I like our chances against Des Moines, I really do. I think we match up well. We're not playing an opponent that had their way with us. We were pretty darn even with them.
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Early in the season, we were playing quality 6A schools and we were competing... JAMES VANEK We played well against Leander High School (10-1) and I was pretty happy with the results. With Lean... FHS COACH RANDALL KING With our talent level, against an Edwardsville we'd have to play a near-perfect game to win. We fit ... MATT MASON We match up well with them, and they match up well with us. This should be an entertaining contest. GENE MONTELEONE We knew that they were a team that played a tough physical style. We just wanted to play our style o... COLLEEN CHRISTIAN I thought we would come over here and play pretty good, but we were just awful. We couldn't defend t... BOB BURTON The last matches had hurt our self-confidence, you could see that. We were nervous at first. But the... FELIX MAGATH They were playing really well. They were hustling more than we were. We weren't playing as well on d... JACK SCALCUCCI We do an event in Des Moines ... and we thought it'd be worthwhile to have another event like it in ... DAVID ORTH We must be happy with the outcome because Rennes played a pretty good match tonight. They stopped us... DIDIER DESCHAMPS We didn't match up well from the beginning and the foul trouble only made it worse. We got killed on... MATT FISHER I was real pleased with the way we were playing defensively, and we were passing it around pretty we... GARY LARKINS Overall, I thought it was a really well played game. For our first game, there were a lot of positiv... JUSTIN LEHR I thought we played well. I think offensively we did a good thing because their pitchers were pretty... LACEY SCHANZ At the beginning of this year I really loved our style, liked the way we were playing and was pretty... OLIVER PURNELL I think we match up as well as any team in the region against them. When you're playing a good team ... BRAD COLEMAN There were some times when I thought we didn't perform to our capabilities offensively. It may have ... DAVE HOWARD West was playing great, and I didn't think we were playing well at all. But you look up there, and w... GREG MCKENZIE I like the way that we match up with them. We're a very athletic team as well. We can defend and we ... SUE SEMRAU We were able to withstand the physicality of that game really well. It was a very physical game, and... SCOTT GILMORE I ate apple pie and ice cream—it was getting better as I got deeper into Iowa, the pie bigger, the... JACK KEROUAC I think we should fare well in our league. We do run against some schools, like Norwell, that have u... DON BATES I think we needed that. We were just playing with them the whole game, we had to break away at some ... MEL THOMAS I thought we we're playing well in the first half - not too many chances for both teams. Maybe we ha... ANTONIO MARTINEZ I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with being a... BARRY WATSON I'm not surprised both of these guys were up on the podium, and Mason was in fourth. We had hoped to... BUD KEENE We didn't match up well with their speed. It seemed like every time they got the ball up front, they... ART WEAVER We had a really good third quarter. We were able to make up some ground playing against their starte... MARK MANCHESTER We had no expectations for that match and we were one point from a tie. I just keep telling them to ... JOYCE HEDLUND We're not treating this match any differently than any other match we've played this year. We just n... MANUEL DIAZ We're in the same boat. I think we match up with them pretty well. It's going to come down to whoeve... DANIEL MALY I grew up with another pretty darn good writer: Glenn Frey of the Eagles. We were very good friends,... BOB SEGER We played very well. Even though we were on the road I didn't feel like we were the underdog. We bea... DEIRDRE GORDON I think we were playing a little too relaxed ... that was kind of a wake-up call for us letting us k... APRIL MCCLENDON Well, we were already playing tough, but I think they played like they were capable of playing. THERESA ADAMS We battled pretty hard five-on-five. We were right with them, maybe even better. We couldn't get goi... BRAD STUART They're definitely playing well together. But I have to hand it to Cambridge. They really stepped it... JOHN MEEHAN We played extremely well in the first half. The kids were playing with confidence. We felt pretty go... CHRIS SCHULTZ I come from Des Moines. Someone had to. BILL BRYSON I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to. BILL BRYSON I think we were moving it pretty well. We killed ourselves with