Ken Shumate Quotations

We're ready to line up against someone other than ourselves.

We made a few defensive adjustments and settled down after we got our first touchdown.

We're glad game week has finally gotten here.

We're proud of the way these athletes played tonight and look forward to the rest of the season with them. We continue to appreciate the support of our fans.

We had tremendous fan support and the atmosphere during the game was exciting. The team was ready to play and gave it their all.

We've worked hard and we are ready to see how we are going to be this season.

We also had several players that rotated in defensively that gave us the opportunity to rest several starters.

Even though we came up short on the scoreboard, there were several positive things that we can take from this game. Even though we fell behind, the boys played hard until the last second ticked off the clock.

Every game is a big game. The winner of this game will have the inside track to win the district championship.

The support from the community was fantastic. I can't say enough about the desire and heart that these Mohawk athletes gave at this game.

Our defense set our offense up with great field position all night.

As always, we appreciate the support we receive from the fans that were able to make the long trip to EPC.

The boys played extremely hard all night. Cross County is a very talented team with size and speed on their side. Our offensive line did a nice job in pass blocking. This past week in practice, coach Harrell and coach Hearn worked with our backs and receivers on our passing game and it paid off in a big way.

The way the students and community come out and are very vocal with works of encouragement for the team is great. We, the coaches, are very pleased with the heart and desire that the players give on every play.

At half time, coach Shawn Hearn made some changes in our secondary that really helped our pass coverage. Coach Harrell and I made some offensive adjustments with our blocking schemes and formations.

It's been a long time for these athletes, since we got started practicing back at the beginning of August. With junior teams, it is all told early in the season, for which teams can stay away from the most mistakes.

The Junior Mohawks defense played really good tonight. They came out and were aggressive and hitting hard from the start. The offense had three other drives deep into the Junior Warriors territory, but we could not score.

The game was won in the second half as our offensive line began to control the line of scrimmage and time of possession.

The coaching staff could not have been more proud of the way the team played, even if we would have won. We would have been happier, should we have won, but not more proud.