Steve McFall Quotations

We're asking him to make a big jump from junior high to high school. He's very quick and is poised. It will be interesting to see how he does. He runs fast and throws strikes when he pitches. He's a student of the game.

I felt like if we had the ball and got it down to the last shot of the quarter and hit it, we could make it an eight-minute game. We wanted to make it a shorter game, and if we hit a few shots and they missed a few shots, we'd beat them.

He hangs in there until the end, and the ball doesn't break. He sticks around.

I thought the ball was in right field when he hit it. If (the glove) is on the left hand, he doesn't catch that ball. But the guy made a great play. Their first baseman had an exceptional day.

We're like everybody else. (Our success) will depend on pitching. If we throw it well, we should be OK.

Dickerson was very good (last year). I'll be surprised if he's not better. He's come to practice in the best shape he's ever been in. I expect him to do the job.

Eric had a couple of injuries last year. But he throws the ball real hard and wants to be our closer. I look for him to be a real strength.

Raven and Michelle are growing up big-time right now. They're finding out what big-time basketball is all about. They didn't go away. They kept fighting.

They're a terrific team. When we had a chance to really make a run at them in the first half, they hit some 15-footers. You've got to give them credit. They knocked the shots down. It was a rugged game.

They're a good baseball team and they answer quickly. We attacked them and they came right back.

In the huddle after the third quarter, we drew up about three different plays that we wanted to use and we executed all of them perfectly for baskets to start the final quarter. Then we were able to convert once we got to the foul line. Katie Stanley is a special player, and she hit the foul shots when we needed them.