Ourselves, North Andover and Natick, we're the three best teams in the state. Any one of us would win Div. 1 or 3. We beat New Bedford by 30 points and they'll probably win Division 1.
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Related Early in North Division play we went from 1-0 to 1-3 on the road. Now we're facing those same teams ... RON ALDY We stumbled. We're a Division 2 team, and all three were Division 1 teams that are going to have goo... DALE BUVID We beat the 10th-ranked team in the country in Minnesota State-Moorhead. They had three ranked guys,... DAVE SCHUTTER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES They went into overtime and beat us to tie it up 1-1, and they went on to win that series [in seven ... JAMES WORTHY To dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe, to bear with unbearable sorrow, to run w... JOE DARION Figure it out. We beat Shelton, 3-1 and Shelton beats them, 7-1. Not only were they good, we helped ... PETE CIVITELLO We were expecting that from Natick the other night. I'm always impressed with Natick. We knew it wou... CARMINE COLACE I think coming off an emotional win Tuesday night (a 30-point thrashing of first-place Lake County),... DAVE HEISS This was a nice win and hopefully it makes us No. 1 in sectionals. It also gave us the Livingston Co... BRIAN MORAN We beat the No. 4, No. 1 and then the No. 2 seed to win the state title. The girls played amazing ba... BRIAN KEITH If we win state, then we will be No. 1. ALISON LACEY [Tuesday's win] gives us so much confidence. We were 7-1 before, and now we're 1-0 to begin league, ... BRANDON BYER That's a fun meet to go to because we really get to see some great gymnastics teams. We will get to ... CARLA PETERSON When you play the No.1 team in the state, and they probably are the No. 1 team in the state, and you... CURTIS HIGGINS The three teams are pretty even. Today's first game (a 2-1 Southeastern win) was a good, all-around ... LANA ROSS It's hard to explain. We needed (win) No. 1. It was rough. All week, we talked how we needed No. 1. ... ANDREW KERR It's playoff hockey. We could've won 2-1, or 3-2 in overtime. It just so happened it was 6-1. We jus... FRANCIS BOUILLON I think if we play our cards right, we have a chance. The three top teams, they all know they can be... BIKE MEDDER Let me give you a bit of history. Two years ago, Andover came in here and Bam! Andover beat Kimball ... GARY SHARPE We were never able to get into any continuity in the second half. They played a great 1-3-1 zone. GORDON KERBS They gave us everything we could handle. They're one of the best 1-4 teams I've ever seen. BUD OGDEN If we ever decided to make free throws, it would've been a different game. When we had chances to ei... BILLY TUBBS I think we expect earnings in general to be better than expected. Two or three companies will beat e... ED KEON I think it's a no-win situation for other teams to draw us right now. Because of our record they are... DAN MAY We are fortunate to be 4-1 and we were fortunate to win. BOB EASON That was a huge win for us. Mainly because we're 7-1, and then we're 3-5, and we we're still looking... MARK WOODHEAD South was the No. 1 football school in the state and we had a 50--game winning streak. It took North... JAY TRUE This is a division game, so it's obviously a very important game. We're 1-0 in the division and they... JOSH KELLETT We'll play; we're happy to be in the tournament. However, we have the best record in college basketb... JACK KVANCZ Florida is just a solid veteran team that was ranked No. 1 earlier this year. We dug ourselves a hol... DENNIS EMERY When you get to a game like this, it's who's playing, who's on a roll. The teams are close enough th... LOUIE GOLDEN Any conference win is a good win. I'm pleased to be 5-1. Hopefully we can build on this win. CINDY EMFINGER It was nice to keep the hitting streak alive. But I would have been happy going 0-for-3 and getting ... MARCUS GILES If I were to look at it objectively, I'd probably favor other teams as well. But there's something a... CHIPPER JONES We had been scoring quite a few goals (lately). Up until the last four or five games, this team had ... SEAN O'DONNELL When you are leading 3-1 it's normal to win, but not today. We deserved more, because at 3-2 we stil... FRANK RIJKAARD We want to be No. 1. We strive to be No. 1 in everything. That's something our administration helps ... BARRET PEERY We were prepared for their 1-3-1 trap. We watched a lot of film and knew all the nooks and crannies. TREY BLUE Each one of us has to look in the mirror and simplify things - do our little things that everybody i... RYAN SMYTH Kennedy was undefeated in league. They're the No. 1 seed in our section in the power rankings. To go... DUWAINE GANSKIE Our 1-3-1 defense has won a lot of games for us, so we just keep reminding ourselves of that every t... FRANK YOUNG The last couple of years, Arkansas State hasn't beaten us. We've beaten ourselves. We had four last ... CHARLIE WEATHERBIE This was a huge win. Particularly after last year when we lost to them, 7-1. But to me, they are sti... DON PETERFRIEND It's tough to try to come back from 0-2 in Class D. It would definitely be a struggle. We have a pre... JAMIE FREELAND We had three goals before the season started and they were to win league, win district and win state... KYLE COSTON It's a good win on the road. Castleton beat probably the best team in the conference (Maine Maritime... JAMIE BEAUDOIN Central Catholic is the team to beat in the section. They beat us pretty decisively [3-1] the first ... JACK ZEBO The state tournament was a big one and we managed to win it by a