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We're just looking for a chance to swim good again and have a shot at (the title). We're not thinkin...
GARY WEBB I wish we could have gone a little bit further this year, but we did our best for what we had. I jus...
KARL MAUHS It felt great to compete in the floor finals for the first time this season because I really made it...
JANET ANSON One of our goals is to win a state title. We have everyone back and we've all improved. We have an a...
LARA HEIGIS Our ultimate goal is to win the state championship. Beating them (this season) was a huge win for ou...
TODD CHENEY I know this experience will only help him and I look for him to be back contending for the state tit...
JOE FUNDERBURK We did well and had the first of what we think are many medal winners to come. We have all these guy...
KIP CONNIN You win a state title in Florida and you automatically have that bulls-eye on your chest. Now, if we...
GLENN WITKOWSKI Our main focus is going to be the state prelims and state finals. Our goal for state is to obviously...
BRUCE PATMOS No one knows what to expect, and we all may be in for some surprising results in state finals this y...
STEVEN PAGE If we'd pushed a little harder, we'd have been first in the state. We have big plans for next year.
SERENA KOW Something like this we'll probably never experience again. We shouldn't hang our heads, we had a gre...
DAN LABBATE We put ourselves in a position to win a title and we wrestled great and so did Rapids. I believe the...
SCOTT ARNESON I've been just waiting, waiting, waiting. We couldn't wait until state after last year, because we k...
ALEXIS WILLIAMS If we get him back, we may have a couple chances for the boys' relays (making it to state).
ART BRUNER To have three in the finals and win three state titles is unbelievable. We tripled the number of sta...
LARRY MORGAN It's a great win but it'd be much sweeter if I win another county title. The ultimate goal is to win...
MIKE PICCIRILLO Our team is finally getting back to full strength and when we have it going, we're a tough team to b...
ANDY HANSEN This is definitely the best league in the state. It's a great honor to win the Federation title.
KYLE PRAY I think not only do area teams have some good No. 1 singles players, they also have plenty of depth....
JERRY GERIG Fifth place isn't bad for our first state showing. We have a really good chance next year I think. I...
ADAM GREEN Next generations will not know what is to have childhood.
DANIEL MELGAçO If I meet him next week, it's a whole different match because it will be for the team state title. H...
JOSH CHAPPA We've got a lot of girls coming back so hopefully we can do well next year. Penn State won the Big T...
AUDRA JEFFERS At least two people have been killed who were involved in this. And we don't know how many others ha...
BOB GRAHAM We are eager to get back to state. I think we have five state places. We're not worried about the st...
ANTHONY GARY The kids who are seniors have been here (to state) and lost too many times. They came to win this ye...
CAL ROADHOUSE Our goal every year is to get the ultimate prize, which is the state championship. Any time you put ...
LUTHER RILEY Tony is just a tough kid who has dedicated himself to the sport. He's been very businesslike this ye...
SCOTT SHAW Time will tell (how great it was), but this season not only established our high school as a legitim...
LEE SHAW These seniors have been in three district finals. We're as prepared as we can be (for the title game...
JOE SHOEMAKER It will be exciting. We'll be one of the underrated teams. It will be fun to see if we can come back...
ASHLEY CORRAL It was an excellent experience for me. We were sectional champs every year. We took second in the st...
JANIE VANDISH If you judge by what we see, there are plenty of birds in this state. The populations have been stro...
BRIAN WATSON The state tournament is a possibility for us. Especially if we have the same teams in our region as ...
CHRIS WAGNER With the girls, if we do what we need to do the next 30 days and shave some seconds off our minutes,...
LIZ NASH Oh, great for the state. Great for America, but this would have been a terrible blow to our state ec...
JOSEPH LIEBERMAN We have an 'older' club this year. A lot of sophomores and we have some mature freshman who are goin...
CHRIS FINNEGAN Chances are great we'll all be back next year. We love it here.
AL HORFORD This was just an average meet. There was nothing sensational. Hopefully, it'll be a wake-up call and...
