It's not an outside thing. ... It's a West High School club putting on a West High School event.

It's not appropriate. I don't know why anyone would do that. That is an absolute clear violation of the (school) policy.

It's a great atmosphere and we're proud to represent our school. We're definitely going to enjoy this but at the same time I want to put the right amount of pressure on us to make us play up to our potential. It will be a lot more enjoyable if we win the whole thing.

This was the idea, to have an all-inclusive event. This is what we planned, and this is what we got.

I'm sure that might intimidate some, but I'm hoping that once we have an array of people blocking that hate out of the air, the students will feel welcome and go in without that intimidation.

A lot of students are intimidated to hold hands with their same-sex partner, whoever that might be. So, those students who want to express themselves in that way are easily able to do so.