We kind of like it, being below the radar. I think our kids have been working hard during each season. They've been getting better throughout the season, and that's what's allowed us to get to state the last three years.
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Related We've always been able to get consistent work habits out of our kids. Not just during the year, but ... AL MARTIN I would think so. Like a fine wine, you get better with age. You're comfortable with the system, you... TOMMY MADDOX It's going to be kind of getting our feet wet and getting enough practice in. Our kids have been wor... DARRELL LANGFORD I was happy to be on the track again. It seems like it's been a long winter, and I'm ready for the C... A.J. ALLMENDINGER We have been working hard, but Michigan State is an accomplished team. We will continue to strengthe... CARMEN MIROCHNA We were kind of still feeling the effects of the Atlantic meet last week (at conference) so I think ... TIM MCRAE We feel like the kids are playing well and getting better, but it has been two tough games away from... DAVE POWELL That's kind of the position we've been in the last three years. But as the season goes on our kids g... DAN COCANNOUER It hasn't been the season that I've wanted, ... that I think the organization and the coaching staff... CLINT MATHIS It's been a goal of ours all season to get back to that state championship. We've all been so focuse... KIM ADAMS Our young guys, they're getting better every time out. And (assistant) coach (Bill) York and I have ... DON JENNINGS That is the kind of (bad) luck we have been having whole season. All we can do is keep working hard ... JOHN HUGHES I don't think the team we opened the season with would have been able to come back and hang on like ... DAMON BAILEY The deal is we want to keep getting better. We have to keep working hard from now until next season. BRETT NORRIS With this being our first game (in the altered offense), I thought we did pretty well. We're going t... DUSTIN KELLER We have been a team that hasn't had three-quarters of our salary cap for a large part of the season ... SCOTT GARLICK It?s been hard to motivate these guys after last season. After being the top, they had to realize th... CAIN JAGODZINSKI Six of our nine losses in the last three years have been at Fountain Central. It should be a good in... BOB SWANK The last three years we've been eliminated from the playoffs on the last drive of the game. We've be... MARK REEVE These are a great group of kids to work with and they have been working hard. The kids did a great j... DICK NYMAN That has been our goal all season, to win the state Class A championship. We got a taste of what it ... LEWIS THORPE We've been telling the post players all season they have to start producing on offense to get some p... KAREN GARMON We had a heck of a season. At the start of the season, nobody had us on the radar. We have won three... BRUCE WASSERMAN Our defense has done a great job the last couple of games. I think that has been a big difference fr... LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE Our ultimate goal is to win the state championship. Beating them (this season) was a huge win for ou... TODD CHENEY We've been playing really well lately and working hard. We're hoping to finish the season hard and m... MANDY GOODWIN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES No one has ever gone on (to state) in the last three years. This is much better than we've done in t... BRANDY SWAGER They worked hard during spring ball, have been lifting weights at 6 in the morning and are practicin... DON MONTGOMERY Experience. We had a young team coming in and they've (gotten better). Our guards have been playing ... DON MORELAND It's kind of meaningless until the last game of the season. But hopefully we'll have a shot at the p... PAT MURPHY I really thought our match was like the championship because I believe we would have beaten Memphis.... JOE LEHMANN It was a good season. We have been working hard all year and we have played together since the seven... DEDREA MAGEE I hope our best is good enough to get us through. Our team going to state is goal we've been talking... CHRISTINA DEBOER It was nice to see our school up on the medal stand getting a medal this time and to get top 10 in t... JOE RINALDO My goal is always to put kids in tough situations throughout the year because that helps prepare the... BERNIE RUETTIGER That is kind of the way we have been all season. Clear back to the second game of the season when we... ED TUROSKY I definitely think we deserved to get in with the season we've had. We've kind of been planning all ... BRIAN CANTRELL We have a lot of smart, experienced players on our team and they know how to prepare for each game. ... DOMINIC KINNEAR We've improved a little each week. Hopefully we're doing a better job of improving from week to week... JEFF HERRON I think we will be better up front, but our skill position people will have to evolve during the sea... A.J. MASSENGALE We've been in a