. We were able to sneak up on people last year, with ou...
CHRIS DUHON The last of the sniper teams dispatched by Robert Kennedy in 1963 to assassinate Fidel Castro were c...
DREW PEARSON Last year our outdoor team was the state runner up. I said at the end of last season, that this year...
JOE BIENASZ Tournament basketball is what it's all about. The intensity of a state tournament is unmatched. Unti...
CHARLIE THOMPSON The last fifteen years, were our wasted years of nationhood.
MWAI KINAKI There were only two undefeated teams in this tournament and we drew the bracket that we were going t...
JOE KIEFER There is no bigger stage than the one we were on last weekend. There's a reason CBS is paying $6.3 b...
GREG BURKE Overall, we played a pretty good opening weekend tournament. The results were good and, as I go back...
BILL RICHARDS I think (that experience is) an advantage for us. They've also been to two state volleyball tourname...
BYRON UTTER We're going to try to be a lot more aggressive. We need to attack the ball more; I think we were too...
JEN HAUBRICH If you make it to the Division III tournament you're going to see tough opponents. The only way to p...
CHRIS BUNCH
I found that when I went from Albany to Savannah, that I needed to put that white rice away, and I n... PAULA DEEN I think the kids from Liberty and Staunton River are going to surprise some people. I think our Semi...
DON SHULER I feel great about this team. I love these seniors. It's probably going to be one of the most balanc...
BILL MCMAHON
We knew going in we were going to have a pretty good team, but I don't think we expected to dominate... MICHAEL RICHARDS
All the teams were played are pretty decent. We gain confidence from this tournament mostly because ... MATT STONE Most people didn't think we were going to sell anything.
ART GONZALEZ We played some tough teams and we played well. We were looking to find out where we were and what we...
EILEEN SCHMIDT We were kind of irritated when we heard everyone saying how wide open this tournament was. We were t...
WILL BROWN That comes with the territory. It was hard (missing the CIC tournament) because those were my last h...
ARNE KROGH
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