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ALI SMITH They were pulling us inside. Fisher knocked down some huge 3s.
ANTHONY NELSON![]()
I think they stepped it up, and we didn't. They were putting high pressure on us, and we were just f...
BRIAN GRAHAM We weren't making our shots and we made some really bad passes. They came down and made a few big 3s...
CODY BOONE I think the goal gave us a little confidence, knowing we had to go against the wind in the second ha...
RAY AKIONA They definitely out-toughed us tonight. We didn't take care of the ball on offense and we gave up 3s...
KRISTIN HAYNIE I want to give Mercer credit, they really never gave up. It was 6-0 at halftime, and they came out s...
GARY REYNOLDS They expanded their zone and cut down on our jump shots in the second half. They were baiting us to ...
BRYAN AYALA If you can get away with it, go for it. We were short-cutting a lot of times and our guys were comin...
MIKE DUNLEAVY That was very scary. [Issaquah] played us tough. They were hitting all their threes. I jus think we ...
CHRISTINA NZEKWE We were disappointed, naturally, because of the very small, low turnout in many areas, ... It made i...
ADNAN PACHACHI It was difficult without him because his presence is very important. But on the other hand, he prepa...
BALTEMAR BRITO There were times in the game where it was tough because there were a lot of penalties and 5-on-3s. I...
LUKE RICHARDSON When they started scoring, we knew they were coming for us. They kept scoring, and it seemed like we...
HALEY MCINTYRE We did break down a few times. Our man wasn't giving up many shots, but we had a few players get in ...
ANDREW COSTON It was our ability to pressure their guards so they couldn't quite run their offense. Now that was o...
FRANK SORIA I don't think it was us being unselfish as much as not being comfortable with the ball. When the hig...
BROOKE MEUNIER It was 29-22 at halftime, but we got in quite a bit of foul trouble, and they started dropping 3s on...
JOSH MCPHERSON![]()
My dad worked nights mostly and while we were growing up, and my mother also worked, so there were t...
SCOTT KELLY It gave us a rush and our momentum picked up, but we slowed down for a couple minutes and they retal...
LAUREN ROBIDEAU They were very private. They gave us the impression that she was improving. I had no idea it was the...
EVELYN LOWERY There was joy and there were tears. It was difficult but we knew they were looking down on us.
HELEN ESPY They should've given us a chance, they barely gave us a few days. We didn't get anything.
ASHLEY HOWARD They put pressure on us and got to us a few times. They hit us where we are weak.
JASON WHITE Every time we did something wrong, we made up for it. Doss is a very good team, and they forced us i...
JEFF MORROW Smyrna is big and they used their size to wear us down. We wanted to stay within 10, and we did a fe...
BRIAN RUSH All year, the thing that has kept us in games is our defense. But on Friday night, we broke down on ...
KRAIG CLIFTON I was completely out of basketball shape, but once I got up and down the floor a few times it came b...
RICKY MARSHALL We were going to take what they gave us. We wanted to get a shot up and not let them get the last sh...
MIKE ZAMARCHI We moved the ball really well. They were pressuring us really tight, but once we got the ball moving...
BECCA HURLEY Harrington gave us a lot of scares. He likes to cut back and he's low to the ground. We bent a few t...
BILL EVANS We blew some defensive assignments and gave up a couple of 3s inside of eight minutes that we should...
BYRON YOUNG We were able to put Colby in there and he gave us a spark. That got them settled down. That 90 yard ...
DAN COCANNOUER It was important for us to be patient and see what they were giving us.
KATE ACHTER They were a bigger, faster, stronger, team than we were. We bent, but we never broke and gave a lot ...
JIM SEGAR The 3s really opened it up for us. We were able to spread the floor and find better shots.
JASON BOYD It was like the whole bay was boiling at this point. They were up and down and making noise. ... It ...
KATHY ARNTZEN I felt like our defense gave up a lot of yards, but made some big plays and got the ball back for us...
JACK ZILLA When I was growing up, we never had much money. My parents were divorced young, but I was always sur...