lot of close games during the tail end of the season that came down to last-second s... ASHLEY DAVIS We were magnificent for three quarters of this season. But since then these players have not been wo... IAIN STEWART I think something that we look to build on is our finish from last season, and we finished last seas... PATTY SHEA We've been keeping an eye on it by having the test done, and that's ... allowed us to catch it so ea... CRAIG RAMSAY You've got to feel things out; that's what we like to do. At first we might be a little shaky. We'll... DANNY GREEN They're the district champions until somebody knocks them off. I'm sure winning last year helped but... GREG KOBZA Overall, I thought this was probably our best stretch of man-to-man defense that we've played all se... LARRY HARRISON We were one of the top three teams in the league during the regular season for a reason. I think if ... JASON TERRY We have a lot of guys returning with varsity experience. I think we've gotten stronger. We should be... DAVE IORLANO The Broncos have been flying under the radar the whole season, with the likes of the Colts out there... JAY KORNEGAY It has been absolutely wonderful, really uplifting. In an odd way, the fire sent a message to our co... GARY ANDERSON We felt good coming into the season. We all felt like we'd have a good team. We've all worked hard t... DREW MILLER I thought our kids were well represented on all district teams. We had another successful season and... AARON WOLLAM We lost the same way [as last time]. We got beat in our home stadium. We thought we were good last t... BRIAN URLACHER We have been playing pretty consistently throughout the season and just had not been able to put tog... GREG BYERS You go into a season expecting to contend for the Cup every year. We have a lot of positives on our ... STEVE REINPRECHT We hadn't been down like that in a long time. It was up to us to go out and prove why we've been on ... DEREK DENNIS Matt's just been a horse for us throughout the second half of the season. DAVID AUS It was our best first period of the season. I was really pleased with it since that's something we h... DON CHANDLER We have given up more points, 68 and 71 in back-to-back games, than we had all year. We have to play... BEN BORRIES We have coaches on staff who are out there every Saturday working with the kids. And our season is d... MATT MAYS I think we're building momentum. We have some freshmen starting and that's a big adjustment, but the... ERIN PREDIGER I've had bad district state-qualifying meets for three years, so that's what I'm especially hoping. ... LISA MARZOCCO Bottom line is, we've got better players and a better coaching staff this season. We need to take it... GRANT HILL She's been killing it all season and is only getting better. ANDREW GILBERT I think it's a different feel for our fans. In years past we have been packing it up at this time of... WILLIE ANDERSON I feel like we're definitely better than last year. We had some adversity last season, but everybody... ERIC BERG Over our 21-game season we improved five wins over last season and we had chances to win five other ... BRAD GERFEN It was a good way to start the season. Now we have to keep working to get better. BILL HUDSPITH With the success of the Victory Lap Challenge over the last three years, we felt it was imperative t... BILL SAWYER The season has been going really well for us. As usual, the first couple of weeks of any season were... CHARLES VIDRINE I feel like I'm getting the reps I need to prepare myself for the season. Each week I'm feeling more... DREW BREES That Lewistown game gave us a lot of momentum coming into tonight. We're really focusing on the last... TINA GAUGHAN I think we were just so overwhelmed with being here. It kind of took over our nerves. We're the firs... HALI ROBINSON Without him each of us knows we have to pick it up a little bit and score. It's my last season and I... JEAN FELIX I think it's been a very good trade for us in that we needed a change in our season. What was happen... RICK ADELMAN I feel very strongly about our potential this season. After a disappointing season last year, I feel... CASEY REYNOLDS They're very aggressive and blue-collar. This season, our offense has just been getting better and b... TOM GRAVES Adam has a good defense in front of him that is playing better and he has been playing better as the... JOE ALBERICI I felt great for the kids in getting the win at Ronan. They had been working so hard and were coming... AARON STIEGELER I wouldn't trade one second of this season or any of these kids away for anything. It's been a seaso... DENA RUSSO I think we just complement each other's game. We try to set up plays and penetrate or just kick the ... BRIANA DUNLAP We're able to pick up man-to-man full court, three-quarters court, and that's been a key to our seas... FREDDY JOHNSON They were a better team than us. And they shot better than us, which has been the story of our seaso... MIKE ADCOCK I don't think we've taken a couple steps back. I definitely