This was one our better performances. We swung the bats well, ran the bases well and made the plays defensively. It was a great effort by the kids today, we really needed this win today.
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Related We swung the bats really well today. It was a good team effort. DAVE LEGG That hit was the difference, it blew the game open. We swung the bats really well today. CORY BRIDGES It was a great win for us; we really needed this one. We had much better defensive intensity today; ... CAROLYN HUNTER We put everything together today. We got the bat on the ball and played great defense behind Christy... JAVELIN ORMOND Well, we played pretty well today. Put good wood on the bats. We just needed to play a little better... CASEY HAMILTON We swung the bats extremely well and had great defensive plays. JASON MACKEY We swung the bats well today. It seemed the girls were much more relaxed at the plate in both games.... AMY ZEIHEN We put the ball in play and ran the bases well today. LANCE MOORE This was a great team win for us. We played well throughout the tournament so to pull it out today w... ERNEST ROSS We swung the bats well this week. SCOTT PHILLIPS I thought we ran well today. Our times weren't great, but it was warm out there today. DENNY CHALK It was a great win for us. We had four players out so it was a great effort by the girls out there, ... DONATO GONZALES It was great to have a new guy (Murdoch) step up and contribute like that right away. He did a great... CARL STRAIT I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Today was a big game because I told the guys we either were winning the series or settling for a tie... DOUG SCHREIBER He started off rough. But he settled down after that and gave us some good innings. We swung the bat... DANNY PRICE We gave it a good fight today. Our team hustled and did a few things well and a few things not so we... BETH MCNAMARA We gave it a good fight today. Our team hustled and did a few things well and a few things not so we... BETH MCNAMARA We swung the bats really well. Offensively we were pretty good. RICH ALDAY When we left for Spring Break, we weren't swinging the bats like I knew we were capable of. I was an... CHARLIE WARNER It was a hard-fought game. It was a great win for our kids. We didn't play well early, but they dug ... DON MEYER This was our best game of the season offensively. We just shot the ball really well today. HERB GRACE Tampa had a great game plan, but we stuck to ours and in the end our defensive intensity was enough.... SANDRA RUSHING The kids that were supposed to win won. And the kids we needed to make a difference really stepped u... DANNY MILLER 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 hit the ball really well. We ran the bases well. Everything we did clicked, ROBERT WALLER Good at-bats. It's nice. First pitch, (he hits a) line drive. He ran the bases really well. TERRY FRANCONA Obviously, we swung the bats well. I was worried, because it was the first game back off a West Coas... JIM LEYLAND We just wanted to get back on the winning track. We came out swinging the bats really well today and... DARIN LOE This was the best conference game we've played this season. We pitched well and we played well today... CHASE TIDWELL Our girls ran okay today - this was not one of our better races. Aside from that, Heather Mitchell r... ROD SHURTZ I was really pleased with our defensive effort, and we also rebounded well offensively and defensive... CHRIS STRATHMAN Everything that was happening was good for our team. The kids came through with some good situationa... ERIC NIESLANIK We had a really good day. We beat two AAA teams and just lost to Grundy, who is ranked second in the... DON SHULER Today was an absolute surprise, offensively. We weren't hitting the ball all that well after the fir... DON ELLENBURGER They were excited to come out and they played really hard. We needed this win to get our spirit up. ... AMBER SMITH I thought we pitched well today and Blevins gave us his best outing of the year. We didn't swing the... BRIAN CLEARY We swung the bats well right off the jump. ROB ROWE We played well defensively as several of our kids had seven or eight tackles each. It was our best g... JOEL DESSELLE Overall, we played well. I was pleased with how we played today. I thought it was a well-rounded eff... JODY RHODES We couldn't get much going offensively, but we had one good inning where we ran the bases really wel... DENNIS EVENSON We needed this win badly, and it felt great. Everybody did their job today. D.J. STRAWBERRY We expected to score a lot of runs today, but I was even surprised by how well we hit the ball today... DENNIS EVENSON We ran the ball really well. We had a lot of yardage today, but we just couldn't put it into the end... DAVID HILTON If we deserved to win the Northwestern game on Saturday, we really didn't deserve to win this game t... ROB ROBINSON We were tested today. We hung tough and got the run we needed, but it was really a hard-fought win. DAVE BREON I thought we swung the bats extremely well. We were pretty disciplined all night and for the most pa... ANDY DENNINGS I felt like it was a great team effort. I just thought that the energy was great, that the effort wa... CARYN MACKENZIE It took us a little while, but we swung the bats well tonight, CHASE UTLEY I wish we had a better field today. Taconic played very well today, especially in the trenches. We w... FRAN MILLARD