This was the farthest a Cardinal Newman [girls' basketball team] ever has gone.

We were playing a lot of basketball together when we were younger. A lot of young girls just don't that opportunity.

Erin really has set the standard for girls' basketball players at Timber Creek. I've been very fortunate to be able to coach her.

These girls have played a lot of basketball, so they knew they could come back and win.

I'm used to basketball being a rough sport. This year it did get more difficult and I had more girls coming at me. It's something that you get used to and you have to deal with, and there's nothing you can do about it.

Sometimes when girls expect to lose, then they lose. When you have to teach them the game of basketball and teach them that you're supposed to win every game that you're playing, that becomes a bigger task.