25 Quotes by Mike Purcell

This is huge for this group. This is their first GDC win on the road this season.

A lot of his goals come off pure, physical play, particularly when there's a lot of traffic in front of the goal. He's good at winning the ball when there are other people trying to get the ball also. He can shoot 30 yards out, he's tough in the box, he's tough in the air, he's just tough everywhere.

It was a gutsy team effort. Our Central Districts reps, Shane (Wilson) and Luke (Donovan) performed well at the top of the order and our women put in a good effort too.

He's made three or four goals in the last three years that I need to see that again on tape before I can believe it. He's had a couple of jaw-dropping goals from impossible angles and banana shots. He's done some pretty bizarre things that turned out to be really good. Everybody just stands there and shakes their heads.

The main three for Brookings, they got the ball to them. The rest of the team worked to get them open. Their rebounding was intense at times and they'd look to get the ball up court.

The district is on our mind. We want to have our two best practices and play our best game of the season Friday (hosting Spearfish). I want us to think of nothing else but playing Spearfish for the next three days.

The last four or five games against them have been super games. We lost to them 1-0 in the regular season, and it was a terrific game. The season before it was a 0-0 tie, so we've had really close games. There's a lot of intensity and emotions in these games.