Quotes by Donna Nicholson

“Council Rock has been a great program for many years. Its a standard in our league we all shoot for. We were anxiously looking forward to the game. We have to learn to channel emotions in a positive way. Its a long season.”

“Our girls got a little tired after that. We always tell them that practice should be hard and that games are the easy part. Thats why we do it. We like to get up and down the floor a little bit and that showed [Friday night].”

“She took it over. She took advantage of her size inside. A good player will take advantage of what they give you, and she did.”

“It was a team win. It was a great confidence-builder, going across the bridge and coming back champs.”

“Shes the epitome of a point guard already. That doesnt happen often (with a sophomore). She was groomed for this position.”

“Shes a good ball-handler. She handles pressure. She sees the floor real well and gets the ball to the shooters where they want to get it. I have so much confidence when the balls in her hands.”

“Its a compliment to our girls for the type of season weve had so far. I feel like were deserving of it. Weve worked really hard to get to this point. Its a real good feeling to see that the rest of the district places such high value on the season weve had.”

“She has an uncanny sense for beating people to a spot.”

“Thats just her [Mitchell] natural strength. So I cant wait to see her in college and they put her on a strength training program and how much stronger shes going to be.”

“I want her [Thorn] to play defense all 90 feet and shes quick enough to do it and thats the type of game she plays. What she lacks in size, she makes up with her tenacity and her quickness and she uses it to her advantage defensively and offensively.”