Darren had much thicker hips, and he was able to run over you if he had to. D-Bell is a lot thinner and not as thick, but he has incredible speed and nobody can catch him. He doesn't have to run over too many people.

Do what you know best; if you're a runner, run, if you're a bell, ring

It's a real feather in Coach Allen's hat to get a kid like Derek Miller. In my opinion, Derek is the best football player in the Kansas City metro area.

He's going to be a steal for somebody. I fully expect him to be an early offer type player. He's already getting plenty of attention from all of the local teams ? Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri and others are already all over him. But I think he's good enough to play for almost anybody that can use a back in his mold.

We need to get a lot of preliminary input before we can work on getting them (ninth-graders) to the high school.

Every board member knew what was going on.