Before the season, we ask them what goals do they have, and the team goal is always to make the states. It's absolutely a big accomplishment for our team. |
How can you go wrong with those two players? |
I only had three that played there last year. The three seniors better remember what happened. |
I think it was a relief that we went to the finals last year, didn't win, but did this year. We didn't have the mental edge going into that game (with Salem). |
I told the kids that we have been winning, and maybe we needed a little fire under us. We need to get refocused. |
It was a little bit sloppy. We stayed focused, and we held on. |
It was absolutely a great year. With the shallow bench, with just one senior and six freshmen on the bench ? it was a tremendous year. To do what we did in those three games were enormous. It was a great year. |
Our guard play has been our weaker play, but the last third of the season they have really stepped up. |
She is probably the best athlete in our conference. Between her athleticism and passion for basketball, it really makes my job easier as a coach. She's a great kid and extremely unselfish player. We had to forcer her to take the ball and go to the basket. If I had her for all four years, she would have hit her 1,000th last year. Growing up on a farm gives you great work ethic; it can really give you a balanced upbringing. |
She played very good. She stepped up and made things happen. |
She was huge. The one thing I stressed midway through the season was that our inside game was our meat and potatoes, but with the states coming around, we needed our outside game to be more of a threat. Amanda got better and peaked when it counted. She worked at 150 percent day in and out; she never slacked off. |
We really don't know who we're going to play (in the state tournament). |