5 Quotes by Pete Long

We stood toe-to-toe with Schuylkill Haven and, except for a two-possession stretch late in the third quarter, held our own. We matured as a team tonight and hopefully can carry this effort into the District 4 tournament.

I am so happy with my team, we made them earn everything and when you get to states you are faced with playing the best of the best and our kids gave their all.

Pasco was not feeling well, and he wasn't himself. But we got some good looks with our other guards and we didn't make them, especially early on in the game. We took some shots and we missed them. Our confidence went down and we decided that we were just going to play catch instead of stepping in and taking an open shot.

We left it out on the floor tonight and I couldn't be any prouder. Schuylkill Haven is a great team and deserving of being in Friday's championship game, but they had to earn it.

They have one shooter and we did not get out on him. He made his first 3-pointer, and I was like, 'O boy.' He got confidence and it snowballed from there.