DAVE FEDERICO With all six coming back I think we'll have a great season next year. I can't wait for it to start. ...
BRODIE AMBROSE For us to win I think we are going to have to have 180 points. I think we can have five guys in the ...
JOSHUA KATCHER We were getting a little nervous in February. It would have been grim if the storms didn't come back...
DAVE POWELL The season has been going pretty good. I think I have a pretty good shot at the state title this yea...
MITCH BAKER They were just trying to figure out, as I have done for the last year and a half, who did what to Ju...
BRIDGET BOYLE I don't think that's a problem for us because we've never been in this position before. If we really...
JENNA JONES Anything less than a state title this season would've been a disappointment for Brandon. He's a grea...
MARK MALAWEY You play all year to get to a bowl game. You'd rather be playing for a national title, but this is a...
ADAM CARRIKER We are delighted to be playing in the finals for the second consecutive year. That is a big thing fo...
DAVE ODOM This year has been a struggle for us, the way we are winning games. Nothing comes easy. We may have ...
DENIS FREEMAN This puts us in a good position to get that league title. In the past it's almost been a gimme that ...
GREG BURGERS We're pretty excited to be in this position. We used to play in the old Parochial League and we won ...
BRANDON MONSON I was pleased with our performance. We had three in the finals ... Valencia lost to (Tumwater's) Tan...
DARIN DOLLEMORE It would have been awesome to have won one more and be in the finals again.
JEFF TALBOTT You always want to win, no matter who you're playing. I'm happy for them, but we came in here trying...
CASEY RIDDLE We have to get at least two state champions and two others have to place in the top four. If that ha...
JOAQUIN BAUTISTA Paul broke the Waldport dry spell of state placers last year when he placed fifth, and now we've mad...
EZRA MORSE We've all been training since October and this (state title) was what we were all going for. I'm jus...
BEN GUNN Last year our outdoor team was the state runner up. I said at the end of last season, that this year...
JOE BIENASZ You don't win a state championship last year and lose once this year if you're not a good basketball...
KURT KINNAMON![]()
I think Hell exists on Earth. It's a psychological state, or it can be a physical state. People ...
AL FRANKEN Our kids played with 150 percent of their heart. They never gave up and their want to win was there....
HUGH ROBERTS The guys that we have potentially may or may not be here next year. Organizationally, if our chances...
RAY ALLEN Our motto was, 'Let's make history,' or at least that was the unofficial motto. We kept saying, let'...
ERIC ZASTOUPIL I wanted to go to state and win state and we did that. I wanted to get a 1,000 yards and I got that,...
JAMES JACKSON Someone is going to the finals who won?t belong there, and someone in the consolation bracket will h...
KACEY MCNULTY I think it was a relief that we went to the finals last year, didn't win, but did this year. We didn...
LORI DANIEL We had plenty of chances to win, we just got unlucky and the shots didn't go in. It was a great game...
VICTOR RODOPOULOS Will we be making up the days? We're working on that. The state has given us information reflecting ...
SUPERINTENDENT RALPH CHRISTOFFERSON If the funds must come from the state budget, the buy-back cannot be realized this year because ther...
INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS I want to win a state title.
BRAD SIMMONS I think this team is capable of winning a state title if we keep our heads in it.
JOEY PACIOREK Ever since I started swimming in high school, my most major goal was to make state. That's a humongo...
BEN RUSSELL Every team has talented wrestlers and the Hawkeye 10 is the toughest conference in western Iowa. Thi...
BOB DYER My goal is to make it back to the state meet again. I also want to finish high in the conference, bu...
GEOFF BAKER We will put ourselves in better position to have long-term success if we take a year off. We have th...
MARK MCGUIRE Everybody thinks next year is the year we go to state. But I wouldn't be surprised if we sneak up on...
JADA FLEMING They have been incredibly special. Before this, if a Great Bend team made it to state they were cons...
JEFF LANGREHR![]()
Not everyone has the time to be normal.
LJUPKA CVETANOVA![]()
It was not until the end of my freshman year in high school that I thought I could really have a fut...
