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It's important to get guys that can come in and play early because we're losing so much. But the big...
LUKE FICKELL We had always played them early in the season. It was perfect to come and play here.
BOB SHINKAN It was fun to get to play with all these guys after playing against them my whole high school career...
ZAC DAVIS We have good fans. Plus, a lot of the teams have a long bus ride to get here. It's really hard to co...
EARL JOHNSON Coach stressed in preseason that if we played hard and played together we would be hard to beat. And...
ANTONIO FITZGERALD This is a great tournament because I like to play teams we don't see as often. When you see the same...
LARRY BAKER One of the reasons why we want to play in this tournament when we're eligible is because it's usuall...
GENO AURIEMMA In hindsight, it might have been better if we scheduled some easier road teams early in the season. ...
LIN LORING You never really get tested at these smaller tournaments. We know we can compete at that level, but ...
JOEY HAWKINS It was a really good game. It was hard for anyone to establish anything because of the weather. It's...
JASON HERMAN We were an all-zone team early, but we've gone back to a man-to-man late in the season. I feel we ca...
BRIAN NORBERG I don't know what to expect. I would just like us to go out there and play hard. We have some good t...
AUGUSTINE RUIZ Our feeling is, the teams are here, most of the fans come down early, we're going to go ahead with t...
TODD CLARK I came here [in February] because I thought I could make the team. There's been some tough competiti...
DARNELL SANDERS The location was better early in the game. It's hard to throw a breaking ball here, especially in th...
CLAUDIO VARGAS We suffered three losses early in the season when we were injured and just not playing as a team. We...
KELLY PACKARD![]()
I think all tennis players have to struggle through the early stages of their career. We start off p...
SAMANTHA STOSUR We played them real early in the season, but we know they are a scrappy team. I don't remember the s...
GARY LONG If falling in love was easy, We'd all be in love. Love isn't easy though, Thats why its hard to be i...
PAULIE D. STABLINI We knew it was going to be hard to come in here and get a win. We played them tough early ..., but t...
DALE MARTIN Playing all the girls we play ... sometimes we might take our lumps here and there early in the game...
JEFF THOBER The guys are excited about being in the tournament, and we are ready to play. We have worked hard al...
DOUG MCCARTER It's hard to get over playing like this, but as a team we know what we have to do. We just need to c...
LIZ BUTTKE We didn't play well. It's too early in the season to be flat the way we were.
HOWARD INCH Its amazing. How many teams can say they have to play every game like its their last? Because pretty...
ALAN ANDERSON We had a late spring break and tough weather. It's always hard in the spring because of the weather,...
GARY TAGUE We've been training for this all season and looking forward to the competition in our district. We h...
CURTIS EWARD We are a hard working, defensive driven team. We were very competitive in all our matches this seaso...
DENNIS RICHARDSON We have pretty good players, All-Stars. We need to stay together. This game is not easy. A lot of te...
CARLOS GUILLEN It's hard to play catch-up against a good team. We had some breakdowns in all three facets of the ga...
CORY YEOMAN I think (that experience is) an advantage for us. They've also been to two state volleyball tourname...
BYRON UTTER Right now I don't see this team like it used to be early in the season. I've only been around when t...
CARLOS GUILLEN We're a pretty old group of guys. This is pretty much the same team that has come out here for about...
ERIK HENDRICKSON![]()
About five years ago, we had five teams in the 'A' division, but it dwindled down to two in the spri...
BILL VAUGHN I'm very pleased with how we competed. We competed hard and had a great team effort. Earlier in the ...
BILL MARTENS For us, we see it as a challenge. We don't get to see a lot of these teams so we have something to p...
DARLETA MAYHUE And as for St. Edward's B team, a lot of Division I teams around here used to see them four or five ...
DUANE BLACKBURN You'd be surprised, but there are about 10 or 15 teams that are very competitive and play full-time ...
MAX MIRNYI Every team is going to have its ups and downs and take some losses. It's better to take them now ear...
BRYANT JOHNSON My experience, so far, since I've been here, is that it's tough to know which team will show up. In ...
