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Related It's a very special thing. We've got a tough road ahead of us, but we beat a very, very good team (T... IVAN CHAMBERS You've got to give (North) a lot of credit because they had to have something to do with (our offens... BILL SPENCER We came out and played very well. Overall, we worked really nicely on defense. We had good team move... DEBBIE KLOCK We just needed something to relax us and Heather's three did that. We did a good job of blocking out... BECKY CARLSON That's a very, very good basketball team we lost to tonight. We struggled at times, but our guys pla... CRAIG HAASE They played very physical inside. They were not as tall as our girls but they were a little bit bigg... GENE RASMUSSEN Our first game (in the regional Wednesday night against North Valleys) was very nerve-wracking. That... KAREN FRIEL The girls had confidence tonight. We have a pretty good team and our girls have the ability. COACH BECKY HARPER We've had a very good year. We have a great girls team with 22 girls. They work hard. It's been a li... BOB JOHNSTON It wasn't as though our girls didn't try. I was proud of my kids, but we just had a very bad night a... DAN DENNER The West Bloomfield girls are just digging machines. Our girls would crank the ball, but West Bloomf... YVETTE MCKAY The rain has just killed us because we've lost four or five games. We just need to get our girls at-... BART MCAFEE Give Grand Rapids a lot of credit. That was a very good team that beat us tonight. But we just could... BILL LECHNER I told the girls we will take the win, but we are still not where we need to be hitting wise. Right ... KAREN VANDYKE It was disappointing to not make it further on the western side but we had good competitions both da... BOO DUNCAN We had to play our best. They'll beat us 9 out of 10. They moved the ball very well. That was a very... AARON MCFARLAND The last few years we had good regular seasons and stumbled in the state tournament. This year, our ... FRANK LOMBARDO The girls came out tentative and gave up an early goal. We had our chances to score, we just didn't ... FRANK LEAFE C-I is a very good team and we tried our best. That is all I can ask from the girls. JENNY TRAVIS Magdalena's a good-shooting team; I'm very proud of our girls. Lots of teams have forced us to beat ... KELLY MARTIN Our girls didn't do a very good job on offense. And their big girls gave us fits. JOE HERNANDEZ Our girls knew from seeing Carmel win the last few years that they were the team to beat. That's not... GREG DAVIDSON The first game the girls came out and played very well. In the second game we lost our momentum and ... COACH LORI BELL We let one man beat us. And that's not the sign of a very good team. JOE MCCARTHY It was a great game that could have gone either way and we were very fortunate to win. Manasquan is ... GEORGE SOURLIS We were very proud. We had a lot of nervous girls going and they did good and had fun at the same ti... CAROL PESCHEL It was a very frustrating game. I know our girls can execute. We just made too many mistakes. DARREN MATHEWS We won because we worked as a team. All the girls have become very united as the season's progressed... LAUREN LUCIDO I?m very pleased with how my girls played, (Brady) is a solid team, they beat us last year and they?... DON KERLEY We lost to a very good team. They're tough to beat in their place. KRAIG CLIFTON Shaffer had us guessing all night. They just pretty much beat us up big time. I was very upset with ... JASON BRADBURY It feels good to beat a 5A team from the North. People question our record because we only play team... LUTHER SUGGS We have a couple spots to fill in with new girls. But I think we have a very close-knit team - the g... ED KIEFF It just came down to the last second of the game and they made the big play. I told our girls after ... BOBBY BRASEL We came out strong like we wanted, but they made a run at us and put us on our heels a little bit, a... CINDY TIMCHAL We're young, we were a little nervous, but Fauquier has a good team. We talked about some stuff we c... DEAN SPAHR North Dakota State is a physical team that beat us up in Fargo. They are a very aggressive team offe... DICK HUNSAKER We have a very close team and the girls have been working very hard. I like it when they are proud o... STEPHANIE AQUILA The seniors had a girls-only meeting. I don't know what they said, but it seemed to work. Today was ... DAN DAVIS I really think they are the best team in the tournament. I know Mascoutah beat them last night, but ... BRIAN PERKES Nine out of ten time we play this team, the would beat us. But not tonight because tonight is our ni... HERB BROOKS I do not feel like we played very good soccer today, but I was proud of our players on how they resp... CURTIS BLAIR The first two games we did really well. Central is a very athletic and very skilled team. I thought ... MICHELLE BARRETT We wanted to run (tonight), that is our style, but clearly that is their game as well. The first tim... JOHN LEIGHTON We just didn't feel like ourselves out there. We had so much fire when we beat North Dakota, but we ... KAYLA RENGEL I coach a few guys and they work very, very hard, but in our day we did it because we just loved it. LINFORD CHRISTIE The zone bothered us more than it should have. Our guard play was very tentative. I don't know why. ... JOHN CALIPARI We beat a very good football team and we still haven't played our best football. BYRON LEFTWICH That was a very good team we just beat. We knew that. We knew they weren't just going to roll over. ... BOB LADOUCEUR Coming into Christmas I didn't even know if I was playing again. I know the girls had a lot of desir... LAUREN JACKSON If you individually look at the girls on our team