I am proud of how everyone played and conducted themselves. This was the first varsity experience for all the team. Each one has a much better idea of what we need and will work on.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES This study will give us a better idea of what we need, where we need it and how much it will cost. ERIC DOUGLAS I am proud of the way the team enjoys one another and really pushes each other to get better. I am a... BRIAN BOLAND I am proud of them. No matter what the score was, they always played hard until the very end of each... DANA SCOTT I think that their experience and welcoming the new players has made this team really dynamic. Every... CAROL VAN HENKELUM I was very proud of the way each and every girl played today. It was nice to all come together as a ... KRISSY HALL I am very pleased with our performance today. I wasn't sure what to expect. We have only had one spe... JEFF VINCENT I am really proud of how far this team came this year. I really want to give our players a lot of cr... BILL CALLAHAN I am so proud of this team and to be in the gold medal game. This team has a big heart. We played ou... MARIA ROOTH This was one of her first experiences coming out and playing and being a part of the varsity team. JOAN RACHETTO This was a tough loss for our team. I was very proud of the way the guys conducted themselves in thi... DOUG MCCARTER There was a lot of team camaraderie and companionship. I really liked how everyone was on the sideli... LESLY HAINSWORTH At Faulkner we have a junior varsity and varsity team, which gives the players experience and time t... ANDY PRIOLA I am proud of all of my kids. This was a heck of a softball game, and give St. C. credit because the... DON BETHEL This varsity team has a lot of potential. We just need the right attitude. HOLLY HATTON This keeps everyone on their toes and allows a kid who is just outside of the varsity team to contro... MAL STRANGE We are basically a junior varsity team with one senior and one junior with extensive varsity experie... MIKE TOW We have a very young team this year. It was the first experience for most of the girls at this golf ... CHAD SMITH I'm very proud of this team. We wrestled well tonight. This was the best effort I've seen all year, ... CORBIN SHAKELY I am very proud of this work because it is more about the meaning of the Easter Rising and its relat... LEON URIS It is a statement for our program. It was a great team effort all the way around, everyone played un... BRIAN KALBAS We played outstanding team defense. The kids played hard and aggressive and I was proud of how they ... DAN SPRANGER In 1967, London Weekend Television asked me to head up their sports coverage. I got to work with guy... JIMMY HILL We still need to work on being aggressive with the bats against better pitchers. We did a good job a... KAREN VANDYKE I'm so proud of this team. They were absolutely amazing. We couldn't have played any better. I guess... KRISTIN BURTON It was back and forth the whole game. I can't say one team played better. (Coach) Jim (Spencer) does... JOE NOON We had the best season we've ever played. There's nothing to hang our heads about. We played tough a... GREG BYERS I am very proud of my team, this is our first one ever. MIKE DELANO I am so proud of this team. The thing about this team is they don't want to let one another down. Th... DENNIS RUEDINGER Greg (Burgers) and I understood that everyone on the team had to have confidence in each other. We n... KYLE COSTON I thought we rebounded as good or better than we have all year. Lennox has a big, physical and athle... CHESTER COACH SCOTT LANGEROCK I will take this team whenever we have our backs up against a wall. I was proud of how we fought rea... DOUG SCHREIBER I couldn't be any more of proud of my team than I am right now. These guys played their hearts out a... GREG KING I?m just so proud of everyone on my team. Some girls sacrificed themselves for the win tonight. LEIGH CRAWFORD It's a beautiful thing. We're definitely disappointed as a team [for the overall record]. But they'r... DONTRELLE WILLIS I am very proud of how hard our kids played and how physical they played. Especially in the second h... JIM WEBB It has been the experience of a lifetime to work with Catherine Middleton to create her wedding dres... SARAH BURTON We left it all on the court. I'm proud of how they played today and all season. I wouldn't want any ... JULIANNE BERRY I?m so proud of these students. Some play baseball, softball or run for the track team, hold down jo... BRIAN SNIDER This is the first time in the history of the school that a team has gone to the Final Four in back-t... DAVID PICKARD We played with a lot of determination, everyone on the team. We played teams that were more talented... LIZ SHIMEK I thought our kids played well. To play a team like this (Benton Central) which has lost only one ga... FLAVA SIRK The girls kept on working and they deserve the credit for the success we've had this season. I'm pro... BRETT MACKEY Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. I am so proud of our team tonight. This was truly a team win. Everyone contributed to the win and th... CAROL ROSS I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Everyone contributed a bit today. I am proud of the way we played defensively and offensively by sha... WILLIE MARYLAND We have to get better. I don't know what the difference was tonight other than we didn't play as wel... KATIE BARNETT I am so proud of our girls. We played a complete game for the first time this season, and the senior... JAKE BACON I do not feel like we played very