Issac Marsh Quotations

We're just focusing on Northern Durham, one game at a time. The guys have a poster of a ladder in the locker room, and we're not jumping ahead.

My heart definitely skipped a beat. The defense held on and really came up big.

He kept his composure tonight. He's our quarterback without a doubt. His consistency tonight, and how he was able to stay in the pocket and make plays and stay unfazed was great for the team, and the team got behind him tonight.

I thought we played well -- well enough to win in the second half. We made the adjustments that we talked about at halftime, and they worked. We just fell a little short tonight.

It feels great. Anytime you can pick up a win (it's great), especially a win on the road coming back. I'm very proud of the guys.

Jonathan Elliott ran very well. To have him at tailback and to have our starting tailback, Stephen Nicholson, back next week, it ought to be interesting to see.

Williams came out and played hard. It seemed like they dominated up front offensively and defensively. They were blowing the defensive line off the ball ... and their defensive line disrupted a lot of things we wanted to do.

There are a lot of positives. We can't get bent out of shape and hold our heads down just because it didn't go our way. We're going to be characterized by how we stick together.

We wanted to establish the run. After we wear them down some on the run, then we'll drop back and pass. That was our game plan for tonight. We knew that we had the size advantage. We wanted to use that as one of our main contributions to our win tonight.

The defense played extremely well tonight, especially when we were in some tough situations.

The defense is our strong point. We stepped up and put pressure on their quarterback. We studied film on him and scouted him all week. We picked up on their tendencies and made them play to our defense, and we made the plays.

This was the second game of the season where we took the opening kickoff and marched it down the field. We became productive on the opening drive.

We got more consistent play from our quarterback position. I think that was the big key.

Right now, the main focus is letting the kids know we are going to be OK. They believe in that and we believe in each other. And we are going to put together an outstanding season.

If you take away a couple of big plays, it's a different game. They had a couple of key runs throughout the game.

Hillside was playing for a playoff spot. What do you guys want to play for? Right now, they're playing to win. We haven't come out to play yet. We were just walking around on the field.

The guys wanted it. In the second half, our intensity picked up, and our offensive line really started firing off.

The good thing is the monkey is off our back. This is our fourth road game of the season. Playing two tough opponents the last two weeks helped us tonight. Our guys were disciplined and played throughout.