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Last year there were a lot of good teams in West Tennessee. This is just a really good area for high...
FARRIS LOWERY I knew this team had more than most teams. To find a new level of more in the playoffs is a pinnacle...
BUDD DITCHENDORF We all feel pressure, but it's different this year. Ending the season ranked that high was great, bu...
LINDSAY LEWIS Last year I finished in the 20s. This has probably been my best season ever.
KITT FLOWERS This has definitely been a season to remember. Basketball has always been our common bond and it has...
HANNAH MARRONE In a lot of ways this team is very similar to last year. This team might have a little more experien...
KEITH LEVINTHAL This has been my best season by far. I want to be wrestling my best right now. I know this is my las...
CODY RENNER It will be two great teams going at it. This group of [five] seniors has advanced one step further i...
ANDREW SCHNEIDER This early progress in profitability is the result of a year-long effort and a validation of Intel's...
ANDY BRYANT I've been fishing as a pro for 25 years, and never in my life have I had so much excitement. It's be...
GEORGE COCHRAN This is the last season for the seniors and we just want to enjoy it. We only have a couple games le...
GREG BURGERS We've had a lot of close meets this season. This is one of the teams that beat us last year, so we'r...
LAURA GRAF Hopefully, we have more depth and we'll be more athletic than last year. Last year, this team was a ...
DALE OSBOURNE This is why playoffs are great. This has always been my favorite time of the year.
DANTON COLE We approach Wake as a very good basketball team. There have been more close games in the league this...
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI We have swung the bats in the last two weeks the best since I have been coaching. This is one of our...
JOSH HERRING This season has been kind of weird in that we've come out kind of complacent in the early going of g...
TED TURKINGTON The difference this year has been our defensive effort. This group bought into the team concept and ...
ALAN SIMMONS That year we had that big lead early [in the season], but this year has been a tough fight. That tim...
JEFF WILLIAMS Our goal was to make the playoffs. Even though we will be going into the playoffs as fourth team in ...
JAWAAN ALSTON Last year, we didn't have a whole lot of leadership from the seniors. I thought this year there's be...
FRED BATCHELOR Our players have played well so far this season. The whole team is contributing in one way or anothe...
KAREN HUNNICUTT It's been exciting. We've had some great teams come through here. I've learned a lot. I'm especially...
JEFF LIGGINS This team has been a joy to be around. I think its character makeup has been important. We didn't ha...
BRIAN HOBERECHT Mentally and physically, this has been the most difficult, most exhausting, most frustrating season ...
JEFF BAGWELL That has been our goal all season, to win the state Class A championship. We got a taste of what it ...
LEWIS THORPE Our team has a lot of athletes that can make plays. We scored a lot of points in transition off stea...
JOE LAFKO Sports were a big part of my life. I was the captain of the basketball team in high school, and capt...
JOHN W. ROGERS, JR. You just have to move forward. This team has been in this situation before, being down a couple of g...
CAM WARD Megan has been struggling this season with anything that has to do with shooting a basketball. But s...
DON ZEMAN Our pitching has been good, and that was one of our question mark this year. This team will go as fa...
ED CRUM These girls will not quit. The effort and competitiveness of this group has been outstanding. What I...
JOE BLODGETT I wanted to get off to a good start this season because I didn't do that the last couple of years. I...
JAKE DUGGER Our team is finally getting back to full strength and when we have it going, we're a tough team to b...
ANDY HANSEN I knew this was possible. Louisiana has been a hot spot for high school basketball, and Baton Rouge ...
DARNELL LAZARE This team has always given us problems. I hope by the end of the season we can get better and surpri...
CORY SAPP I think this is going to be the best team this school has ever had. This team on paper should be one...
MARK MEDOW I like having a fourth team in the playoffs. This year with the three-team format, two good teams wi...
DAVID PIEHLER The team had played well against good teams early in the year, but wasn't able to finish or go four ...
DAN TIETJEN (Central Falls) has everyone back this year. We beat them last year early in the season, then they h...
DICK FOSSA I don't know and I guess I've been around too long to say we deserved it when we didn't win. The tea...