good soccer today, but I was proud of our players on how they resp... CURTIS BLAIR (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON I thought we played well as a team. We have nine sophomores and eight of them played. We're young an... JIMMY DOWELL It was good experience for everyone. We have two seniors on the team and although this is their last... ERIC ELLIOTT For his first year playing varsity and his first time in the tournament, Mike has been playing great... DAVE SPINALE It was a calamity of errors on plays that you have to make. I am embarrassed at how we played and ou... JUDY SHAUBACH We didn't come out here tonight like a football team on the upswing. We should be executing better o... SHANNON BROWN His experience and work ethic is a wonderful example for the rest of this squad. This is a very prof... JOHN MCENROE I'm proud of the guys. They're working hard. The big thing is we need to work together. When we star... BILL MOSELEY What these kids have done over the last six days was special. Everyone was nervous because we all kn... BOB LAVIN It was a nice win for us. It doesn't happen very often where we win all of the varsity and junior va... DONALYN WOESTE I am proud of what we have accomplished at Virgin. We've built a great team and a terrific roster of... MATT SERLETIC I think the sky's the limit for this team. We have lots of talent. We're really deep. Dixon has done... LEVON KENDALL The success we had was because of our offensive line. This is the first time that our offensive line... JOE NETTLES The kids played very hard. They could have folded, but that's what the Bobcat tradition is all about... HOMER DAVIS First, I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I'm really proud of this team. I think we've grown a lot. In the previous years, we were a little im... AMY SANDERS We let them get out to a 4-0 lead in the first quarter. This was certainly not one of our best defen... BOB STREETEN This was a total team effort today. I was so pleased with how our starters played in the first half.... GINNY MARTINO It was an outstanding team effort. In our first outdoor meet of the season with a full lineup, we st... KIRK SCHMALTZ To take a team made of only three returning varsity competition team members and place first at an O... REYNA MATTSON The team played much better, ... Every team member contributed tonight. Our serving was much better,... ANITA ALLEN I played junior varsity for a couple of years, ... but when I played my first varsity match this sea... JEFF WHITE It was the best game we've played all year. I was extremely proud of our effort and I was almost sat... LARRY VIEIRA Montpelier played very, very well. They were the better team. We played better in the second half, b... BRUCE VIENS He was playing his second varsity tournament and I'm pleased with what he shot. We played OK (as a t... TOMMY STANDEFER With the guys we have coming back, we're looking for them to be better hitters. Some of these guys h... CHARLIE LEMBERGER We have a different team this year. Everyone is better. They all played travel ball during the summe... JOE ALSUP I was so proud of Maggie and Michelle. I coached Michelle the last two years and she has often come ... JOAN DOWDLE I'm really proud of the way we played all year. We played as a team and never gave up. DON NEISE We couldn't have played much better. Everybody stepped it up. They've just gotten better and better ... GAIL KLOSTER Tunkhannock was a much better team than when we played them at the beginning of the season. I'm very... JOE NOON They stepped up and did what they needed to do despite being tired. This is a good win, no matter ho... DEB HENDERSON I am proud of our guys. We needed to work on some things. Lee played us tough. BILL CLARK That's what makes our team kind of interesting. We have four-year starters. We have guys with a lot ... BRIAN CHAMPION They have the heart of a lion. They believe in each other ... I'm really proud of them. All season l... BRENDA FRESE I know for sure our team will be better. But it's all relative -- I don't know how much better the r... DAVE WALDOW This game was symbolic of how we played the last four years. We were down early, but kept fighting b... JOE HERBER With more than 28 participating agencies and 400 first responders and volunteers, this will be one o... MICHAEL HOWSE We reflected on what everyone meant to the team and how awesome this season was. These past four yea... KYLIE MCCLURE I am so proud of the kids tonight. We still have some work to do, but I want the kids to enjoy this ... BARRY HUTCHINSON I actually was the captain of the football team. I went to Catalina Foothills High School, and I pla... PARKER YOUNG Pretty unbelievable. She's a special lady. Forget what she's done on a golf course. I don't think yo... CRISTIE KERR We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each ot... HERBIE HANCOCK We just need to execute and we just need to get used to playing this caliber of a team. This gives u... JULIE TOVEY Due to circumstances, some players had to fill different roles at the varsity level. All the guys wo... ELDON DORSEY She was incredibly frustrated. She's young and she doesn't have much (varsity) experience. She's lea... KRISTI RELLER They have not pulled on a shirt for the first team or played in front of the Derby supporters but if... PHIL BROWN In the first half we played well but we suffered a goal from a corner. In the second period we chang... RONALD KOEMAN I can't say enough about the way we played tonight. I am very, very proud of our guys. We didn't fee... BOB SCHELLINGER
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