21 Quotes by Craig Faulkner

We started last Friday against Southeast with four district games in a row. We had to win them all to be the No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the district. The guys really hit the ball well (Tuesday night) and backed up our pitching.

We've got a really tough road but if we win those three I think we can get the No. 1 seed in the district.

We'll see what kind of team we have.

We've been trying to get him to stay back and get him to go the other way with two strikes and (Tuesday night) he did it twice. Once the second baseman (caught) it when he hit it hard and the other time he got a hit.

I take my hat off to Erickson. He's a polished high school pitcher who has command of three pitches and moves the ball in and out. It's impressive.

Our philosophy is to work hard and that's all we know how to do. We played Venice baseball like it's supposed to be played.

We played the way Venice High is supposed to play. Even if we would have lost tonight, I still would have been proud of the way we played.

We want to be the top seed. Manatee has three losses in the district, but they could lose again. We have a very tough week coming up -- three games on the road all against good teams. If we play well, we'll have a chance.

When you face good pitching, when you get to the district tournament, it can help.