5 Quotes by Mark Noe

It calms me down seeing E.J. there. But I think it would have made me a little calmer if he had won it at 5-2. But I still felt pretty good with him. We knew this was going to be a close match. Center Grove is loaded, but they were tougher than I thought they were.

We've got a long road ahead of us to get to (North Central) in the sectional, but we'll see them again. We're going to be all right. We'll figure it out. I still think we're one of the best teams in the state.

We had to come out and play the best tennis we've played all year. I was very impressed with Penn with the way they've come out to play.

There really isn't going to be an easy match in that first round. I think it's really going to come down to the draw. If you lose a No. 1 or a No. 2 kid right away, you could be fried for the day. Everyone you're going to be playing in the first round is good.

You can't put anything past Heritage. And North Central is so deep. We're not overlooking anybody. We're going to have to go out and play hard because they're going to have their guys keyed up.