think we're better than we were at the b... ROB SIMS We had struggled with free throws all season long, so the last couple of days in practice that's wha... ANNESIA FAULKNER We've kind of snuck in there. But we keep improving, and we have throughout the season. As the year ... JOE POTTER We all knew at tryouts, this time last year, we would be going to state competition and we have been... JENNIFER KIMBALL I think he came into this season as someone who flew under the radar. That certainly wasn't the case... DAVE SELLON Last monsoon season we had major radar outages, and really heavily relied on our spotters. CRAIG SHOEMAKER How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL Many people had written him off a few years ago but he's been getting better and better every year, ... ARSENE WENGER It's been a very good season. I think our girls have really played up to their potential in the seco... AMY SZLACHETKA It is unusual to pair freshman together. They have been very steady throughout the entire season. LESLEY SHEEHAN I feel like we are going to get stronger as we go through the season. The hope is that we can finish... KATHY JANUZELLI If we can get the permits, we would hope to have things started this summer and be done in time for ... DAN TERAVEST It means a lot. I think all year we've been working for that goal and I think going into this season... LAUREN EDLER I think our team realizes, especially with the two (in-state) losses during the season, that when we... JACLYN THOMAN I feel very fortunate to have teammates that have put me in a position to succeed. We've been workin... BRIANA DUNLAP
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ALEXANDER HAMILTON Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be... ALEXANDER HAMILTON The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They ... ALEXANDER HAMILTON Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude. NIGEL HAMILTON I am all for charity in judging the men who have occupied the Oval Office over the past seventy year... NIGEL HAMILTON I belong to the Boston Biographers Group - and get my monthly 'fix' from them. Where else ca... NIGEL HAMILTON Selective memory is surely one of nature's most effective ways of ensuring the survival of our s... NIGEL HAMILTON Both JFK and George W. Bush were the sons of wealthy U.S. ambassadors and thus privileged to meet di... NIGEL HAMILTON I'm fascinated by the concept of what I call 'clusters of creativity': the Brontes, the ... NIGEL HAMILTON I was an 18-year-old kid, and I was in the heart of things in Washington. My interest in American po... NIGEL HAMILTON I've never really understood the term 'Post-Impressionism' as more than a label for Ceza... NIGEL HAMILTON To be sure, administrations since Ronald Reagan had gone out of their way to massage and 'spin... NIGEL HAMILTON Bill Clinton beat Bush's father, President George H.W. Bush, for the White House in 1992 by focu... NIGEL HAMILTON President Gerald Ford was no intellectual, but he had served with distinction in combat as a naval g... NIGEL HAMILTON In daring to re-tell the stories of the last twelve American presidents, both public and private, I ... NIGEL HAMILTON Bad reviews are the bane of an author's post-publication existence. NIGEL HAMILTON Dwight D. Eisenhower, in my judgment, will go down in history as one of the four 'great' pre... NIGEL HAMILTON My father had left school at 18, without enough money to go to college - and, with four sons after t... NIGEL HAMILTON It must have been the fall of 1952 when my father returned to London sporting a neck tie emblazoned ... NIGEL HAMILTON I'm not promising to write 'JFK 2' - but one day, I might! NIGEL HAMILTON Some of the History Channel's documentaries involve docudrama segments and are highly speculativ... NIGEL HAMILTON Looking back as an historian, I find myself having great respect for Ronald Reagan's consistency... NIGEL HAMILTON Since his inauguration in 2009, President Obama has upheld FDR's vision of America as a nation t... NIGEL HAMILTON Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passi... ALEXANDER HAMILTON A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing. ALEXANDER HAMILTON Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or u... ALEXANDER HAMILTON Whatever your situation might be, set your mind to whatever you want to do and put a good attitude i... BETHANY HAMILTON Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government. ALEXANDER HAMILTON Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquill... ALEXANDER HAMILTON The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. ALEXANDER HAMILTON Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will. ALEXANDER HAMILTON It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government. ALEXANDER HAMILTON Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dicta... ALEXANDER HAMILTON Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what littl... BETHANY HAMILTON I wanna change the game in way where I'm not knocking nobody out of the way, not claiming to be ... ANTHONY HAMILTON