we?re talented. They have the potential to be a po... CINDY FITZGERALD That was very uncharacteristic of our team. Our guys didn't handle the entire situation very well an... ANDY KENNEDY Coach Nelson has really done a good job since she arrived. They've been down, but I can remember a f... DAVID DUNCAN We stepped up and made our free throws at the end, and that was our cushion. We were playing against... DAVE BEZOLD We just simply got beat. We got beat on the boards and we got beat on the foul line. They played bet... GRANT MCVAY We have a young team and some older experience, but we were never satisfied. The younger girls have ... AMY DENSON The better team today beat us. They came out and made the plays. We tip our hats. We did not play go... ERIC KADOOKA We've been a little better than I thought we'd be. We have a lot of wonderful senior leadership and ... BOB BRASKO They beat us on the boards, but I think we settled down in the end and that made the difference. BRITTANY ROGERS Not to take anything away from Murrah, because they have a very good team, but we felt our experienc... BRITTANY DAVIDSON My parents didn't want me going to school here at first because they thought we weren't going to hav... ARIEL CAVANAUGH We're going through learning pains. At times, we look good, but we had breakdowns where our girls we... GEORGE DZAVAN I think it got us a little tentative, especially Eric. He knew if he picked up his third there that ... BRIAN KERN This was a fantastic run by the girls team. In our earlier races, we would have two or three girls r... BRUCE BECKMAN He scored 50-some in Toronto and we ended up losing. He obviously had a great night, but we couldn't... ZYDRUNAS ILGAUSKAS Honestly, I don't know what to say. The girls played exceptional. Indian Creek is a very young team.... BILL GIEBELL This was our Super Bowl and the girls responded very well. And it was good that we made some key fre... JAY HARPER Against Dawson, we started out very slow and got ourselves in a hole early. They were a good team, b... BOB HIESTER We had our chances. The girls never quit and I'm proud of them. It was a good girls regional. GARY ROBINSON When Andrew went with the girls, we were talking all morning and he was saying, 'It's okay. ... SARAH FERGUSON This is just a second division team and it was expected of us to beat them because we are a better s... DENNIS OLIECH Coming off the preseason we had some injuries so we just chose to put our girls in JV because it's e... BRIAN RECKTENWALD Tonight was not a good night. We need to work on our passing. The girls are not playing with confide... ANDREA FORD We knew we had to step up tonight and I thought our girls played hard the entire night. We knew this... CONNIE WEST We really did a good job on limiting our turnovers, which we thought would be a key, but they're big... GARY GARNER Senior night was very special to me and the other girls because it was our last regular season home ... JENNIFER BLOCKER The game got physical, and we had too many turnovers. But all year, our girls fought hard, and they ... JEFF HENRY We possessed the ball a lot longer than Trenton did. We were very patient. I told the girls they cou... JEFF LOSCH Abilene is a good team, and they beat us. We made some mistakes, and they took advantage of them lik... MATT ANASTASIO It was very physical, but I like playing that way. They were a little smaller team, so we just tried... OLLI AHVENNIEMI (Battle Mountain) is a very good team. It's hard, because on their opportunities they scored, and we... LINDA FLOHR That's key that these girls they played really good defense. For the most part, we did a great job o... CRAIG WALKER These girls talk team, they speak team, they behave team. These girls taught us a whole lot not only... MARK SHEEDY We took control early, but we maintained control against a very good team. and that's what excites m... JEFF MORROW I don?t think the girls are looking beyond Tuesday?s game. We are very, very focused. We?re not loud... GINNY MARTINO Some of us had been playing together on a travel team since we were fourth-graders. And we were pret... KRISTINA SCHUSTER We've had a good influx of freshmen on our squad, especially on the girls side. CHUCK KOEPPEN I think that was the big difference because they just dominated on the boards. We had trouble scorin... BEN GLASGOW We had a great scouting report, and they did exactly what we thought they would do. We just couldn't... MATT GIBSON Sure, girls from New York, they are tough. And girls from Georgia, they are sweet. But those born an... ASHLEY JUDD We are playing as a team and executing very good. We just executed so well. In the fourth quarter we... ANDREI KIRILENKO You have to be incredibly impressed by some of the younger girls. They're really becoming very compe... BOB BONK We were down early by 10, but the girls made a nice comeback. It was a close game at the end. We had... HAROLD CHITWOOD I thought we played very well. This is only the second time we had three girls score in double figur... ANDY CAMERON We fought very hard until the end. The missed free throws in the fourth quarter hurt us. But I am ve... AMY WOLFE We did not have a very good showing tonight against North Bend because a couple of our wrestlers did... DAN KNIGHT We never gave up. That's just not our character. We knew we still had it, but we knew we had to pick... KRISTIN RILEY We have never had a girls' team that's made it to the states. But who knows, this year could be hist... GREG SCHEPANSKI Our girls do a good job of keeping a team down, ... Volleyball is very much a momentum game, so it's... AMANDA MILLER I'm a little hesitant to anoint this team. I'm still very guarded about who we are. We still haven't... TIM FLOYD
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