turnovers and false starts. WAYNE GANDY I was happy with our intensity and we moved the ball around really well. I thought St. Mary's was as... DON TRENTHAM I was pleased with the job we did in game two. I felt like we really found our rhythm, and the guys ... JOEL WALTON We were playing against national talent up there and that really beat up our starters. We're still t... MOZELLE WILLIAMS I don't think we were at the top of our game tonight. Yes, we had some good offensive chances, but I... BRANDON DUBINSKY It's an amazing feeling. Hopefully we can get the job done. I think we match up well against Bozeman... SHAUN TATARKA I was very disappointed in the first half with the way we played. We were not sharp. Maybe I tried t... MATT DOHERTY I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with bei... BARRY WATSON I think we weren't playing up to our level today. We were really flat today, and we just need to ste... AERIAL GREGSTON Much as I resented having to grow up in Des Moines, it gave me a real appreciation for every place i... BILL BRYSON I think that we played pretty well, and the big thing was that in the last 20 minutes of the game, w... DAVE DONAHUE We stepped up. We had two or three kids that really stepped up and played pretty well, and I think w... WAYNE ALEXANDER This is not something that we wanted, ... We dug ourselves into a pretty big hole, but we came back.... SHERYL SWOOPES Defense wins games, and our kids came out with great intensity and we did everything we were suppose... JACK RENTKO I think we match up pretty well with all the teams, and I don't think that anybody is a sure pick. I... JAKE MADIGAN I was really impressed with how many balls we dug up tonight, ... And I think we're hard to match up... CHRIS LAMB I was very pleased with our performance tonight. I thought we were very sharp and created an awful l... MARK KRIKORIAN I didn't feel very good about how we were playing, but more importantly, I didn't feel good about ho... BENJIE WOOD He really struggled with his shot. He had to hustle to get second chances and that is what all of ou... DUSTIN GIST We struggled, and I thought Kentucky's tenacity on defense had a lot to do with it. They were swarmi... DENNIS FELTON Shaffer had us guessing all night. They just pretty much beat us up big time. I was very upset with ... JASON BRADBURY I think we match up well with Claflin. It will be interesting. MARSHALL BALLARD We were totally dissatisfied and, quite honestly, really upset about the outcome of the game. I thin... DON CAHOON When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figu... WAYNE GRETZKY I felt like our press was working fine, but I felt like we were not composed offensively. All we had... BARBARA HELMS Okemos was playing really well, and that had a lot more to do with it than us playing poorly. They w... BRUCE LARNER I really do believe we had an honest chance from the start. They were very fair with us. It was a fa... JOSH LIEF We have really good parents, and even though they broke up when we were little, we were still raised... ERIN FOSTER They had some guys that were banged up and so did we. With all that happening I think we played a so... BRYAN BRIDGES We had a good effort and we played hard. I thought we played pretty good defense against them. We go... DAVE CONARROE We could tell they were male. They were big prints and we could see everywhere that they ran. I woul... WILLIAM SHANER We knew we had to play extremely well to win. We're excited about our performance. We knew we were p... JEFF LANGREHR It broke up the unity that we had. When I had them as freshmen, there were about seven of them that ... EDDIE THOMAS I think we probably played our best game of the year. We had to against a team like that. A lot of t... MIKE WALDO They're a smaller, faster team. I think we can match up pretty well if we can break the press like w... CORY MONTGOMERY Defensively I thought we did some pretty good things with our zones. We were able to give them some ... LANCE MARIFKE Their goalie played unbelievable. He made some big saves on us, but I thought just the chances we we... DREW MILLER I think if we can condition our minds we can be pretty darn successful. ANTOINE SMITH I think this is a team that we match up with pretty well when it comes to height. I think Abby (Nola... TODD ENGLE I'd like to see them again, we match up with them well. BOB PRENEVOST Aye, well, I've got my garden. LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing. LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds, LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument. LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ... LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w... 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