21 Quotes by Derek Sonderland

We struggled in the second quarter ... it hurts us a little bit with Kati Jo on the bench. But I thought we stepped up in the third. We talked a lot at halftime about boxing out better and not giving up rebounds, and I thought we did that.

She's been huge for us as far as helping carry the team. She's definitely our go-to player. She does so many things for us and opens things up for other people. She understands and is willing to take the pressure off of her teammates.

She didn't have as good of a game as she would have like against Bedford (in the regional semifinal). And that's one of the things we talked about, because we knew we'd need a big game from her.

I would really like to express my appreciation to the community for getting behind these kids throughout the year and showing your support.

I don't know that many people gave us a chance to do all that. I'm definitely very proud of the girls.

Jodi maybe doesn't score a ton of points for us every night, but she does a lot of other things that make us go and make us better. Se gets a lot of rebounds, steals and assists and spreads the defense.

I think the biggest thing is being able to relax and get over those first few minute jitters. I think the kids are excited about getting there, but at the same time we're going down there to try to represent southwest Iowa well.

I thought they knocked down some big shots. I thought they played good defense in the second half. Obviously, we played with everything we've got. The size of the people is no indication of the size of their hearts.

I thought we came out and got off to a great start. Defensively, we need to do a better job identifying shooters on the perimeter.