DEREK FISHER This is what this team has been about all season. A lot of teams would have folded against a good te...
DAVE BAHNMILLER I kind of felt a little disappointed in the way I played last year. This year has been an absolute b...
AMY HOLMAN![]()
I hope something happens. I'm restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in l...
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD This has been a season of ups and downs. I had mono for more than a month and it was frustrating bei...
LAURA FALKENBERG Adam has a good defense in front of him that is playing better and he has been playing better as the...
JOE ALBERICI This year we are moving down, so I do not know who the strongest teams are, but I know both teams th...
PAUL DAVIS Each year, every team's goal is to get to the playoffs and then to get to the state championship. La...
BRUCE ALTER We had a lot of experience last year. This team is a lot different, but it has strengths that last y...
CLINT BURGESS![]()
I was a lot more cultured than the other kids in my high school. Because I traveled, I understood di...
TONY HAWK Everybody has zero wins and zero losses. I've been on other teams where we swept a team [in the regu...
RUSLAN FEDOTENKO Possessions are also really key. Keeping the ball in our possession and executing our offense is som...
BYRON UTTER We definitely played hard tonight and came out strong early. We came out and wanted to run them down...
CAMEO HICKS There's a bit of a cautious mood in the IPO market. People who got burned by dot.com fever last year...
DAN MCCARTHY I think she's a little more relaxed and she goes in with the attitude to just play. Last season (in ...
JEN MILNE It's definitely mixed feelings. I've been saying all year, 'If this is my last shot, then I'm happy ...
ERIC WEINRICH I feel fortunate that I was part of a team of people with the county commission and school board mem...
GARY PATTON I would say this is a turning-point in our season we want to come in this weekend and show them we'r...
AMBER BOWMAN I think I learned a lot throughout the year. I felt more comfortable at the plate and with big leagu...
MARK TEAHEN It has been a different team than the one we had last year. But the pieces are starting to fall in p...
GREG HEBDEN Football will always be No. 1, but I think we're getting to be more of a basketball school. This tea...
CATHERINE BENNETT It feels great to finally break the curse of our (playoff) losing streak. I've been on this team six...
JENN DAVIS Our goal is a team now, first is to make the playoffs. Second is to hopefully be in the playoffs bef...
JAMES FRISBEE I had to find different things to do with myself that first year. I had been playing basketball my e...
EDDIE SPENCER Despite the depth problem, I like this team's chances of being competitive in a very tough conferenc...
DALE WHITE Every match with Nick has been close. We've wrestled four times [in high school matches] and I've wo...
ASHTIN PRIMUS We know we've got a Herculean task in front of us, same as last year. Our (five) seniors didn't want...
BOB GILBERT I feel we've overachieved this season. After we missed the playoffs last year, we set our sights on ...
LARRY KRUSE This year's team has been a very pleasant surprise for us in a lot of ways. I expected this, but I'm...
DAVE DRIGGS For the last five years, we have been better than we had been that previous fifteen years. We have g...
JASON DUNN Only two teams will win their last games this season -- and we want to be one of them.
CLIFF HAMMONDS We reflected on what everyone meant to the team and how awesome this season was. These past four yea...
KYLIE MCCLURE If I'd had a good year last year, I might have stuck with (27). But with the year I had and knowing ...
JUSTIN MORNEAU I didn't do so well last year, and the team didn't do as well either, ... We were 7-4 last season, b...
JERMAINE WILLIAMS I feel very strongly about our potential this season. After a disappointing season last year, I feel...
CASEY REYNOLDS We're very excited. There is a little bit of animosity, a little rivalry between Calgary and Arizona...
BOB HAMLEY My career's been filled with ups and downs. As a freshman, I played a lot. Last year, I was out most...
DESHAWN WYNN I have been striving for this all season. Getting this last one meant a lot to me. Now I can focus o...
VALERIE BLOUNT We were down a little from last year, because a lot of guys are at the 'High Rollers' in (Las) Vegas...
BRUCE MARSHALL Our effort has been good since then. This is a great bunch of kids, great students. They are leaders...
