Ryan Brown Quotations

So far, so good. They've enjoyed the new approach and a new coach. We are sticking to the fundamentals. We might not be able to hit or pitch well, but we will play sound defense.

Carlson and Marchand both played a very gutsy game. They knew coming in that they would both have to step it up and they did in a big way, both scoring and defensively. I am very proud of all my guys but those two leaders really stepped it up and gave us a chance to win.

We are fortunate to bring good kids together who could get along with anyone. There has been no static, it has been really great.

Jeremy is our leader. He has struggled with his offense lately, but it was nice to see him regain his form.

Our guys didn't play as well as they had hoped to. Our goal was to place in the top four. However, we did show marked improvement over last year's finish.

When it's 150, it starts to get uncomfortable to hold it. You can't leave your hand on the milk pitcher for too long.

With the way things worked last year, we would love to be around the .500 mark. We play a tough schedule so it will be tough to get, but it would be good for us with as young as we are.

We didn't strike out as much as we have been. We were able to make some contact, but when we did, we hit it right at them.

We have good, young, talented kids. And we have some freshmen and sophomores who will step in and play right away.

We were pretty excited when the game started. But Kewanee is a lot different than Princeville. Kewanee works hard and they like to transition just like us. I knew it was going to be a high possession game and scoring deficits can change very rapidly.

Things are going well. We've been working hard and the kids are getting along. The transition was smooth and practice is going well.

I've thrown 55 in practice (in the shot put). For some reason I haven't been able to do it in a meet.

These last two games we have put up some runs. When you score eight runs you feel pretty good about your chances, but the pitching just wasn't there today and we made some errors in key situations.

Our defense has carried us all year, so it was nice to see our offense come alive and carry us tonight. It is nice to be able to play in the regional semifinals.

Coach keeps us so well prepared, and we were executing almost perfectly in the first half. We showed a lot of courage to battle back and take control after they made a run at us.

Although we lost a tight meet I was pleased with the pack mentality of our top four players. Whenever we can get par-bogey golf out of our top players we have a chance to win.

It was a real back-and-forth game. The score really wasn't indicative of how close this game was. We fell apart there in the top of the seventh. Usually we have one bad inning and it was bad timing to have it then.

He pushed me over and then the ref stepped in. I was trying to keep my head, keep the team points down.

All the losing is starting to eat at our pride a little, but it's making us more hungry. It's making us practice harder and fight a lot harder.