ALLYSON FELIX He's got a shot at it at state, but if not then, it will be next year.
ERIN LOWE When we talk about what we want to do with this state, I think we have to be mindful of the fact tha...
JACK BILLION Being our first year we knew we had a good group of girls. I don't think anybody else would have exp...
JENNIFER NOLTE We know how long it's been since somebody won back-to-back, but we're not focused on that. We're try...
LANCE JETER It is great to have the top hitter in the league coming back. He will be a major part of our offense...
HAL LANIER Our goal is to win a state title. We're playing teams in higher classifications to get ready for the...
JEF FLOURNOY But, at least what we did to Guatemala shows that it can work-they are both great players. We have t...
LEO BEENHAKKER It was nice to see a girl win a title. I would like to follow her, but being the first (to qualify f...
BROOKE SAUER I don't see why we have to change everything again. Every time we set a goal, this club comes up sho...
GIACINTO FACCHETTI Looking back on that state title run it seemed like the smoothest ride in the world as a player. But...
KYLEE KEROHER There have been a lot of great coaches and players come through the program and I'm proud to have be...
GREG NOSSAMAN We're not in negotiations with the State of Texas at this time. We have been contacted by the state ...
MICHAEL CHOO Last year we wanted to win one game. This year we want to win the state championship.
BRAD LOWE If the state surplus is used in part or in whole for this, it will have been used for as valid a nee...
MIKE HUCKABEE I have been dreaming about (a state title) since I was a little kid. My dreams finally came true, so...
JOE SKOFF I didn't think that a year from now that I'd actually be playing in the state finals.
MATT DEMLER We are disappointed in the fact that we were not given a chance to participate in this year State Cu...
FITZ SINCLAIR Based on what I've seen, we look to be in pretty good shape as a team. It's possible that we could g...
KYLE GOODRICH I'm extremely proud of this team. We lost five starters from a year ago and replaced them with six s...
DEAN SHAW![]()
We just didn't come out and played focused tonight. We won't win a state title if we play like this....
ED SMITH
GARY WEBB I wish we could have gone a little bit further this year, but we did our best for what we had. I jus...
KARL MAUHS It felt great to compete in the floor finals for the first time this season because I really made it...
JANET ANSON One of our goals is to win a state title. We have everyone back and we've all improved. We have an a...
LARA HEIGIS Our ultimate goal is to win the state championship. Beating them (this season) was a huge win for ou...
TODD CHENEY I know this experience will only help him and I look for him to be back contending for the state tit...
JOE FUNDERBURK We did well and had the first of what we think are many medal winners to come. We have all these guy...
KIP CONNIN You win a state title in Florida and you automatically have that bulls-eye on your chest. Now, if we...
GLENN WITKOWSKI Our main focus is going to be the state prelims and state finals. Our goal for state is to obviously...
BRUCE PATMOS No one knows what to expect, and we all may be in for some surprising results in state finals this y...
STEVEN PAGE If we'd pushed a little harder, we'd have been first in the state. We have big plans for next year.
SERENA KOW Something like this we'll probably never experience again. We shouldn't hang our heads, we had a gre...
DAN LABBATE We put ourselves in a position to win a title and we wrestled great and so did Rapids. I believe the...
SCOTT ARNESON I've been just waiting, waiting, waiting. We couldn't wait until state after last year, because we k...
ALEXIS WILLIAMS If we get him back, we may have a couple chances for the boys' relays (making it to state).
ART BRUNER To have three in the finals and win three state titles is unbelievable. We tripled the number of sta...
LARRY MORGAN It's a great win but it'd be much sweeter if I win another county title. The ultimate goal is to win...
MIKE PICCIRILLO Our team is finally getting back to full strength and when we have it going, we're a tough team to b...
ANDY HANSEN This is definitely the best league in the state. It's a great honor to win the Federation title.
KYLE PRAY I think not only do area teams have some good No. 1 singles players, they also have plenty of depth....