ERIK CHRISTENSEN I thought that team was gone - I've been around for games like that before with less talented teams....
DEBBIE TAYLOR This is good for the schools because Florida and Georgia schools don't usually play Mississippi scho...
KATHLEEN THOMPSON Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things
in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ...
E.J. PATTEN They are a team that you cannot take lightly because you see how well they played last season to sta...
BRIAN ROSE There are some good teams. Pine View is ranked in the top five, Mountain View played well in its win...
WILLY CHILD Some of the nervousness going into the season is the changes. Why are we a better team? We're a bett...
DAVID POILE We're right where I thought we would be. We had some tough games early and all the tournaments we pl...
ALEX FIGERT That's what makes it hard to come here and do this and see all these guys and reminisce and laugh an...
AARON ROWAND In our league, we want to be the toughest team for anyone to play against, ... My hope is certainly ...
BRIAN RILEY Nobody likes to be considered a rollover or a laughingstock. I think guys are taking pride in the no...
JOE BOROWSKI Now that we know that, you can see why these teams are so good. I don't know that you're ever going ...
JACK QUINN My parents didn't want me going to school here at first because they thought we weren't going to hav...
ARIEL CAVANAUGH![]()
I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea...
RICHARD YATES I believe in shooting for the moon. We had a Taiwan team here, but I'd like to have something like t...
DAVE PLOOF We're a great team. There was no doubt in my mind we would have a great year again this season. We p...
KAREN EMMA You get to play in a college coliseum and it's like the next level. When we came here, we went to wo...
JOE WEST At this time of year, coaches are always trying to test how good their teams really are, and the onl...
LORENZO HANDS Both teams were in the 50s. It was an ugly game. My guys play hard. All you can ask is to be in posi...
JEFF NEELY We were optimistic going in, but it's very difficult as a Division 4 team. We don't have the luxury ...
FRED THACHER We worked real hard to get these kids into college. They worked really hard in the off-season.
JOE KANACH We were able to get out of our lease early in Dublin, and we can't wait to get here.
DAVID KESSLER Possessions are also really key. Keeping the ball in our possession and executing our offense is som...
BYRON UTTER It means we can play with our batteries fully charged. We have rested all (northern) summer, worked ...
IKER CASILLAS We didn't take them lightly at all. A team like that has nothing to lose, so we decided to come out ...
ANTONIO MCDYESS Every team has to come in here ready to play.
BRANDON MARSH A lot of the teams in your league that are averaging 3,000-to-5,000 fans would be a lot better off t...
PAUL SKJODT These kids had all earned top individual scores at the regional competition in February. And that's ...
LENNY BURKE This kind of kicks off the spring for us. We're going to split up our talent -- because we're trying...
DELNOR POSS We didn't shoot well early, but Zion is one of the better teams we will play. We were in foul troubl...
DOUG SHARP We are showing improvement. We have a young team, and we're playing some pretty good teams in tourna...
BILL WOLF Remember, we all stumble,every one of us. Thats why it is a comfort to go hand in hand!
NANDA KUMAR It was a tough test to play Mifflinburg this early in the season. To play this early in the season o...
CATHY KEISER We know what can happen when you don't come ready to play these teams. We're just making sure when w...
DANTON COLE These teams are hard to play against. But we knew we couldn't afford to let down and we knew we had ...
JASON PETRIMOULX It was so dry so early - Hell, we were having fires in early February last year.
DOUG SUTHERLAND We had to get some things off our chest. We had to come together as a team. We had to get motivated ...
CHRIS HUNTER Dixon Steele: You know, when you first walked into the police station, I said to myself, “There sh...
DOROTHY B. HUGHES We wanted to get the early lead on them because they're a good team and they get on teams and get th...
LUKE BORELLO We were able to weather their storm when they made a run at us in Pullman. We need to focus on rebou...
KAREN VICKERY Hopewell is a very tough team. They played a little different style of game. They trapped the whole ...
