John Lawhon Quotations

We're hoping our defense will be strong again and will keep us in games. We have a lot of young returning players on offense that will help out, but it will take them a while to get going.

So far, we have 10 different players who have scored goals for us. And most of them have had multi-goal games. We took some positive steps in improving last weekend, and I'm happy that the players adjusted to the moves.

His tactical understanding of the game is far above most high school guys. He's as skilled as any player I've coached. He has the talent, if he wants to, to play professionally in the future. I've seen a lot of college games, and he'd have no problem fitting in anywhere right now.

Jeff plays more of a defensive midfield spot for us, so he doesn't usually get the opportunity to score. But he moved up on a corner kick and scored.

My best teams have had three, four or five guys scoring. But Scott was exceptional.

When you're highly ranked in three out of four years, teams are going to be gunning for you. We have to play every game and get better because teams step up when they're gunning for you.

We had a lot of looks at the goal. We would like to take advantage of our opportunities a little bit more while we can because once the postseason gets here, those chances are really going to decrease.

Usually someone will develop into the leading scorer later in the season, and we'll have a bunch of players behind him. I'd rather have it like this.

We came out and played hard. It was important for us to do that, especially after the tie. But we bounced back and played well.

We want to get him more touches with the ball. He's hard for anyone to stop one-on-one. He has the total package.

We were playing all right. We were on the attack and had possession. They had just three shots on the night, but the ball bounced their way on two of them.

We controlled possession, but we weren't as crisp as we have been. But Pennington Field is a hard place to play because the wind swirls down on the field.

We scored and you think that would be enough. Porter kept itself in the game and showed heart by coming back. Scoring (their first goal) gave them momentum. Little things like that in a state tournament game can make the difference.

Every team is different. These guys want to do something a little more than the last.

Each game we got a little better in our passing, except for the finals. We picked it up in the second half. We had lots of chances and should have scored.

A team that likes to use its speed up top, Nicky takes that out of the game and the team has to play more possession. They can't play that ball through there and hope to run onto it because he'll be on it too quick.

It was a game where we could have had a couple more goals in the first half and a couple more in the second half.

After we scored, I think a lot of guys thought we had it won. But there was a lot of time left.

I'm just glad to get the game in without anyone hurt. It was wet and slippery, but I'm happy with how we played.

He's so quick that he can put a move on someone, and you can't even see what he did. I think he is the top defensive player in the state.