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DWANE CASEY We are a young team. Our younger athletes need to step up and compete at a high level.
CARL RITTENOUR We are going to get down to basics. Hopefully, we will still compete in the division and challenge f...
ED MORRIS This is probably the best group of players in my years here. If we can hold it together emotionally ...
JEFF ALLISON The race for that final playoff spot is extremely close this year. If we get some good points this w...
BUZZ LAGOS We certainly hope to be able to compete for a playoff spot and potentially compete for a conference ...
CASEY CAVANAUGH I think that we will need to finish at least 4-2 to be assured of a playoff spot.
BILL LAIMBEER We just didn't show up for last week's game against Joshua Springs. I told our kids that they (Excel...
DAVID BOOTH We have to have the confidence that if we outwork people good things will happen. This is our playof...
BRIAN IDALSKI It's very satisfying to see seniors get this far. We're very proud of our young guys who were able t...
ROB YODER It was a good team effort. We had some young players step up tonight.
ANDY LONG We have a very young team. We lost eight players from last season and four more graduated, so that r...
BONNIE JONAS Mike assumed the role, with a young team, that he had to assume. He was sensational on both ends. I ...
CHIP ATKINS It's an important game for us. We lost a road game and we've got a home game against a team that's c...
DENNIS HELMS I don't know how to explain it. If we could bottle up these efforts against the Devils and use them ...
RICK DIPIETRO We didn't play well and they did -- that's a nasty combination. We ran into a Forest Grove team that...
DAN BOYD We now start a five-game home stand and hope to seal up a playoff spot while we are at it.
DON ROBERTSON I think we played like it was our first playoff game. Most of the team have never been in the playof...
CHARLES HENKE Now, our team is talented but very young. We lost a number of really good players and it takes time ...
FLOYD REESE It means a lot to win six games in a row. We can compete with the best teams in the league. I think ...
JASON CHIMERA We only have 14 players, but we can find a spot for all of them. If somebody is having a bad day or ...
KAREN VANDYKE Our goal this year was to get a home playoff game as a young team. We?re playing well, and we still ...
ED BEATTIE Larry Hughes's agent informed us that Larry is not returning to Washington, ... He rejected our fina...
ERNIE GRUNFELD We had a whole lot better team last year. We just need some young guys to step up.
JEFF JEFFERSON We felt we were a playoff contender in Class A, so if we're not [in Class B] it will be a very disap...
FRANK KNIGHT Of course the playoffs are still on our mind. We're in a position for the last playoff spot with a f...
JASON RICHARDSON It's two points closer to a playoff spot. And it's gaining some credibility and confidence.
JACQUES MARTIN We plan to start our playoff, if we have one, on 18. And then play 10 and 18, and stay in that rotat...
HOOTIE JOHNSON Our league lost a lot of players. Vail Mountain will be the strong team, but the other four teams lo...
CATHY ALEXANDER It is a lost opportunity for us to make our [playoff] position better. We can't come up with a slopp...
DARRYL SYDOR At least they have a little bit of playoff experience. We're confident. We know Palo Verde's a great...
BILL NAFTALY I just wanted to come to a playoff team and help them win games. Philly's the spot.
LEE NAILON It seems every game we're playing against teams battling for that last playoff spot and those are go...
JASON WILLIAMS We needed somebody to step up and make plays during the playoff stretch. Hopefully I can continue to...
DEWAYNE WHITE We're looking forward to it and I know he is. It's not a playoff game or a final. It's another win t...
JEFF STOUGHTON People got their money's worth. Lincoln's a good team and they're fighting for that fourth (playoff)...
GERALD WALSH I attribute that to a lack of playoff experience. Playoff basketball is a little bit different. We h...
DARRYL ADAMS A couple times I've played on three teams in three months. I was playing on a non-playoff team, they...
MIKE SILLINGER I really think when we can play at home for a while, we will be a great team. Players step up every ...
HOSS JOHNSON I definitely think we're a better team than last year. I don't think we're a playoff team yet, but w...
