21 Quotes by Derek Sonderland

I think experience-wise I'll be able to tell them some things, what it's all about and what the atmosphere's like. Getting to state was a big goal for these kids though, they've talked about that '99 team, and they wanted to get back there. Hopefully we'll make some noise in Des Moines.

Our kids played extremely hard, we just did not shoot the ball very well. We have to step back and look at the things we accomplished. We had a great season and the kids have a lot to be proud of.

We had opportunities to put the ball game away, but did not knock down our bunnies. We must also get better at understanding end-of-game situations.

We played well at times, but did not knock down some shots at some crucial times in the ball game. Playing tough competition this time of year will hopefully pay off as we prepare for tournament time.

This was a great team effort on the kids' part. We had several different kids step up and do some nice things throughout the game.

We've been bringing in some of the varsity boys to simulate the size and quickness, and it's worked pretty well. It's an adjustment for our kids. They're very mature young ladies, and they understand we're bringing (the boys) in to make them better.

We were pretty relaxed coming in, there was no pressure on us. The pressure was on them.

We did a nice job of forcing them to turn the ball over, but several times we handed it right back to them. We shot real well from the free throw line, which had a big impact on getting another win against a team that had all week to prepare for us.

People had them picked to win it all. You can't measure the attitude and heart of the kids.