ANTONIO DIMARIA Beginning next Thursday, it's a rat race around here until the end of the season because of the stat...
JACK WATFORD It will be nice to play on a consistent surface in warm weather, as opposed to here. We are going to...
LESLEY SHEEHAN Rice had a young team last year, and their season ended in disappointment. Tulane had an experienced...
CARSON KAINER Since we believe that the underlying state of the labor market is quite healthy, we would expect any...
DAVID GREENLAW When we were at the drawing for the tournament seeds last week, we were praying that we wouldn't hav...
DAVE KLINGEL It's getting harder and harder to get teams to commit to a two-day tournament. Their kids -- especia...
DUANE BLACKBURN It's very difficult because you know these guys are coming in here against a veteran team like Memph...
DWANE CASEY We're looking forward to the second half. We know its going to be difficult, but the team who comes ...
ERIC VOLLMERS However, more important to all of that: the players played the game as a true team. There are many t...
MICHAEL DELAWARE They are a hell of a football team. Why would I want to submit myself to play them twice in the regu...
GREG SCOTT An interesting game, no doubt about it. Reading Holy Name is a tough team to play against because of...
LARRY KOSTELAC![]()
This team is full of seniors and we've had games this season that we almost lost because we almost l...
MIKE DAVIDSON When you're No. 1 like we are, you know the other team is going to be up for the game because a win ...
LARS RICHTERS![]()
It's just a testament to how hard these guys have worked. When Alex passed away (of Hodgkin's diseas...
JOE MCCARTHY With the weather coming in, these may be the only two games we get. So these were big.
CHANTIEL WILSON There were 275 teams (in Division-II) last year and we were the No. 1 defensive team in the country....
FRANK CHEEK We have a good team, probably the best team we've had since I've been here, so this year everyone is...
CAMERON EDENS It was a very good day for sprinting because of the weather and we were able to get Michelle two rea...
ANDREW PAPAMICHAEL We were lucky to pull it off. We haven't played like that all season, and it goes to show why so man...
MARK SHOFF We were coming down here hoping to get two to stay close to the top of the conference. Because last ...
DEREK LINDAUER
LUKE FICKELL We had always played them early in the season. It was perfect to come and play here.
BOB SHINKAN It was fun to get to play with all these guys after playing against them my whole high school career...
ZAC DAVIS We have good fans. Plus, a lot of the teams have a long bus ride to get here. It's really hard to co...
EARL JOHNSON Coach stressed in preseason that if we played hard and played together we would be hard to beat. And...
ANTONIO FITZGERALD This is a great tournament because I like to play teams we don't see as often. When you see the same...
LARRY BAKER One of the reasons why we want to play in this tournament when we're eligible is because it's usuall...
GENO AURIEMMA In hindsight, it might have been better if we scheduled some easier road teams early in the season. ...
LIN LORING You never really get tested at these smaller tournaments. We know we can compete at that level, but ...
JOEY HAWKINS It was a really good game. It was hard for anyone to establish anything because of the weather. It's...
JASON HERMAN We were an all-zone team early, but we've gone back to a man-to-man late in the season. I feel we ca...
BRIAN NORBERG I don't know what to expect. I would just like us to go out there and play hard. We have some good t...
AUGUSTINE RUIZ Our feeling is, the teams are here, most of the fans come down early, we're going to go ahead with t...
TODD CLARK I came here [in February] because I thought I could make the team. There's been some tough competiti...
DARNELL SANDERS The location was better early in the game. It's hard to throw a breaking ball here, especially in th...
CLAUDIO VARGAS We suffered three losses early in the season when we were injured and just not playing as a team. We...
KELLY PACKARD
I think all tennis players have to struggle through the early stages of their career. We start off p... SAMANTHA STOSUR We played them real early in the season, but we know they are a scrappy team. I don't remember the s...
GARY LONG If falling in love was easy, We'd all be in love. Love isn't easy though, Thats why its hard to be i...
PAULIE D. STABLINI We knew it was going to be hard to come in here and get a win. We played them tough early ..., but t...
