Quotes by Mark Hartley

“We shouldve been in the mid- to upper-30s all year, but with our injuries, it really hurt us in some areas. We went from an 8.9 on bars (Nicole Saunders) to counting a 4.6.”

“Theres a possibility of getting her back. Even if it was just on bars, that adds three points to our score right there.”

“We finished up on floor, and that was the best floor weve had all year. (Davidson) was ahead of us, but we made it a lot closer there in the end. We knew we needed to be second place or better to win the OCC Championship.”

“This has been a roller-coaster year. We knew we had the talent and ability to go to states, and then we got hit with a run of injuries. For Nicole to come back and compete on bars today was huge.”

“I chose bars because I knew that was our weak point. We followed with the beam, which is our second-weakest event. I thought if we could start on bars and get something rolling there that wed be in good shape. It worked out perfectly. We didnt have any problems on bars. Nicole got a 7.8 without a dismount. If her foot wouldve allowed her to dismount, she wouldve gotten an 8.8.”

“When she first came back to the team, she said she only wanted to do bars. Then Nicole got hurt and she stepped into the all-around. She got motivated and got into it. If it wasnt for Amber, we wouldnt be in this situation.”

“It was great to see Amanda make it to the state individual competition in vault again. The last four years shes been one of our leaders, so I was really happy she will be going in vault and the team competition.”

“We were a decent team this year, and if we wouldnt have had some of those injuries we wouldve been up there with some of the great teams Grove City has ever had.”

“From OCC to district, our bar score came up almost four points. It was huge, a big difference.”