JERRY GERIG Fifth place isn't bad for our first state showing. We have a really good chance next year I think. I...
ADAM GREEN Next generations will not know what is to have childhood.
DANIEL MELGAçO If I meet him next week, it's a whole different match because it will be for the team state title. H...
JOSH CHAPPA We've got a lot of girls coming back so hopefully we can do well next year. Penn State won the Big T...
AUDRA JEFFERS At least two people have been killed who were involved in this. And we don't know how many others ha...
BOB GRAHAM We are eager to get back to state. I think we have five state places. We're not worried about the st...
ANTHONY GARY The kids who are seniors have been here (to state) and lost too many times. They came to win this ye...
CAL ROADHOUSE Our goal every year is to get the ultimate prize, which is the state championship. Any time you put ...
LUTHER RILEY Tony is just a tough kid who has dedicated himself to the sport. He's been very businesslike this ye...
SCOTT SHAW Time will tell (how great it was), but this season not only established our high school as a legitim...
LEE SHAW These seniors have been in three district finals. We're as prepared as we can be (for the title game...
JOE SHOEMAKER It will be exciting. We'll be one of the underrated teams. It will be fun to see if we can come back...
ASHLEY CORRAL It was an excellent experience for me. We were sectional champs every year. We took second in the st...
JANIE VANDISH If you judge by what we see, there are plenty of birds in this state. The populations have been stro...
BRIAN WATSON The state tournament is a possibility for us. Especially if we have the same teams in our region as ...
CHRIS WAGNER With the girls, if we do what we need to do the next 30 days and shave some seconds off our minutes,...
LIZ NASH Oh, great for the state. Great for America, but this would have been a terrible blow to our state ec...
JOSEPH LIEBERMAN We have an 'older' club this year. A lot of sophomores and we have some mature freshman who are goin...
CHRIS FINNEGAN Chances are great we'll all be back next year. We love it here.
AL HORFORD This was just an average meet. There was nothing sensational. Hopefully, it'll be a wake-up call and...
DAVE FEDERICO With all six coming back I think we'll have a great season next year. I can't wait for it to start. ...
BRODIE AMBROSE For us to win I think we are going to have to have 180 points. I think we can have five guys in the ...
JOSHUA KATCHER We were getting a little nervous in February. It would have been grim if the storms didn't come back...
DAVE POWELL The season has been going pretty good. I think I have a pretty good shot at the state title this yea...
MITCH BAKER They were just trying to figure out, as I have done for the last year and a half, who did what to Ju...
BRIDGET BOYLE I don't think that's a problem for us because we've never been in this position before. If we really...
JENNA JONES Anything less than a state title this season would've been a disappointment for Brandon. He's a grea...
MARK MALAWEY You play all year to get to a bowl game. You'd rather be playing for a national title, but this is a...
ADAM CARRIKER We are delighted to be playing in the finals for the second consecutive year. That is a big thing fo...
DAVE ODOM This year has been a struggle for us, the way we are winning games. Nothing comes easy. We may have ...
DENIS FREEMAN This puts us in a good position to get that league title. In the past it's almost been a gimme that ...
GREG BURGERS We're pretty excited to be in this position. We used to play in the old Parochial League and we won ...
BRANDON MONSON I was pleased with our performance. We had three in the finals ... Valencia lost to (Tumwater's) Tan...
DARIN DOLLEMORE It would have been awesome to have won one more and be in the finals again.
JEFF TALBOTT You always want to win, no matter who you're playing. I'm happy for them, but we came in here trying...
CASEY RIDDLE We have to get at least two state champions and two others have to place in the top four. If that ha...
JOAQUIN BAUTISTA Paul broke the Waldport dry spell of state placers last year when he placed fifth, and now we've mad...
EZRA MORSE We've all been training since October and this (state title) was what we were all going for. I'm jus...
BEN GUNN Last year our outdoor team was the state runner up. I said at the end of last season, that this year...
JOE BIENASZ You don't win a state championship last year and lose once this year if you're not a good basketball...
