Wardie Sain Quotations

That is when Brian took it upon himself to give the team a little talk, a little speech. He told the players that he was not going to lose this game and they were not, either.

We run our zone but we use it with man defense principles. Our fundamentals were a big part of our success.

Chrisman came out and took our guards out of the game in the first half. They had some big guys inside and we just did not match up with them very well.

We didn't get a lot of steals from the defense but we did disrupt their offense and took them out of their flow.

We have always played the bigger schools, but what else can we do. We just happen to be the smallest school in the area that is in our conference, but that is OK with us.

We are an aggressive team, that is the way we play. We sent them to the line and they just had more chances than we did. It was an experience, something these players will always remember. The atmosphere was something they had never seen with entire communities following their teams. These teams come from towns. It was just different. It was loud, very loud, and that had a bearing on how we played.

We are really looking forward to state. We go 6-1, 6-0, 5-10 and we are quick and talented. If we can keep our focus, keep our heads on straight and keep our composure, we should do well.

Last season we were fourth in the conference as seventh-graders but when we defeated New Lenox Martino, I knew this season had some real good possibilities.

We felt we could be an improved team this season because we were always in the game last season. I didn't know how we would be early, but I felt we would there down the stretch.