J. J. Johnson Win Quotations

I felt good about the way our pitchers played except for probably three of the 12. But in three games we gave up three runs or less. If we can continue to do that, we'll win a bunch of games.

We've done the same (offensive) things the last eight years, but we didn't run our base plays very well, ... That's unusual and a little disheartening. Personally, for me as a coach, Columbus Lakeview deserves to win because they've had a number of times in the last few years where they really had us on the ropes and we'd come out on the right end.

We were 18-1-1 in the regular season, but that wouldn't have meant anything if we didn't win tonight. We came out firing in the third period. à We just wanted it. We wanted it a lot.

Well, it was a little bit of surprise that it happened the way it did. I was very happy with the way we competed and played to win the game against Minnesota, but the unexpected came after the game when we heard about Duluth and I don't think anyone anticipated Duluth losing. But it was a pleasant surprise that luck worked out for us and things fell into place.

To win 5-0 against anybody you can't really complain but I'm under no illusions because they weren't the best of sides.

It would definitely be big for us. It would get us our first win in the Big 12, and it would also be big because we would be on the road at a a very hostile environment. For us to get a win would give us a lot of confidence.

The win is more important than how you do it.

Any win is big this time of year. It doesn't matter whether it's 1-0 or 15-0.

This feels great, ... It's not as big as the district championship win last year, but it is something we can hang our hats on and be proud of.