ALLYSON WOLFF The finish of this season was great and most of our team is young. With the sophomores we have comin...
BRUCE DURHAM St. John's has quite a few international students on their team, some good players that we have seen...
BUFFY BAKER We lost a lot from last year, so we're going to rely on some younger players this year.
GARY LONG I think we have played like a playoff team for some time. We can still do better. The key thing righ...
TEEMU SELANNE Our ball pressure was very good and we rebounded well. I wouldn't say we played a great game, becaus...
SHEENA ADEN We've made some fixes and now the ultimate test will be to see how we hold together. It's sort of a ...
LAURIE EISLER We had a young team last year and most of our starters are still with me. This group will be a lot m...
JASON RICCI Our goal was to clinch a playoff spot. To be up four points with less than two minutes is disappoint...
ELTON BRAND We were playing not anywhere near to our capabilities. But regardless, I don't think we expected to ...
BARRY ZITO This was like a playoff game for us. I thought if we could get this one and even with Hillhouse comi...
JAY KARLINS We're a top-three team (in our league), and we're a playoff-caliber team for sure. It just depends o...
BOB MACAULEY We talked about it. We've been giving up too many chances and we have to bear down if we want to win...
BRENT SOPEL We played playoff hockey. We played like men out there and we played like a team.
TRAVIS ZAJAC With these young players and the different paces of their maturation processes and with the success ...
ANDREW FRIEDMAN The Fever are a good team. We are a good team. It should be an intense, good playoff series.
CRYSTAL ROBINSON Practices can be rough, especially now, when we're trying to get in the playoff mode. I'll be surpri...
JOSH DAVIS![]()
Pakistan have got some good players all round. I think if we focus on just one or two players in the...
RAHUL DRAVID I can't say enough about the outstanding play of our team. We came ready to play. I'm proud of out t...
ROBERT LUCKADOO We're a lot speedier this year, offensively. We lost a lot of multi-year starters to graduation, but...
DON TURNER They're one or two goals shy of being a playoff team and a top-10 team, and I think we understand th...
JEFF TAMBRONI (The Rangers have) gone from a non-playoff team to a playoff team, and that would have to play a hug...
GLEN HANLON We're pretty young, but we had a good year. I was pleased with the effort our young guys put forward...
DON VAUGHAN I'm going to do my best, play my best and help the team. We have a tough spot right now because it's...
MATHIAS TJARNQVIST We need to get better players. We have some younger players who are going to step up and help in the...
GEORGE PFEIFER We're playing against a playoff-caliber team. The Steelers have had a good year. They have a great t...
DRE BLY I have a better feel for what we need to do to become a playoff team than anybody coming in here. I ...
KIPPY BROWN We were still a very young franchise. If we had just won one playoff game (the fans) would have been...
JOE NASH We have a lot of young players that can step up. The expectations are high on them.
RYAN SMYTH We don't have any seniors on our team this year so we are very young. But besides being a young team...
ANDREW WASHINGTON We've kind of taken this the last two weeks that every game is a playoff game. We came out tonight, ...
GEORGE FORNEY We won the conference championship, made it to the Upper State semifinals and won two playoff games ...
JOEL ALLEN I care about this state... and I feel a responsibility to get things done. If we stay healthy and pl...
STEVE MARIUCCI They've really improved, and they are missing a few key players. They will be a big threat come play...
MARK LEROSE With only 12 players on a team and to have lost six of those players - that leaves some big shoes to...
MIKE BLAKE This is a real crucial time for our team. It might determine if we contend for a playoff berth at th...
ALEX FIGERT![]()
We've still got to go out there, play these out, play hard and try to bring some playoff-type baseba...
TIM HUDSON Duluth caught us at a bad time because we're fighting for a playoff spot and we're hungry. And we al...
DREW STAFFORD The sophomores have matured from last year, but we are still a young team. We gained some experience...
AMY ESTRY It was definitely important to get the playoff spot. We knew it was going to be really physical beca...
MATT METCALF I think the program is back. We had all but two kids back from last year's playoff team and we have ...
