18 Quotes by Chad Spalding

One of our players had a really tough night. Other than that we showed we could compete with a quality team like Dunbar. We have a pretty good team, especially when Billy Darryl is on the mound.

Having two triples in one inning is something that is unheard of in my time with the team. Tyler just had a phenomenal game.

He's definitely one of the top pitchers in the region. But after facing the tough pitcher we saw at Louisville Eastern, I thought we'd do a better job against him. You'd think that with that many hits, including a couple of homers that we could win this game. But the theme of our season continues... not making the plays.

Jake pitched a great game. It's a shame we let them back in it. It's good that Tyler was able to get his first win because he showed that he can bounce back from a bad inning. That's pretty good for an eighth grader.

I think some of our players have the jitters out in the field. It's the first year of varsity for several of them and some of our veterans are showing a little rust coming out of basketball. We were lucky that the seven errors didn't really hurt us that much. Normally, when you have that many mistakes you're going to lose the game.

Overall, I would have to give this effort a B minus, but for the first five innings we were better than that. We should have hit the ball better. With our depth, I'm going to have to go with who's hot. Our batting order may change from week to week.

Overall, this is one of the faster teams that we've had here. We haven't really had many opportunities to steal so far. But our speed around the bases is going to be one of our strengths as the season goes along.

Other than that inning, we didn't play too badly. I thought the first six innings were very promising for us. Billy Darryl Grant pitched well again and we got an opportunity to face three Dunbar pitchers who would be among the best in our region.

We were more ready to play than I even thought we were going in. Even during the infield/outfield drills before the game, I don't think we've been that sharp in over two years. That's the kind of things a coach looks for early on. The guys couldn't understand why I was smiling so much before the game started.