Famous Quotes & Sayings

We had been told by other participating districts to expect an initial enrollment of 500 students.

Tony Terry

We're glad to get the district win and move forward.

Last year we had one senior, and this year we have six. Last year, we learned a lot from the Southeast game (final season loss) and the players want redemption. Our goal is to win districts and put something together in the playoffs.

Last year, there were a number of districts where the vote did not take place. This year we hope we can do it in all of them,

Last year we took nine to district and got only one to state, so right now I'd like to take at least one, but I think we can get three or four out.

Lefties have given this district fits for years. Hopefully Brandon can be like those guys.

Judy Biggert

Our congressional district is the fastest growing in the state. Nowhere is there a greater need for new and improved roads and transit systems that will spare us the hours we spend each day in traffic.

We want the district to be vibrant, so that it's got more offerings during the day and in the early evening.

We've struggled keeping everybody in (the lineup) for one reason or another. It's a good measuring stick for us to get ready for the district tournament.

We have six guys going to district and they know what they have to do.

There are a lot of good teams in this tournament. This is going to be a tough district to get out of.

There are a lot of features that are attractive, such as the school district and rural, small town atmosphere. We want to incorporate these features into new development.

The reality is the local school districts are the ones who are enforcing them already.

We set three goals and we accomplished two, which isn't bad. But we wanted to win the conference, go undefeated at home and win a district championship.

We're happy that we're going on to the (state playoffs) but there hasn't been a district title ever so we'd like to hang that in the gymnasium. That'd be nice to look at.

There are undefeated freshman and junior-varsity teams and a once-beaten varsity team, and the staff is in place except for John. The nucleus is there. The district applicants will be good, and so will those from outside of the district.

Lisa Jackson

She gave me all the names of the school districts and told me to apply.

She was always a leader. I'm a Republican and if I was in that district I would vote for her.

She's been in the district finals for two years now, and she's able to lead by example. She comes out and gives 100 percent.

We are looking to be respectable in our division and make the league playoffs again, ... We have a good nucleus of returning players and plenty of experience gained from last year?s run in the league and district playoffs.

There are some exciting things happening in the park district, and I'm having a lot of fun. I love the work, and being a part of what the park district provides for the community. It keeps me going.

Chuck D.

We started off slow and then put it together to get our scoring going. It's good to be 3-0 at this time in district play.

We started off a little slow, but we picked it up. We just executed the way we practiced. It's good to start district off on a positive note.

Tommy Aldridge

We started four sophomores that year and we played in a national tournament in Tennessee. When we went into the lobby where the teams were, it looked like a lobby of WNBA players. We split our games in Tennessee (going 2-2) and I was proud of that. We went 22-12 and won the district championship.

We start district Tuesday. The games we missed out on are games you just won't get to prepare.

Kevin Ford

What the school district is doing here . . . is prohibiting a student from quoting the Bible.

When you say a school and a district is going to be judged on this, and then it's not a valid test, that doesn't seem right.

We were too loose. We just talked about ending the district schedule on a good note. We wanted to come in here and win at Bloomington. This has always been tough place for us to play.

We've got a week off now for tests this next week. I don't especially like having a week off before the district tournament, but that's the way it is. We'll practice a lot. We need to keep on this roll we've been on.

We've got a super tough non-district schedule, and it can't do anything but help us. We know we're gonna make some mistakes because we've got some young ballplayers. Hopefully it'll get us ready come district time.

We were in a tight game to win the league championship and the district final. Our girls are finding ways to pull out games this year. Last year we didn't do that. We have to come out better on Tuesday, or our season will be over.

We were hoping to get a few more district qualifiers. The positive is that all three of our guys who made it were sectional champs. I was pleased with how hard the team competed all day.

We were hoping to be playing for the district title in this game. We know we have to win out to have a chance. The kids were prepared and when they've been prepared they've played well.