JOE CROCCO We stayed in it and we kept fighting back and fighting back. We missed some free throws down the str...
BRIAN RUSH Hopewell is a very tough team. They played a little different style of game. They trapped the whole ...
ANTONIO DIMARIA I think our older people on our team will play a great role on our team this season. We graduated fi...
CHELSEA BAKER We lost our best hitter, it will make it harder and make players step up to make up for her being go...
LEON PALATAS Our goal all along was to get at least one win from Reno, Carson and Douglas. Those are the three te...
ROB HASTINGS Absolutely. I think we took a step forward last year and I reckon we've recruited really well and we...
SAVERIO ROCCA We
have definitely been in some battles together, lots of playoff games won,
CRYSTAL ROBINSON Our goal is to get a playoff spot. We definitely have the pieces, but we're going to need to execute...
JACKIE SCALES It really doesn't help us out. We don't get any playoff points, and neither do they. I have the utmo...
JAY CAMPOS They're a playoff team from last year and they have a lot of kids back. This should be a great game....
DARREN KALINA It feels great to finally break the curse of our (playoff) losing streak. I've been on this team six...
JENN DAVIS But we don't want to harp on last year. We have a chance to prove (we're a playoff team) this year a...
ERIC MOULDS It's a sophomore-laden team. None of them had special years last season. Just average numbers. If we...
BOB FRESCHI I told the team the season is not over until after game 82. The eighth (playoff) spot to me is still...
BRIAN HILL No explanation. It's very disappointing when you come out so flat, when you're playing for something...
MILT PALACIO In that first half, they came out and hit us a little harder than we expected. This is a big game fo...
JOEL PRZYBILLA We're battling for a playoff spot and every game is important for us. The (next) three games, there'...
ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY Although we lost a few defensive and offensive players last year, we are definitely a better team. W...
TOM MARTIN We have a lot of young players that can step up next year. We have the nucleus for a real good team....
BOB KRAUSZ![]()
We've been treating this like a playoff team. I was pleased with the way we finished the season. I t...
BOB WEIR
DWANE CASEY We are a young team. Our younger athletes need to step up and compete at a high level.
CARL RITTENOUR We are going to get down to basics. Hopefully, we will still compete in the division and challenge f...
ED MORRIS This is probably the best group of players in my years here. If we can hold it together emotionally ...
JEFF ALLISON The race for that final playoff spot is extremely close this year. If we get some good points this w...
BUZZ LAGOS We certainly hope to be able to compete for a playoff spot and potentially compete for a conference ...
CASEY CAVANAUGH I think that we will need to finish at least 4-2 to be assured of a playoff spot.
BILL LAIMBEER We just didn't show up for last week's game against Joshua Springs. I told our kids that they (Excel...
DAVID BOOTH We have to have the confidence that if we outwork people good things will happen. This is our playof...
BRIAN IDALSKI It's very satisfying to see seniors get this far. We're very proud of our young guys who were able t...
ROB YODER It was a good team effort. We had some young players step up tonight.
ANDY LONG We have a very young team. We lost eight players from last season and four more graduated, so that r...
BONNIE JONAS Mike assumed the role, with a young team, that he had to assume. He was sensational on both ends. I ...
CHIP ATKINS It's an important game for us. We lost a road game and we've got a home game against a team that's c...
DENNIS HELMS I don't know how to explain it. If we could bottle up these efforts against the Devils and use them ...
RICK DIPIETRO We didn't play well and they did -- that's a nasty combination. We ran into a Forest Grove team that...
DAN BOYD We now start a five-game home stand and hope to seal up a playoff spot while we are at it.
DON ROBERTSON I think we played like it was our first playoff game. Most of the team have never been in the playof...
CHARLES HENKE Now, our team is talented but very young. We lost a number of really good players and it takes time ...
FLOYD REESE It means a lot to win six games in a row. We can compete with the best teams in the league. I think ...
JASON CHIMERA We only have 14 players, but we can find a spot for all of them. If somebody is having a bad day or ...
