Chris Leshinski Quotations

We are at a point where if you lose, you go home. On any given day, anybody can be beat. It's my job to get them prepared.

Three tough games and then we get ready for the second season.

Losing two defensive starters (to graduation), Nicole has really stepped up and helped us.

She's coming on strong. Her goal is to get another state ring; really that's the goal of all the girls.

She's a Division I player and I think she showed why tonight. You have to know where she is at at all times.

Girls were crashing nets, (making) good crosses and we were able to finish.

I think the Jenks game pretty much brought them back down to reality. I think they felt, coming off state, unbeatable, that they're good. And yeah they are, but it brought them back down just a little. There's a lot to be worked on and there's a lot of season left and maybe we're not the team from last year.

We were able to get the ball wide, cross it back in and get our head on the ball. That really helped our people in the box get to the ball and get some goals.

The pressure is still huge. Coach Barker started a great tradition here and the girls know what to do to be successful. The stress level is pretty high. I don't think this team or this community will be happy if we don't win the state championship.

We were just trying to get it over with and get to the real season.

When you get a two-goal lead it helps. I think we controlled things for the most part.

We had a great practice. Scoring one minute in doesn't hurt, either. It sends a message to the other team that this may be a long game.

There's a couple things we wanted to work on that I thought the girls were able to do. I think this was a good game for us coming off the slaughter from Friday and get us back on track.

Definitely no slip-ups, no injuries. Like I said, just keep working on the way were attacking and get us prepared for playoffs. It's only two weeks away.

Asia is an excellent player. She has had some different looks from some different schools. Asia is one of the best players, for her size, that attacks the ball in the air. She is able to get over defenders that are three or four inches taller. She has a knack for finding the ball around the net with her head.

That's why coaches tell players to never give up. Little mental mistakes like that is how you score.

That's why coaches tell players never to give up. That's a key example right there In a game like this, little mental mistakes like that are how you score.

It's a good way to close out (the regular season) and be undefeated in conference with a shut out. Overall I'm happy with where we're at heading into the state tournament.

It's going to be even. We know who they have and they know who we have. It's going to go either way.

It's hard for people to mark us. If they mark one person and knock them out, we've got others to come. That definitely helps in the playoffs.

They were beating us to balls early, but we started to pick it up. Our forwards started running through the ball and being very aggressive. That allowed us to take advantage of their mistakes in the back.

I'm not real big on going with the wind. It takes shots off (the mark). I think they needed to calm down some. That's why I think going against the wind balls were able to stay lower and give us better scoring opportunities.

If you want to be the best, you have to play the best. Unfortunately, we went to Oklahoma and had some tough games, but I think we played real well against Broken Arrow.