KYLE SCHELLIN We didn't have a guy last season with the power that Brockman has; and Baker hit .600 last year in h...
LUTHER BRAMBLETT We had some doubts early on as to whether we'd even make the playoffs. It's been an up-and-down seas...
BEN GORDON It has been more of a team effort.
LYNN SCAMAHORN Two is a bit harsh in a ten-team league, and though the issue of promotion and relegation for next s...
COLIN MITCHELL One of the big differences between our team this year and last year is that we are hitting a lot bet...
BEAU JARRELL The effort of the guys has been great. They've been setting goals for our early meets and taking mee...
PETE LARSEN This is one of the biggest cases the court has dealt with in its 28-year history and it requires mam...
BRUCE PHILLIPS A lot of the traditionally strong teams are here again, and some new blood is in there too. When I l...
LEWIE BENITZ We've got a little different dynamic on the team this year. We're young, we're really young, but we'...
DEMIR MUFTARI Each week has been one step in preparation for Big Ten Championships, and this is our opportunity to...
ANGELA GOODMAN It's crazy. Last year we thought we'd have a chance at the states but we had a bad season. This year...
DONNY BUNCE They wanted to try this. The idea [had been] to make the teams more even, since there are more schoo...
BOB LENNON I started looking forward to this season after that game against Hilliard. I am ready to get back in...
CHRIS ATKINS We've been coming down here to East Texas and this alumni function for the last nine years now. Each...
BOBBY ALLEN For this time of the season, (being) only two-thirds of the way through the high school season, I th...
SARAH ANDREWS It's a great honor that the other coaches in this league have voted me as the Coach of the Year, but...
KEITH ADKINS I guess they can't believe that Granite Hills is actually a pretty decent basketball team this year....
RANDY ANDERSON At this point in the season, it's the second half of conference play. The good thing about our group...
DAN TOBIAS This year has been far less turnover and it's been smoother. More familiarity. ... Last year we put ...
IAIN BYRNE At the beginning of our season we all actually said that to ourselves, that this is not how we want ...
CARLY CURRAN
FARRIS LOWERY I knew this team had more than most teams. To find a new level of more in the playoffs is a pinnacle...
BUDD DITCHENDORF We all feel pressure, but it's different this year. Ending the season ranked that high was great, bu...
LINDSAY LEWIS Last year I finished in the 20s. This has probably been my best season ever.
KITT FLOWERS This has definitely been a season to remember. Basketball has always been our common bond and it has...
HANNAH MARRONE In a lot of ways this team is very similar to last year. This team might have a little more experien...
KEITH LEVINTHAL This has been my best season by far. I want to be wrestling my best right now. I know this is my las...
CODY RENNER It will be two great teams going at it. This group of [five] seniors has advanced one step further i...
ANDREW SCHNEIDER This early progress in profitability is the result of a year-long effort and a validation of Intel's...
ANDY BRYANT I've been fishing as a pro for 25 years, and never in my life have I had so much excitement. It's be...
GEORGE COCHRAN This is the last season for the seniors and we just want to enjoy it. We only have a couple games le...
GREG BURGERS We've had a lot of close meets this season. This is one of the teams that beat us last year, so we'r...
LAURA GRAF Hopefully, we have more depth and we'll be more athletic than last year. Last year, this team was a ...
DALE OSBOURNE This is why playoffs are great. This has always been my favorite time of the year.
DANTON COLE We approach Wake as a very good basketball team. There have been more close games in the league this...
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI We have swung the bats in the last two weeks the best since I have been coaching. This is one of our...
JOSH HERRING This season has been kind of weird in that we've come out kind of complacent in the early going of g...
TED TURKINGTON The difference this year has been our defensive effort. This group bought into the team concept and ...
ALAN SIMMONS That year we had that big lead early [in the season], but this year has been a tough fight. That tim...
JEFF WILLIAMS Our goal was to make the playoffs. Even though we will be going into the playoffs as fourth team in ...
JAWAAN ALSTON Last year, we didn't have a whole lot of leadership from the seniors. I thought this year there's be...
