Jerry Rucker Quotations

We gutted it out at the end. We'll take any win we can get.

We're playing better. We just have to keep getting better each week.

Free throws have been a problem all year for us.

(Linden) didn't shoot particularly well and we made our free throws. Twenty-two for 32 is pretty good for us.

We have to make shots all the way around. And we have to stay intense the whole time.

We at least clinched a playoff spot. It's good for the seniors who didn't get to go last year.

Argonaut is the top team. The scores they've been putting up and their size is the big thing. They're also really hitting the boards.

Early on, our defense wasn't really good. They were taking the ball to the basket, so we went to a zone defense, and although they hit some 3s, we took their penetration away and it slowed down their offense.

It would have been a nice win, and we should have had it. Just a couple of things here and there ...

After the first game, we were very competitive.

The one game we were ahead by 10 (against Amador) is the only one we lost.

A couple of mistakes here and there were the difference.

Defensively our intensity level picked up. They went through a spell of about 25 possessions from midway through the second to about mid-third quarter where they only scored six points.

They're starting to play the way we hoped they'd play all year. They're playing with confidence and getting things done.

They had a lot of steals and we turned the ball over a lot.

There was only one second left, but you never know what can happen in a high school game.

Summerville beat Mariposa, which has lost just three games and went to the finals of the Columbia College tournament and beat Downey and Sierra. And Calaveras, with their style of play, can make teams anxious because they don't allow them the same amount of possessions they're used to.

I still believe that any team can win on any given night. Argonaut is head and shoulders above everyone now, but we'll have to wait and see.

They just came out and took the ball to the basket. But we were able to get back in the game.

The kids played well for us this season, and I'm glad to see them get rewarded with this selection.

(Calaveras) would like nothing better than to finish the season with a win against us.

He's a hyper kid and he's been playing well.

I don't mind them sitting up front. It's part of the excitement and atmosphere of the game.

The jury is out on this team. We're still young and inexperienced at a lot of positions and (our success) will depend on the juniors' play.