Shawn Baumgartner Quotations

We started out the game down 8-2. We were up by 20 at the beginning of the fourth.

For Mr. Zabel to allow us to do this for two days, I really thank him for that and his support. As a school, we need to see the importance of goal setting and character building in the building.

It got down to a two-point game in the third quarter. Then we made a run at the end of the third quarter.

Plateau Valley was a good, scrappy team, and I was very pleased with how we came out and played the first half. We really stepped up.

Part of it is to give the starters a rest. The other part is to get the others more quarters and get them into the flow of the game.

We've gotten tons better. We shot 36 percent from the field the first time and 35 percent the second time. They play real good defense, but at the same time, we were getting the ball inside like we wanted and just missing those shots.

We had to limit their three-point attempts. We had to control the boards, and we had to take care of the basketball in the half-court set, which we didn't do. Two out of three wasn't good enough.

We shot a ton of free throws. We average about 55 percent from the line.

This was his best game of the year. He controlled the boards.

We got a lot of offensive rebounds that kept us in the game.

Discipline comes with the program. Hopefully, it carries on to the athletic fields. More importantly, it carries over into the classroom.

The whole concept of the program is based on doing everything with perfect technique. You always have a goal to reach. They are set before you begin a workout. It's set up to progress with your ability.

Dave has really stepped it up this year. He's a smart kid and can anticipate where the ball is going. He has some good moves down low, and he finishes.

It will be tough to get back at two in the morning and turn around and play at 5:30 the next day.