Quotes by John Shepard

“I think we had a letdown,”

“Now that Andrews over his hamstring injury, its nice to have him,”

“If Andrews the guy that finishes it, Andrews the guy that finishes it.”

“Its going to be exciting.”

“Weve tried to beat them for years, havent we?”

“They knew they had a huge height advantage on us - so they crossed, crossed, crossed, crossed. Wally has to come out and win a lot of those high balls.”

“We did OK. We played better than we did the first day ... change in focus, change in attitude. (They didnt come out ready to play. I was real pleased with leadership; the players came out and did it themselves.”

“I know West Mesas an up-and-coming program. Theyve been building steadily. Were going to have to be physical all the time because were small.”

“We continued our steps of improvement from the West Mesa game; we continued with the same steps and even did better. That was maybe our most quality win; that and Los Alamos. We did what were supposed to do.”

“Its a huge step above, in my opinion; a good test for us. Ive maintained one of our strengths is our depth. I wish we had three or four more days (to get ready). This is the hardest (pre-district slate) weve ever had - just the Sandia Prep tournament - three defending state champs.”