DALE MARTIN Playing all the girls we play ... sometimes we might take our lumps here and there early in the game...
JEFF THOBER The guys are excited about being in the tournament, and we are ready to play. We have worked hard al...
DOUG MCCARTER It's hard to get over playing like this, but as a team we know what we have to do. We just need to c...
LIZ BUTTKE We didn't play well. It's too early in the season to be flat the way we were.
HOWARD INCH Its amazing. How many teams can say they have to play every game like its their last? Because pretty...
ALAN ANDERSON We had a late spring break and tough weather. It's always hard in the spring because of the weather,...
GARY TAGUE We've been training for this all season and looking forward to the competition in our district. We h...
CURTIS EWARD We are a hard working, defensive driven team. We were very competitive in all our matches this seaso...
DENNIS RICHARDSON We have pretty good players, All-Stars. We need to stay together. This game is not easy. A lot of te...
CARLOS GUILLEN It's hard to play catch-up against a good team. We had some breakdowns in all three facets of the ga...
CORY YEOMAN I think (that experience is) an advantage for us. They've also been to two state volleyball tourname...
BYRON UTTER Right now I don't see this team like it used to be early in the season. I've only been around when t...
CARLOS GUILLEN We're a pretty old group of guys. This is pretty much the same team that has come out here for about...
ERIK HENDRICKSON
About five years ago, we had five teams in the 'A' division, but it dwindled down to two in the spri... BILL VAUGHN I'm very pleased with how we competed. We competed hard and had a great team effort. Earlier in the ...
BILL MARTENS For us, we see it as a challenge. We don't get to see a lot of these teams so we have something to p...
DARLETA MAYHUE And as for St. Edward's B team, a lot of Division I teams around here used to see them four or five ...
DUANE BLACKBURN You'd be surprised, but there are about 10 or 15 teams that are very competitive and play full-time ...
MAX MIRNYI Every team is going to have its ups and downs and take some losses. It's better to take them now ear...
BRYANT JOHNSON My experience, so far, since I've been here, is that it's tough to know which team will show up. In ...
ERIK CHRISTENSEN I thought that team was gone - I've been around for games like that before with less talented teams....
DEBBIE TAYLOR This is good for the schools because Florida and Georgia schools don't usually play Mississippi scho...
KATHLEEN THOMPSON Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things
in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ...
E.J. PATTEN They are a team that you cannot take lightly because you see how well they played last season to sta...
BRIAN ROSE There are some good teams. Pine View is ranked in the top five, Mountain View played well in its win...
WILLY CHILD Some of the nervousness going into the season is the changes. Why are we a better team? We're a bett...
DAVID POILE We're right where I thought we would be. We had some tough games early and all the tournaments we pl...
ALEX FIGERT That's what makes it hard to come here and do this and see all these guys and reminisce and laugh an...
AARON ROWAND In our league, we want to be the toughest team for anyone to play against, ... My hope is certainly ...
BRIAN RILEY Nobody likes to be considered a rollover or a laughingstock. I think guys are taking pride in the no...
JOE BOROWSKI Now that we know that, you can see why these teams are so good. I don't know that you're ever going ...
JACK QUINN My parents didn't want me going to school here at first because they thought we weren't going to hav...
ARIEL CAVANAUGH
I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea... RICHARD YATES I believe in shooting for the moon. We had a Taiwan team here, but I'd like to have something like t...
DAVE PLOOF We're a great team. There was no doubt in my mind we would have a great year again this season. We p...
KAREN EMMA You get to play in a college coliseum and it's like the next level. When we came here, we went to wo...
JOE WEST At this time of year, coaches are always trying to test how good their teams really are, and the onl...
LORENZO HANDS Both teams were in the 50s. It was an ugly game. My guys play hard. All you can ask is to be in posi...
JEFF NEELY We were optimistic going in, but it's very difficult as a Division 4 team. We don't have the luxury ...
FRED THACHER We worked real hard to get these kids into college. They worked really hard in the off-season.
JOE KANACH We were able to get out of our lease early in Dublin, and we can't wait to get here.