PATRICIA POLACCO At times, they were complaining that we were working too hard. But I think it was worth it.
GUUS HIDDINK It was a battle. They gave us all we could handle.
KRIS JOHNSON They made it very difficult for us in terms of trying to figure out a way to slow them down a bit. T...
CARYN MACKENZIE![]()
When people don't like you... you feel it. They don't pay attention at you... they some kind a ignor...
DEYTH BANGER If it was a fight, they knocked us down a couple times that round and we did not respond.
DAVE HANCOCK We couldn't get them down. We had a few looks, but we just haven't shot it very well here lately. Th...
DARIN LEE They know what they want, but aren't sure how to find it.
JAMES C. DOBSON I think it was a lost opportunity for us. We shot very poorly and it wasn't necessarily because they...
DAN PICHA I know in the second half [of the semifinal] we were down by a few points, and he came out and had t...
DARRELL DAVIS That's a very, very good basketball team we lost to tonight. We struggled at times, but our guys pla...
CRAIG HAASE I guess we don't like charity, because they gave us the ball a few times in that first half and we c...
CHARLIE HUGHES![]()
They sprang it on us and it obviously worked. I think they were in kind of a weird zone. There were ...
JAMES AUGUSTINE We wanted them to shoot jumpers and they made them. They were shooting 3s lights out.
MIKE GILLIAN They basically gave us a short school and turned us loose. Kyle was fastest. I spun a bunch. But we ...
DAVE POPIELARZ I think my dad did legal work for someone who had a Packard Bell 8088, and they couldn't pay him...
JEREMY STOPPELMAN They were very private. They would issue a little statement every so often. They gave us the impress...
EVELYN LOWERY![]()
That game was so important to us that guys were down for a couple of days, ... Really, it was a big ...
JAMES COOK I thought our effort, when the chips were down, was 10 times better this year than last year. In the...
SCOTT RADEKER The Confederations Cup was a very important competition for Brazil. We fielded our best outfit and c...
CARLOS ALBERTO PARREIRA Those two goals made it outstanding for us. I was a bit concerned when we were five down but my play...
ROGER ASHBY They gave us the belly play and we hit it. A couple times we caught them in the right defense.
BUTCH GONCHAROFF I told the guys to dump it in and chase, to try to work it down low, but they would just stack three...
BRIAN JONES Shit seem so sad when you look back. They make us feel like we came up and started from the bottom. ...
DONNAYSIA IFIELD We made a few mini-runs that kept us in the lead ... our kids were able to put together a couple flu...
DAVE LUTZ![]()
It was a frustrating day for us really and that was down to the way Leeds performed and they were ve...
ALEX FERGUSON![]()
Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure...
RIVER PHOENIX We knew at the end shooting 3s were all they could shoot and it made it easier. But effort by our ki...
BILL MCELROY![]()
We're not very big so that's the only way we're gonna be able to handle teams; is to get out and cre...
ERIC SCHMIDT For the first three years it was, it was a very, very hard struggle. You know, I'm telling you about...
DAMON JOHN The game seemed like it slowed down. They weren't running it as much. To be honest, I think that thr...
BRANDON WARREN I think schools took us serious last year, it was just that we couldn't score. Every team knew that ...
CHARLES PRATT We really made it a priority to bring up questions that were important to students -- where and how ...
JOSH MASON They made it tough on us. When we collapsed on Gamble on the inside, No. 24 (Johnson) would hit thos...
ALFRED ARTIS Athletically, they were much faster than us. But we just didn't play our best game. We made a lot of...
DENNIS YOUNG Athletically, they were much faster than us, ... But we just didn't play our best game. We made a lo...
DENNIS YOUNG They beat us on the boards, but I think we settled down in the end and that made the difference.
BRITTANY ROGERS I think it is important for them to say what they feel and I think it is important for us to say wha...
EVE TIDWELL Obviously, that (offensive dry spell) hurt us, but our defense really let us down in that last 10 mi...
ED KOHTALA Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a lit...
MIKE MCCREADY They gave us all we wanted. It was a bad pitch that the run scored on, but we'll take it.