FRED BATCHELOR Our players have played well so far this season. The whole team is contributing in one way or anothe...
KAREN HUNNICUTT It's been exciting. We've had some great teams come through here. I've learned a lot. I'm especially...
JEFF LIGGINS This team has been a joy to be around. I think its character makeup has been important. We didn't ha...
BRIAN HOBERECHT Mentally and physically, this has been the most difficult, most exhausting, most frustrating season ...
JEFF BAGWELL That has been our goal all season, to win the state Class A championship. We got a taste of what it ...
LEWIS THORPE Our team has a lot of athletes that can make plays. We scored a lot of points in transition off stea...
JOE LAFKO Sports were a big part of my life. I was the captain of the basketball team in high school, and capt...
JOHN W. ROGERS, JR. You just have to move forward. This team has been in this situation before, being down a couple of g...
CAM WARD Megan has been struggling this season with anything that has to do with shooting a basketball. But s...
DON ZEMAN Our pitching has been good, and that was one of our question mark this year. This team will go as fa...
ED CRUM These girls will not quit. The effort and competitiveness of this group has been outstanding. What I...
JOE BLODGETT I wanted to get off to a good start this season because I didn't do that the last couple of years. I...
JAKE DUGGER Our team is finally getting back to full strength and when we have it going, we're a tough team to b...
ANDY HANSEN I knew this was possible. Louisiana has been a hot spot for high school basketball, and Baton Rouge ...
DARNELL LAZARE This team has always given us problems. I hope by the end of the season we can get better and surpri...
CORY SAPP I think this is going to be the best team this school has ever had. This team on paper should be one...
MARK MEDOW I like having a fourth team in the playoffs. This year with the three-team format, two good teams wi...
DAVID PIEHLER The team had played well against good teams early in the year, but wasn't able to finish or go four ...
DAN TIETJEN (Central Falls) has everyone back this year. We beat them last year early in the season, then they h...
DICK FOSSA I don't know and I guess I've been around too long to say we deserved it when we didn't win. The tea...
DEREK FISHER This is what this team has been about all season. A lot of teams would have folded against a good te...
DAVE BAHNMILLER I kind of felt a little disappointed in the way I played last year. This year has been an absolute b...
AMY HOLMAN
I hope something happens. I'm restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in l... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD This has been a season of ups and downs. I had mono for more than a month and it was frustrating bei...
LAURA FALKENBERG Adam has a good defense in front of him that is playing better and he has been playing better as the...
JOE ALBERICI This year we are moving down, so I do not know who the strongest teams are, but I know both teams th...
PAUL DAVIS Each year, every team's goal is to get to the playoffs and then to get to the state championship. La...
BRUCE ALTER We had a lot of experience last year. This team is a lot different, but it has strengths that last y...
CLINT BURGESS
I was a lot more cultured than the other kids in my high school. Because I traveled, I understood di... TONY HAWK Everybody has zero wins and zero losses. I've been on other teams where we swept a team [in the regu...
RUSLAN FEDOTENKO Possessions are also really key. Keeping the ball in our possession and executing our offense is som...
BYRON UTTER We definitely played hard tonight and came out strong early. We came out and wanted to run them down...
CAMEO HICKS There's a bit of a cautious mood in the IPO market. People who got burned by dot.com fever last year...
DAN MCCARTHY I think she's a little more relaxed and she goes in with the attitude to just play. Last season (in ...
JEN MILNE It's definitely mixed feelings. I've been saying all year, 'If this is my last shot, then I'm happy ...
ERIC WEINRICH I feel fortunate that I was part of a team of people with the county commission and school board mem...
GARY PATTON I would say this is a turning-point in our season we want to come in this weekend and show them we'r...
AMBER BOWMAN I think I learned a lot throughout the year. I felt more comfortable at the plate and with big leagu...
MARK TEAHEN It has been a different team than the one we had last year. But the pieces are starting to fall in p...
GREG HEBDEN Football will always be No. 1, but I think we're getting to be more of a basketball school. This tea...