DAVID KESSLER Possessions are also really key. Keeping the ball in our possession and executing our offense is som...
BYRON UTTER It means we can play with our batteries fully charged. We have rested all (northern) summer, worked ...
IKER CASILLAS We didn't take them lightly at all. A team like that has nothing to lose, so we decided to come out ...
ANTONIO MCDYESS Every team has to come in here ready to play.
BRANDON MARSH A lot of the teams in your league that are averaging 3,000-to-5,000 fans would be a lot better off t...
PAUL SKJODT These kids had all earned top individual scores at the regional competition in February. And that's ...
LENNY BURKE This kind of kicks off the spring for us. We're going to split up our talent -- because we're trying...
DELNOR POSS We didn't shoot well early, but Zion is one of the better teams we will play. We were in foul troubl...
DOUG SHARP We are showing improvement. We have a young team, and we're playing some pretty good teams in tourna...
BILL WOLF Remember, we all stumble,every one of us. Thats why it is a comfort to go hand in hand!
NANDA KUMAR It was a tough test to play Mifflinburg this early in the season. To play this early in the season o...
CATHY KEISER We know what can happen when you don't come ready to play these teams. We're just making sure when w...
DANTON COLE These teams are hard to play against. But we knew we couldn't afford to let down and we knew we had ...
JASON PETRIMOULX It was so dry so early - Hell, we were having fires in early February last year.
DOUG SUTHERLAND We had to get some things off our chest. We had to come together as a team. We had to get motivated ...
CHRIS HUNTER Dixon Steele: You know, when you first walked into the police station, I said to myself, “There sh...
DOROTHY B. HUGHES We wanted to get the early lead on them because they're a good team and they get on teams and get th...
LUKE BORELLO We were able to weather their storm when they made a run at us in Pullman. We need to focus on rebou...
KAREN VICKERY Hopewell is a very tough team. They played a little different style of game. They trapped the whole ...
ANTONIO DIMARIA Beginning next Thursday, it's a rat race around here until the end of the season because of the stat...
JACK WATFORD It will be nice to play on a consistent surface in warm weather, as opposed to here. We are going to...
LESLEY SHEEHAN Rice had a young team last year, and their season ended in disappointment. Tulane had an experienced...
CARSON KAINER Since we believe that the underlying state of the labor market is quite healthy, we would expect any...
DAVID GREENLAW When we were at the drawing for the tournament seeds last week, we were praying that we wouldn't hav...
DAVE KLINGEL It's getting harder and harder to get teams to commit to a two-day tournament. Their kids -- especia...
DUANE BLACKBURN It's very difficult because you know these guys are coming in here against a veteran team like Memph...
DWANE CASEY We're looking forward to the second half. We know its going to be difficult, but the team who comes ...
ERIC VOLLMERS However, more important to all of that: the players played the game as a true team. There are many t...
MICHAEL DELAWARE They are a hell of a football team. Why would I want to submit myself to play them twice in the regu...
GREG SCOTT An interesting game, no doubt about it. Reading Holy Name is a tough team to play against because of...
LARRY KOSTELAC
This team is full of seniors and we've had games this season that we almost lost because we almost l... MIKE DAVIDSON When you're No. 1 like we are, you know the other team is going to be up for the game because a win ...
LARS RICHTERS
It's just a testament to how hard these guys have worked. When Alex passed away (of Hodgkin's diseas... JOE MCCARTHY With the weather coming in, these may be the only two games we get. So these were big.
CHANTIEL WILSON There were 275 teams (in Division-II) last year and we were the No. 1 defensive team in the country....
FRANK CHEEK We have a good team, probably the best team we've had since I've been here, so this year everyone is...
CAMERON EDENS It was a very good day for sprinting because of the weather and we were able to get Michelle two rea...
ANDREW PAPAMICHAEL We were lucky to pull it off. We haven't played like that all season, and it goes to show why so man...
MARK SHOFF We were coming down here hoping to get two to stay close to the top of the conference. Because last ...
DEREK LINDAUER