HARLEY SISSON I thought their whole team played well. They played with a lot of energy and they were probably look...
DICK DIENER It came down to our seniors. They gave us the leadership and intensity.
JULIE MATTSON They came down and hit a big 3 on us and that just changed the momentum and gave them a lot of confi...
TRACEY HAMMEL It's like losing a really close friend. They share so many characteristics with us and we developed ...
INGRID PORTON We gave it our best. Both teams were evenly matched. They made a couple shots down the stretch and w...
JOSEPH SMITH (COACH) Those were great times to have lived, ... As hard as they were, they tested you. I think all of us w...
ALICE EMBREE![]()
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to ...
RED CLOUD We're a young team (three sophomores starters) and we made some young mistakes tonight. We had a nic...
BRUCE SIEBOL I feel like the defense really stepped up for us. They played a good game like they always do. We ha...
AMANDA HARDING We gave up too many points in this tournament and we've got to get better defensively. This was a qu...
BEAU THOMPSON![]()
Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure...
RIVER PHOENIX A great team just finds a way to get a lead and keep it. And that's what they did to us. We had a fe...
DEAN VANDER PLAS We really liked their building process. They guaranteed what date we were going to move in (and) wer...
KATHY YOUNG I have always lived in Amsterdam. During the war, we inhabited the Rivieren neighborhood where many ...
ELS BORST I don't think we've ever gotten recognition. There are a lot of great teams in northwest Iowa. Boyde...
BEN GERLEMAN They came down and did a job executing. We came down and a few too many times, didn't execute.
BOB ALANIZ Kyle and I sat down and just decided to host it. We asked a few parents about it. I don't think they...
BOB BATHALON It was a very, very long day. They out-pitched us, they out-hit us [and] they out-played us. There's...
DANNY PRICE![]()
They were just more physical tonight than we were. We ran our plays, but they just kept coming at us...
JASON MITCHELL I'm not real pleased as many times as we had it down there and shot ourselves in the foot a few time...
LEE JOHNSON It was pointed. Those who are not in favor of commuter rail, there are some interesting points. But ...
TIM YANTOS
ALI SMITH They were pulling us inside. Fisher knocked down some huge 3s.
ANTHONY NELSON
I think they stepped it up, and we didn't. They were putting high pressure on us, and we were just f... BRIAN GRAHAM We weren't making our shots and we made some really bad passes. They came down and made a few big 3s...
CODY BOONE I think the goal gave us a little confidence, knowing we had to go against the wind in the second ha...
RAY AKIONA They definitely out-toughed us tonight. We didn't take care of the ball on offense and we gave up 3s...
KRISTIN HAYNIE I want to give Mercer credit, they really never gave up. It was 6-0 at halftime, and they came out s...
GARY REYNOLDS They expanded their zone and cut down on our jump shots in the second half. They were baiting us to ...
BRYAN AYALA If you can get away with it, go for it. We were short-cutting a lot of times and our guys were comin...
MIKE DUNLEAVY That was very scary. [Issaquah] played us tough. They were hitting all their threes. I jus think we ...
CHRISTINA NZEKWE We were disappointed, naturally, because of the very small, low turnout in many areas, ... It made i...
ADNAN PACHACHI It was difficult without him because his presence is very important. But on the other hand, he prepa...
BALTEMAR BRITO There were times in the game where it was tough because there were a lot of penalties and 5-on-3s. I...
LUKE RICHARDSON When they started scoring, we knew they were coming for us. They kept scoring, and it seemed like we...
HALEY MCINTYRE We did break down a few times. Our man wasn't giving up many shots, but we had a few players get in ...
ANDREW COSTON It was our ability to pressure their guards so they couldn't quite run their offense. Now that was o...
FRANK SORIA I don't think it was us being unselfish as much as not being comfortable with the ball. When the hig...
BROOKE MEUNIER It was 29-22 at halftime, but we got in quite a bit of foul trouble, and they started dropping 3s on...
JOSH MCPHERSON
My dad worked nights mostly and while we were growing up, and my mother also worked, so there were t... SCOTT KELLY It gave us a rush and our momentum picked up, but we slowed down for a couple minutes and they retal...
