John Sacco Quotations

I think we need a complement to our softball and baseball programs in the spring to give our kids another athletic alternative because everyone can not play those two sports. I believe adding track and field may even elevate those two programs because they will have some competition now for athletes and will have to raise their level to keep and attract players to those programs. I think that is healthy competition.

There was a group of young ladies who came to me during the basketball season and expressed interest in the track team. So I told them to get me some other signatures of students interested, and they came back with a pretty substantial list. I thought there was a legitimate interest there and that we should offer it to the kids. I took it to the administration and it kind of evolved from that.

It's the continuation of a long line of successful negotiations and settlements. We're up over 1,600 (hazardous) sites settled in a cooperative manner. That's significant for the public.

By next year I hope to at least be sanctioned as one team, probably the girls team because that is where the most interest right now is coming from. The greatest scenario would be to have both teams sanctioned but I do not want to be overly optimistic. We are going to take this in small steps and do it the right way.