Quotes by John Lawhon

“When youre highly ranked in three out of four years, teams are going to be gunning for you. We have to play every game and get better because teams step up when theyre gunning for you.”

“Were hoping our defense will be strong again and will keep us in games. We have a lot of young returning players on offense that will help out, but it will take them a while to get going.”

“My best teams have had three, four or five guys scoring. But Scott was exceptional.”

“His tactical understanding of the game is far above most high school guys. Hes as skilled as any player Ive coached. He has the talent, if he wants to, to play professionally in the future. Ive seen a lot of college games, and hed have no problem fitting in anywhere right now.”

“We want to get him more touches with the ball. Hes hard for anyone to stop one-on-one. He has the total package.”

“Hes so quick that he can put a move on someone, and you cant even see what he did. I think he is the top defensive player in the state.”

“A team that likes to use its speed up top, Nicky takes that out of the game and the team has to play more possession. They cant play that ball through there and hope to run onto it because hell be on it too quick.”

“Usually someone will develop into the leading scorer later in the season, and well have a bunch of players behind him. Id rather have it like this.”

“Each game we got a little better in our passing, except for the finals. We picked it up in the second half. We had lots of chances and should have scored.”

“So far, we have 10 different players who have scored goals for us. And most of them have had multi-goal games. We took some positive steps in improving last weekend, and Im happy that the players adjusted to the moves.”