Terry Pirtle Quotations

I think they've done an outstanding job throwing strikes.

Jeff, so far this season, has definitely been our leader as far as intensity and working hard. I think Jeff's leadership is showing up at this point.

We haven't started hitting the ball, yet. But our kids have a real deep seeded belief in themselves, where they refuse to panic. That's the sign of a mature team.

We have a local mix of 4A and 3A teams, so I hope the crowds will be really good.

We have not been playing well of late. Our big thing though is it's not how we start, it's how we finish. We have not put a full set of starters on the field yet.

We still have not played what I consider up to our potential yet. I'm hoping that the kids can regroup, take tonight's loss and build on that a little bit as far as gaining some momentum and intensity.

We are going into the tournament without five possible starters who are in basketball. Not having five starters is not real good, but it's giving some young guys the opportunity to play, and that will be good in the the long run for our program.

We definitely have a chance to win these games. We're going to do what it takes to try to get that done to win a couple games this week.

Big innings defensively have been our nemesis all year long. That (third inning) put us in a hole early and we were not able to catch back up.

It would be good for the kids to go out on a winning note. The last few games they've given a good effort and done some good things.

That's kind of the them of Tuesdays so far. We haven't produced enough runs for our ace to win, so hopefully that will change.

Zane had an exceptional year last year. He's just a natural hitter with a lot of natural ability.

They got four runs there that weren't pretty, but they got them. There were a couple of things we could have done differently to prevent that, but we didn't do it.

That's a big part of our pitching staff back from last year. That's remarkable, because we didn't think we'd have him all year.

They are obviously the team that everyone is going to be looking at as a team that could be in the championship game because of their experience. It's an honor to have them back here and it gives our tournament a lot of respect.

At this point, we're looking for something positive to happen and something to build on. The kids are working hard and keeping a positive attitude. We're hoping this is when it falls into place.

The kids' effort is great. They're playing hard, doing everything we ask. We're trying to get everybody healthy at the same time. At that time I know we'll be real effective.

I know Whitmer is a lot like Helms. It's going to be difficult to hit him. Our kids are going to have to play really well to beat him.

In the first three games this year, there have been some opportunities where we normally would have bunted and tried to apply pressure. But I've let the kids swing the bat a little more and we have not produced from that. So in the sixth, it was a great chance for us to make an adjustment, get a bunt down, move a guy over, and produce playing base-to-base, and they did a good job of that.

He's only thrown seven innings going into tonight's game, and he's only going to get better. He's going to get better as the year goes, and tonight he was throwing with a 101 (degree) fever.

He's one of the top pitchers in East Texas. Losing him will be difficult for us.

I definitely think the kids were waiting for Brian's return. They knew he could give us a real solid No. 1 pitcher. I'd probably put him in the traditional role of a quiet leader. He doesn't talk too much, but you know he's going to go out there and get it done.