LAUREN ROBIDEAU They were very private. They gave us the impression that she was improving. I had no idea it was the...
EVELYN LOWERY There was joy and there were tears. It was difficult but we knew they were looking down on us.
HELEN ESPY They should've given us a chance, they barely gave us a few days. We didn't get anything.
ASHLEY HOWARD They put pressure on us and got to us a few times. They hit us where we are weak.
JASON WHITE Every time we did something wrong, we made up for it. Doss is a very good team, and they forced us i...
JEFF MORROW Smyrna is big and they used their size to wear us down. We wanted to stay within 10, and we did a fe...
BRIAN RUSH All year, the thing that has kept us in games is our defense. But on Friday night, we broke down on ...
KRAIG CLIFTON I was completely out of basketball shape, but once I got up and down the floor a few times it came b...
RICKY MARSHALL We were going to take what they gave us. We wanted to get a shot up and not let them get the last sh...
MIKE ZAMARCHI We moved the ball really well. They were pressuring us really tight, but once we got the ball moving...
BECCA HURLEY Harrington gave us a lot of scares. He likes to cut back and he's low to the ground. We bent a few t...
BILL EVANS We blew some defensive assignments and gave up a couple of 3s inside of eight minutes that we should...
BYRON YOUNG We were able to put Colby in there and he gave us a spark. That got them settled down. That 90 yard ...
DAN COCANNOUER It was important for us to be patient and see what they were giving us.
KATE ACHTER They were a bigger, faster, stronger, team than we were. We bent, but we never broke and gave a lot ...
JIM SEGAR The 3s really opened it up for us. We were able to spread the floor and find better shots.
JASON BOYD It was like the whole bay was boiling at this point. They were up and down and making noise. ... It ...
KATHY ARNTZEN I felt like our defense gave up a lot of yards, but made some big plays and got the ball back for us...
JACK ZILLA When I was growing up, we never had much money. My parents were divorced young, but I was always sur...
PATRICIA POLACCO At times, they were complaining that we were working too hard. But I think it was worth it.
GUUS HIDDINK It was a battle. They gave us all we could handle.
KRIS JOHNSON They made it very difficult for us in terms of trying to figure out a way to slow them down a bit. T...
CARYN MACKENZIE
When people don't like you... you feel it. They don't pay attention at you... they some kind a ignor... DEYTH BANGER If it was a fight, they knocked us down a couple times that round and we did not respond.
DAVE HANCOCK We couldn't get them down. We had a few looks, but we just haven't shot it very well here lately. Th...
DARIN LEE They know what they want, but aren't sure how to find it.
JAMES C. DOBSON I think it was a lost opportunity for us. We shot very poorly and it wasn't necessarily because they...
DAN PICHA I know in the second half [of the semifinal] we were down by a few points, and he came out and had t...
DARRELL DAVIS That's a very, very good basketball team we lost to tonight. We struggled at times, but our guys pla...
CRAIG HAASE I guess we don't like charity, because they gave us the ball a few times in that first half and we c...
CHARLIE HUGHES
They sprang it on us and it obviously worked. I think they were in kind of a weird zone. There were ... JAMES AUGUSTINE We wanted them to shoot jumpers and they made them. They were shooting 3s lights out.
MIKE GILLIAN They basically gave us a short school and turned us loose. Kyle was fastest. I spun a bunch. But we ...
DAVE POPIELARZ I think my dad did legal work for someone who had a Packard Bell 8088, and they couldn't pay him...
JEREMY STOPPELMAN They were very private. They would issue a little statement every so often. They gave us the impress...
EVELYN LOWERY
That game was so important to us that guys were down for a couple of days, ... Really, it was a big ... JAMES COOK I thought our effort, when the chips were down, was 10 times better this year than last year. In the...
SCOTT RADEKER The Confederations Cup was a very important competition for Brazil. We fielded our best outfit and c...
CARLOS ALBERTO PARREIRA Those two goals made it outstanding for us. I was a bit concerned when we were five down but my play...