Our focus was a lot harder this week on serve receive. And our kill efficiency was excellent. We use... BETH TOCCI We haven't been in form in recent weeks but the players gave the right answer on the field today. It... RUDI ASSAUER I thought it was a great team effort defensively. The girls did what they needed to do to win. COLIN CUSHMAN It's disappointing to not get this one in. We ran into a red hot team that's swinging the bats well ... CHRIS WIDGER This was a big win for us. We shot well today but we are always capable of shooting this way. I just... DEE BOYD Tonight it was one rough inning. Besides that, we looked good and we swung the bats well. I don't th... BOBBY CROSBY Overall we played well today. It was windy and cold but we hit the ball well and Brooke pitched a gr... GORDON EAKIN We just didn't play well today. We came out looking flat and just didn't swing the bats well. BART MCAFEE The bats are finally coming alive. We swung the bats well, and opened the gates in the seventh. PAT MEALY We had three guys run well and the rest didn't. I was disappointed we didn't do better than we did. ... LEE SHAW We got some big plays from a lot of different players today. This was a team victory both the offens... DAN BURON The kids played tremendously hard. This was a tough one, but we are proud of the kids' effort Coal C... MARK PORTER We hit the ball hard and hit the ball low. And we ran the bases extremely well. That's a big part of... DON LEITZEL It was a great game. Our defense was excellent. We were able to move the ball well in the first half... LARRY MILLIGAN I thought our team was ready. I would have never anticipated this. We worked hard the last two days ... BRAD BROWNELL It was a big win for us and we needed it. Dustin was terrific in the second half and we played much ... MARDY COLLINS I thought our guys wrestled really well today. Alex and Nick wrestled very well. Alfred was a little... ZACH ERRETT We had a great turn out, we had perfect weather, and all the kids ran great today, AMY STEWART We ran really well, ... We ... LARRY BELL We did what we needed to do, ... And the crowd was great today, so much better than yesterday. CHRISTINA KIM A.J. played really well today. He's an unbelievable hitter, and he was great on the mound today. CLAIR COSTELLO I thought Christina Schade shot very well today. This was the first time she was in the counting gro... BILL KELLEY It was a collective team effort tonight, and our kids did the little things right to win this one. JEFF LARSON We hit the ball extremely well from top to bottom. The kids came to play today. ...Our first five ar... JAY HARPER This is big. Our kids played well. That wind was tough, and still an 83 was our high score. We'll ta... JACK FOSTER We made every play defensively and we ran the bases well. It doesn't hurt that in her first game pit... MIKE BEHNKE We had a good race this year, much better than last year (at county). I was not very happy at all la... ANDREW HUDSON Overall we did a pretty decent job today. We played well defensively. Our two errors were throwing e... BRIAN GRUBER The kids did a great job. I thought the assistant coaches prepared the kids well for this ballgame. ... DAVE REITTER They played great today. Everyone contributed to the win, it was a real team effort. JAMES TODD We made some adjustments at halftime and the kids started seeing the flow more. We gave it an effort... CHAD OLSON The rules only applied to people who couldn’t afford different rules. CAMERON STRACHER We performed better than it looked like we would on paper and I am very proud of the great job our w... CRAIG POOLE Probably the biggest difference was we attacked the basket better. The kids were a little more confi... BRAD FUHRER Everybody talked about how we'd lose this game by 28 points. To me, it was a great effort by my team... CIP SANCHEZ If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... The program was great and the kids were really excited. This really served as a teaching program, as... GWEN ROGERS We played really good defensively. The team really played together. On offense, we weren't our best ... KATIE BARTHOLOMEW We played a good game today, but we just didn't get timely hits when we needed them. Amy Kendall did... EILEEN SCHMIDT The first [goal] was really great. It was really hard to stop it, just how well it was timed. We did... CARYN MACKENZIE I didn't throw the ball well. I had a couple of bad plays I should have made. We all made some plays... BRANDON COX We had a lot of great performances by the kids. Overall, I'm pleased with how we ran and how we perf... BRIAN DEMING This one was tough today. It was much closer today than in recent years, and our kids came through f... MARC PAGLIA It was a good win for us. Anthony pitched well for us to start the game and our bats were good. When... BRIAN GOODMAN Our kids needed this win. We were coming off a tough loss last week and we've had three straight 4-6... JEFF BERRY The kids played really well defensively the entire game. I'm proud of their defensive effort. Offens... JOSH HARTMAN We just needed win - period. We're just struggling so badly right now. Then to lose this would have ... ALLEN IVERSON Every facet of our game was going well. It all starts with your starting pitching. Also, we swung th... LARRY LEE Our girls have run well all season. And they continue to do so, despite losing some of our top runne... BART THOMPSON
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