KAREN VANDYKE Our goal this year was to get a home playoff game as a young team. We?re playing well, and we still ...
ED BEATTIE Larry Hughes's agent informed us that Larry is not returning to Washington, ... He rejected our fina...
ERNIE GRUNFELD We had a whole lot better team last year. We just need some young guys to step up.
JEFF JEFFERSON We felt we were a playoff contender in Class A, so if we're not [in Class B] it will be a very disap...
FRANK KNIGHT Of course the playoffs are still on our mind. We're in a position for the last playoff spot with a f...
JASON RICHARDSON It's two points closer to a playoff spot. And it's gaining some credibility and confidence.
JACQUES MARTIN We plan to start our playoff, if we have one, on 18. And then play 10 and 18, and stay in that rotat...
HOOTIE JOHNSON Our league lost a lot of players. Vail Mountain will be the strong team, but the other four teams lo...
CATHY ALEXANDER It is a lost opportunity for us to make our [playoff] position better. We can't come up with a slopp...
DARRYL SYDOR At least they have a little bit of playoff experience. We're confident. We know Palo Verde's a great...
BILL NAFTALY I just wanted to come to a playoff team and help them win games. Philly's the spot.
LEE NAILON It seems every game we're playing against teams battling for that last playoff spot and those are go...
JASON WILLIAMS We needed somebody to step up and make plays during the playoff stretch. Hopefully I can continue to...
DEWAYNE WHITE We're looking forward to it and I know he is. It's not a playoff game or a final. It's another win t...
JEFF STOUGHTON People got their money's worth. Lincoln's a good team and they're fighting for that fourth (playoff)...
GERALD WALSH I attribute that to a lack of playoff experience. Playoff basketball is a little bit different. We h...
DARRYL ADAMS A couple times I've played on three teams in three months. I was playing on a non-playoff team, they...
MIKE SILLINGER I really think when we can play at home for a while, we will be a great team. Players step up every ...
HOSS JOHNSON I definitely think we're a better team than last year. I don't think we're a playoff team yet, but w...
ALLYSON WOLFF The finish of this season was great and most of our team is young. With the sophomores we have comin...
BRUCE DURHAM St. John's has quite a few international students on their team, some good players that we have seen...
BUFFY BAKER We lost a lot from last year, so we're going to rely on some younger players this year.
GARY LONG I think we have played like a playoff team for some time. We can still do better. The key thing righ...
TEEMU SELANNE Our ball pressure was very good and we rebounded well. I wouldn't say we played a great game, becaus...
SHEENA ADEN We've made some fixes and now the ultimate test will be to see how we hold together. It's sort of a ...
LAURIE EISLER We had a young team last year and most of our starters are still with me. This group will be a lot m...
JASON RICCI Our goal was to clinch a playoff spot. To be up four points with less than two minutes is disappoint...
ELTON BRAND We were playing not anywhere near to our capabilities. But regardless, I don't think we expected to ...
BARRY ZITO This was like a playoff game for us. I thought if we could get this one and even with Hillhouse comi...
JAY KARLINS We're a top-three team (in our league), and we're a playoff-caliber team for sure. It just depends o...
BOB MACAULEY We talked about it. We've been giving up too many chances and we have to bear down if we want to win...
BRENT SOPEL We played playoff hockey. We played like men out there and we played like a team.
TRAVIS ZAJAC With these young players and the different paces of their maturation processes and with the success ...
ANDREW FRIEDMAN The Fever are a good team. We are a good team. It should be an intense, good playoff series.
CRYSTAL ROBINSON Practices can be rough, especially now, when we're trying to get in the playoff mode. I'll be surpri...
JOSH DAVIS
Pakistan have got some good players all round. I think if we focus on just one or two players in the... RAHUL DRAVID I can't say enough about the outstanding play of our team. We came ready to play. I'm proud of out t...
ROBERT LUCKADOO We're a lot speedier this year, offensively. We lost a lot of multi-year starters to graduation, but...
DON TURNER They're one or two goals shy of being a playoff team and a top-10 team, and I think we understand th...