ROGER ASHBY They gave us the belly play and we hit it. A couple times we caught them in the right defense.
BUTCH GONCHAROFF I told the guys to dump it in and chase, to try to work it down low, but they would just stack three...
BRIAN JONES Shit seem so sad when you look back. They make us feel like we came up and started from the bottom. ...
DONNAYSIA IFIELD We made a few mini-runs that kept us in the lead ... our kids were able to put together a couple flu...
DAVE LUTZ
It was a frustrating day for us really and that was down to the way Leeds performed and they were ve... ALEX FERGUSON
Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure... RIVER PHOENIX We knew at the end shooting 3s were all they could shoot and it made it easier. But effort by our ki...
BILL MCELROY
We're not very big so that's the only way we're gonna be able to handle teams; is to get out and cre... ERIC SCHMIDT For the first three years it was, it was a very, very hard struggle. You know, I'm telling you about...
DAMON JOHN The game seemed like it slowed down. They weren't running it as much. To be honest, I think that thr...
BRANDON WARREN I think schools took us serious last year, it was just that we couldn't score. Every team knew that ...
CHARLES PRATT We really made it a priority to bring up questions that were important to students -- where and how ...
JOSH MASON They made it tough on us. When we collapsed on Gamble on the inside, No. 24 (Johnson) would hit thos...
ALFRED ARTIS Athletically, they were much faster than us. But we just didn't play our best game. We made a lot of...
DENNIS YOUNG Athletically, they were much faster than us, ... But we just didn't play our best game. We made a lo...
DENNIS YOUNG They beat us on the boards, but I think we settled down in the end and that made the difference.
BRITTANY ROGERS I think it is important for them to say what they feel and I think it is important for us to say wha...
EVE TIDWELL Obviously, that (offensive dry spell) hurt us, but our defense really let us down in that last 10 mi...
ED KOHTALA Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a lit...
MIKE MCCREADY They gave us all we wanted. It was a bad pitch that the run scored on, but we'll take it.
HARLEY SISSON I thought their whole team played well. They played with a lot of energy and they were probably look...
DICK DIENER It came down to our seniors. They gave us the leadership and intensity.
JULIE MATTSON They came down and hit a big 3 on us and that just changed the momentum and gave them a lot of confi...
TRACEY HAMMEL It's like losing a really close friend. They share so many characteristics with us and we developed ...
INGRID PORTON We gave it our best. Both teams were evenly matched. They made a couple shots down the stretch and w...
JOSEPH SMITH (COACH) Those were great times to have lived, ... As hard as they were, they tested you. I think all of us w...
ALICE EMBREE
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to ... RED CLOUD We're a young team (three sophomores starters) and we made some young mistakes tonight. We had a nic...
BRUCE SIEBOL I feel like the defense really stepped up for us. They played a good game like they always do. We ha...
AMANDA HARDING We gave up too many points in this tournament and we've got to get better defensively. This was a qu...
BEAU THOMPSON
Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure... RIVER PHOENIX A great team just finds a way to get a lead and keep it. And that's what they did to us. We had a fe...
DEAN VANDER PLAS We really liked their building process. They guaranteed what date we were going to move in (and) wer...
KATHY YOUNG I have always lived in Amsterdam. During the war, we inhabited the Rivieren neighborhood where many ...
ELS BORST I don't think we've ever gotten recognition. There are a lot of great teams in northwest Iowa. Boyde...
BEN GERLEMAN They came down and did a job executing. We came down and a few too many times, didn't execute.
BOB ALANIZ Kyle and I sat down and just decided to host it. We asked a few parents about it. I don't think they...
BOB BATHALON It was a very, very long day. They out-pitched us, they out-hit us [and] they out-played us. There's...
DANNY PRICE
They were just more physical tonight than we were. We ran our plays, but they just kept coming at us... JASON MITCHELL I'm not real pleased as many times as we had it down there and shot ourselves in the foot a few time...
LEE JOHNSON It was pointed. Those who are not in favor of commuter rail, there are some interesting points. But ...
TIM YANTOS
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