CATHERINE BENNETT It feels great to finally break the curse of our (playoff) losing streak. I've been on this team six...
JENN DAVIS Our goal is a team now, first is to make the playoffs. Second is to hopefully be in the playoffs bef...
JAMES FRISBEE I had to find different things to do with myself that first year. I had been playing basketball my e...
EDDIE SPENCER Despite the depth problem, I like this team's chances of being competitive in a very tough conferenc...
DALE WHITE Every match with Nick has been close. We've wrestled four times [in high school matches] and I've wo...
ASHTIN PRIMUS We know we've got a Herculean task in front of us, same as last year. Our (five) seniors didn't want...
BOB GILBERT I feel we've overachieved this season. After we missed the playoffs last year, we set our sights on ...
LARRY KRUSE This year's team has been a very pleasant surprise for us in a lot of ways. I expected this, but I'm...
DAVE DRIGGS For the last five years, we have been better than we had been that previous fifteen years. We have g...
JASON DUNN Only two teams will win their last games this season -- and we want to be one of them.
CLIFF HAMMONDS We reflected on what everyone meant to the team and how awesome this season was. These past four yea...
KYLIE MCCLURE If I'd had a good year last year, I might have stuck with (27). But with the year I had and knowing ...
JUSTIN MORNEAU I didn't do so well last year, and the team didn't do as well either, ... We were 7-4 last season, b...
JERMAINE WILLIAMS I feel very strongly about our potential this season. After a disappointing season last year, I feel...
CASEY REYNOLDS We're very excited. There is a little bit of animosity, a little rivalry between Calgary and Arizona...
BOB HAMLEY My career's been filled with ups and downs. As a freshman, I played a lot. Last year, I was out most...
DESHAWN WYNN I have been striving for this all season. Getting this last one meant a lot to me. Now I can focus o...
VALERIE BLOUNT We were down a little from last year, because a lot of guys are at the 'High Rollers' in (Las) Vegas...
BRUCE MARSHALL Our effort has been good since then. This is a great bunch of kids, great students. They are leaders...
KYLE SCHELLIN We didn't have a guy last season with the power that Brockman has; and Baker hit .600 last year in h...
LUTHER BRAMBLETT We had some doubts early on as to whether we'd even make the playoffs. It's been an up-and-down seas...
BEN GORDON It has been more of a team effort.
LYNN SCAMAHORN Two is a bit harsh in a ten-team league, and though the issue of promotion and relegation for next s...
COLIN MITCHELL One of the big differences between our team this year and last year is that we are hitting a lot bet...
BEAU JARRELL The effort of the guys has been great. They've been setting goals for our early meets and taking mee...
PETE LARSEN This is one of the biggest cases the court has dealt with in its 28-year history and it requires mam...
BRUCE PHILLIPS A lot of the traditionally strong teams are here again, and some new blood is in there too. When I l...
LEWIE BENITZ We've got a little different dynamic on the team this year. We're young, we're really young, but we'...
DEMIR MUFTARI Each week has been one step in preparation for Big Ten Championships, and this is our opportunity to...
ANGELA GOODMAN It's crazy. Last year we thought we'd have a chance at the states but we had a bad season. This year...
DONNY BUNCE They wanted to try this. The idea [had been] to make the teams more even, since there are more schoo...
BOB LENNON I started looking forward to this season after that game against Hilliard. I am ready to get back in...
CHRIS ATKINS We've been coming down here to East Texas and this alumni function for the last nine years now. Each...
BOBBY ALLEN For this time of the season, (being) only two-thirds of the way through the high school season, I th...
SARAH ANDREWS It's a great honor that the other coaches in this league have voted me as the Coach of the Year, but...
KEITH ADKINS I guess they can't believe that Granite Hills is actually a pretty decent basketball team this year....
RANDY ANDERSON At this point in the season, it's the second half of conference play. The good thing about our group...
DAN TOBIAS This year has been far less turnover and it's been smoother. More familiarity. ... Last year we put ...
IAIN BYRNE At the beginning of our season we all actually said that to ourselves, that this is not how we want ...
CARLY CURRAN