JEFF TAMBRONI (The Rangers have) gone from a non-playoff team to a playoff team, and that would have to play a hug...
GLEN HANLON We're pretty young, but we had a good year. I was pleased with the effort our young guys put forward...
DON VAUGHAN I'm going to do my best, play my best and help the team. We have a tough spot right now because it's...
MATHIAS TJARNQVIST We need to get better players. We have some younger players who are going to step up and help in the...
GEORGE PFEIFER We're playing against a playoff-caliber team. The Steelers have had a good year. They have a great t...
DRE BLY I have a better feel for what we need to do to become a playoff team than anybody coming in here. I ...
KIPPY BROWN We were still a very young franchise. If we had just won one playoff game (the fans) would have been...
JOE NASH We have a lot of young players that can step up. The expectations are high on them.
RYAN SMYTH We don't have any seniors on our team this year so we are very young. But besides being a young team...
ANDREW WASHINGTON We've kind of taken this the last two weeks that every game is a playoff game. We came out tonight, ...
GEORGE FORNEY We won the conference championship, made it to the Upper State semifinals and won two playoff games ...
JOEL ALLEN I care about this state... and I feel a responsibility to get things done. If we stay healthy and pl...
STEVE MARIUCCI They've really improved, and they are missing a few key players. They will be a big threat come play...
MARK LEROSE With only 12 players on a team and to have lost six of those players - that leaves some big shoes to...
MIKE BLAKE This is a real crucial time for our team. It might determine if we contend for a playoff berth at th...
ALEX FIGERT
We've still got to go out there, play these out, play hard and try to bring some playoff-type baseba... TIM HUDSON Duluth caught us at a bad time because we're fighting for a playoff spot and we're hungry. And we al...
DREW STAFFORD The sophomores have matured from last year, but we are still a young team. We gained some experience...
AMY ESTRY It was definitely important to get the playoff spot. We knew it was going to be really physical beca...
MATT METCALF I think the program is back. We had all but two kids back from last year's playoff team and we have ...
JOE CROCCO We stayed in it and we kept fighting back and fighting back. We missed some free throws down the str...
BRIAN RUSH Hopewell is a very tough team. They played a little different style of game. They trapped the whole ...
ANTONIO DIMARIA I think our older people on our team will play a great role on our team this season. We graduated fi...
CHELSEA BAKER We lost our best hitter, it will make it harder and make players step up to make up for her being go...
LEON PALATAS Our goal all along was to get at least one win from Reno, Carson and Douglas. Those are the three te...
ROB HASTINGS Absolutely. I think we took a step forward last year and I reckon we've recruited really well and we...
SAVERIO ROCCA We
have definitely been in some battles together, lots of playoff games won,
CRYSTAL ROBINSON Our goal is to get a playoff spot. We definitely have the pieces, but we're going to need to execute...
JACKIE SCALES It really doesn't help us out. We don't get any playoff points, and neither do they. I have the utmo...
JAY CAMPOS They're a playoff team from last year and they have a lot of kids back. This should be a great game....
DARREN KALINA It feels great to finally break the curse of our (playoff) losing streak. I've been on this team six...
JENN DAVIS But we don't want to harp on last year. We have a chance to prove (we're a playoff team) this year a...
ERIC MOULDS It's a sophomore-laden team. None of them had special years last season. Just average numbers. If we...
BOB FRESCHI I told the team the season is not over until after game 82. The eighth (playoff) spot to me is still...
BRIAN HILL No explanation. It's very disappointing when you come out so flat, when you're playing for something...
MILT PALACIO In that first half, they came out and hit us a little harder than we expected. This is a big game fo...
JOEL PRZYBILLA We're battling for a playoff spot and every game is important for us. The (next) three games, there'...
ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY Although we lost a few defensive and offensive players last year, we are definitely a better team. W...
TOM MARTIN We have a lot of young players that can step up next year. We have the nucleus for a real good team....
BOB KRAUSZ
We've been treating this like a playoff team. I was pleased with the way we finished the season. I t... BOB WEIR
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