KURT KINNAMON
I think Hell exists on Earth. It's a psychological state, or it can be a physical state. People ... AL FRANKEN Our kids played with 150 percent of their heart. They never gave up and their want to win was there....
HUGH ROBERTS The guys that we have potentially may or may not be here next year. Organizationally, if our chances...
RAY ALLEN Our motto was, 'Let's make history,' or at least that was the unofficial motto. We kept saying, let'...
ERIC ZASTOUPIL I wanted to go to state and win state and we did that. I wanted to get a 1,000 yards and I got that,...
JAMES JACKSON Someone is going to the finals who won?t belong there, and someone in the consolation bracket will h...
KACEY MCNULTY I think it was a relief that we went to the finals last year, didn't win, but did this year. We didn...
LORI DANIEL We had plenty of chances to win, we just got unlucky and the shots didn't go in. It was a great game...
VICTOR RODOPOULOS Will we be making up the days? We're working on that. The state has given us information reflecting ...
SUPERINTENDENT RALPH CHRISTOFFERSON If the funds must come from the state budget, the buy-back cannot be realized this year because ther...
INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS I want to win a state title.
BRAD SIMMONS I think this team is capable of winning a state title if we keep our heads in it.
JOEY PACIOREK Ever since I started swimming in high school, my most major goal was to make state. That's a humongo...
BEN RUSSELL Every team has talented wrestlers and the Hawkeye 10 is the toughest conference in western Iowa. Thi...
BOB DYER My goal is to make it back to the state meet again. I also want to finish high in the conference, bu...
GEOFF BAKER We will put ourselves in better position to have long-term success if we take a year off. We have th...
MARK MCGUIRE Everybody thinks next year is the year we go to state. But I wouldn't be surprised if we sneak up on...
JADA FLEMING They have been incredibly special. Before this, if a Great Bend team made it to state they were cons...
JEFF LANGREHR
Not everyone has the time to be normal. LJUPKA CVETANOVA
It was not until the end of my freshman year in high school that I thought I could really have a fut... ALLYSON FELIX He's got a shot at it at state, but if not then, it will be next year.
ERIN LOWE When we talk about what we want to do with this state, I think we have to be mindful of the fact tha...
JACK BILLION Being our first year we knew we had a good group of girls. I don't think anybody else would have exp...
JENNIFER NOLTE We know how long it's been since somebody won back-to-back, but we're not focused on that. We're try...
LANCE JETER It is great to have the top hitter in the league coming back. He will be a major part of our offense...
HAL LANIER Our goal is to win a state title. We're playing teams in higher classifications to get ready for the...
JEF FLOURNOY But, at least what we did to Guatemala shows that it can work-they are both great players. We have t...
LEO BEENHAKKER It was nice to see a girl win a title. I would like to follow her, but being the first (to qualify f...
BROOKE SAUER I don't see why we have to change everything again. Every time we set a goal, this club comes up sho...
GIACINTO FACCHETTI Looking back on that state title run it seemed like the smoothest ride in the world as a player. But...
KYLEE KEROHER There have been a lot of great coaches and players come through the program and I'm proud to have be...
GREG NOSSAMAN We're not in negotiations with the State of Texas at this time. We have been contacted by the state ...
MICHAEL CHOO Last year we wanted to win one game. This year we want to win the state championship.
BRAD LOWE If the state surplus is used in part or in whole for this, it will have been used for as valid a nee...
MIKE HUCKABEE I have been dreaming about (a state title) since I was a little kid. My dreams finally came true, so...
JOE SKOFF I didn't think that a year from now that I'd actually be playing in the state finals.
MATT DEMLER We are disappointed in the fact that we were not given a chance to participate in this year State Cu...
FITZ SINCLAIR Based on what I've seen, we look to be in pretty good shape as a team. It's possible that we could g...
KYLE GOODRICH I'm extremely proud of this team. We lost five starters from a year ago and replaced them with six s...
DEAN SHAW
We just didn't come out and played focused tonight. We won't win a state title if we play like this.... ED SMITH
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