few points over Estes Park. DOUG HORN He enabled us to win with 1-under. HOWARD WRIGHT In T-1, our goal was to repeat with the Corvette, and get the Viper and Andrew up there. In T-2 with... JOE AQUILANTE Their 1-3-1 (zone defense) hurt us the first half. We didn't do a good job against it at all. The se... JOE KONIECZNY I'm sure everyone looks at the standings at one time or another. We knew the Yankees would be there ... BRONSON ARROYO This is huge for us, beating this Red (Division) team. We were definitely surprised to win this one.... ALEX MERRY If there are any kids that have earned a win like this, it's these six seniors that deserve it. They... BOBBY ERVIN We're off to our second best start in history at 10-1. Our best start ever was 19-0 in 1998-1999. We... BRYAN BLAIR We are now 1-0 and looking forward to playing one of the best teams in the nation. I'm proud of this... CAROL ROSS We felt like the (University of New Mexico) Lobos, we just can't win on the road. Were playing a lit... DOMINICK ROMERO Our three ECC games were all one-goal losses. We still have our goals in front of us in terms of try... ANDY EMANUEL I said to the boys we can either fire up or if we back off they'll beat us by 20 or 30 points. JOHN LANG This the best shot we have seen in 3-1/2 years. JEFFREY KAGAN We ran out of gas out there. We were not the same team you saw (Wednesday, an 87-64 win over Andover... VERN SIMMONS This is why it was a great day. No. 1, Snitsky didn't kill anyone. No. 2, Coach didn't win. No. 3, C... JOHN CENA You can't win down here in the semifinals with close to 30 turnovers. We made a lot of careless pass... TRENTON SMITH Had he walked in at 1:30, he would have signed his bond. Probably the court and the marshal service ... JOE DINATALE Beat the U.S.? It would be the biggest win in the history of sports in Chile after the Olympics. Esp... HANS GILDEMEISTER Valley's coach told me they beat Russell County by only a few points last week, and Russell County b... BILL LUTZ The favorite is always the No. 1. I can win. Blake can win. But the favorite is the No. 1. RAFAEL NADAL Our mistakes turn singles into doubles and triples. For us to win we have to score a lot of runs, an... JEFF RODGERS Any win is big this time of year. It doesn't matter whether it's 1-0 or 15-0. DAN JOHNSON We wrestled at 11 o'clock, 1 o'clock and 3 o'clock, and they were all tough teams. We had a good day... BOBBY DEBERRY We used a 1-3-1 defense, and our rebounding in the last quarter helped. DAKOTA SMITH We have to judge ourselves by how hard we play and not by how many points we might win by. ADAM KITOWSKI That's a team that went on the road and beat Arizona State and beat us bad down there and I'm happy ... JOE CRAVENS It would have been nice to win this one, but Hastings had a nice team. There were no easy points out... TOM SANVIK You spen 1/3 of your life sleeping, 1/3 of your life working and the other 1/3 wondering why your ar... MICKAVELI Western beat us the year before by about 40 points and they were expected to beat us again by 40 poi... EDWARD ANDERSON That's all you can do. We're 13-1 and I'm sure 30 other teams would love to be in the position we're... GARY BRACKETT St. Catherine's is a very good team and Bob is a great coach. As we've seen this season, they can gi... LANCE MARIFKE Firestone is a great team. They deserve to be 20-1 and ranked where they are. They would win in pret... MARK LOOMIS That's probably No. 1 because of the position we were in. BRANDON KIMBROUGH It was a close match and could have gone either way. It's difficult to beat a good team like Auburn ... BILLY PATE Whether it is 1-0 or 6-0, it is three points. ROWAN ALEXANDER It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious. J.R.R. TOLKIEN If I win the hole, to have gone from 3 down to 1 up in a few holes would have been massive psycholog... PAUL MCGINLEY You have to say if we're not the best, we're damn close. I take it that's why we're so close togethe... DWIGHT SMITH We were the No. 4 seed in the playoffs last year. This year we'd like to be the No. 1 or No. 2 seed ... DAN CASEL We're playing everybody this year. It gives us a guess at who we are and shows us what we have to do... BOB MACALUSO Last year we went to overtime in a 1-1 tie. We have a lot of seniors [this season] and wanted to win... BENJAMIN OKEYRE We shouldn't have to worry about those teams, but we really have to after (Columbus) Academy upset u... ANDREW MARTIN I was very pleased by the effort by all the girls to be able to come back and play a 1-0 game after ... FRANK LEAFE We hope to make it to the playoffs. We're going to try to win the games we're supposed to, and hopef... JAMI GOLDSTEIN The downfall of humanity is called division!! Races, division! Colors, division, Countries, division... PHILIP T. M. We have 70 points and that would normally ensure you finish in the top three now. One more win shoul... RAFAEL BENITEZ They sprang it on us and it obviously worked. I think they were in kind of a weird zone. There were ... JAMES AUGUSTINE This was probably the most significant win that we've had maybe even since we've been D-1. We showed... JACKIE TURPIN We didn't get any stops. We are trying to get better defensively but we got beat by 30 points, so ob... ALLEN IVERSON We really wanted to beat them this time around. So we already knew about the last three games. But i... ANISHA QUEEN It's one of the toughest tournaments in the state. Last year we had a team fro Lodi [Tokay] and Chic... JEFF JENNINGS If you want to be the best you have to beat the best and if we can win this division, I think there'... ERIC MANGINI
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