John Triplett
John Triplett
certainly exactly games girls lost nice playing prepare respond tough
It certainly was tough playing two games in one day because it's not something you can prepare for. It was nice to see the girls respond like they did. When we lost Marianne there were some tears, but then there was a sense that we would toughen up. That's exactly what they did.
entire happen seem year
It figures. We go through the entire year without one injury, and then they all seem to happen at once.
frustrated game good moments physical plays previous ready
Pasco plays us physical and we'll have to be ready for a game like that. At moments (in the two previous games) we got a little frustrated but that's good for us.
district league regional state
State is always in the back of our minds, League championship, District championship, Regional championship and State championship.
eye found gotten since worse
We found out we won't have Marianne and that her eye has gotten worse since she got here.
couple games hard last team
What's been hard for this team the last couple games has been to keep focus.
came energy found good liked looking second third
What I was looking for was a lot of energy and we had that, especially in the second and third quarters. We utilized our presses, found one we liked and came out with a good third quarter.
couple crucial eight press runs
We had a couple of runs there, of eight to 10 points, and that indicates that the press is working. That's very crucial to us.
certainly
We're certainly going to go out and give it our best. If we get Marianne back, it will be a boost.
biggest front tried
We had Marianne (Lombardi) on her and we tried to front her as well. The biggest thing was getting them away from what they want to do.
came excited girls maximum somebody
We thought their ball-handling was something we could exploit, so we came out with maximum pressure. The girls were just so excited to play somebody different and they came out on fire.
friday gets hill hoping morning press seeing tougher
Initially, we thought she was out for the season, but it gets better every day and she's seeing an ophthalmologist in Tacoma Friday morning and we're hoping she can play Friday. It makes it a tougher hill to climb. We won't be able to press as much, because without Marianne we would get tired.
flowing hard intensity knew match rust trying variety
After the long layoff, we were just trying to get some of the rust off and get the intensity flowing with our variety of presses. That was really the key. We knew they'd match our intensity because they play us hard every time.