40 Quotes by Tim Dougherty

Our guys were looking forward to this challenge. We felt this was a big challenge for us against a very good football team.

Our team has shown improvement each week, and they did it again last week. We certainly moved in the direction of a more complete game.

Our first goal is to win the section title this year, but we know that's going to be tough because the section has definitely gotten stronger,

Our top priority this week is to play good defense because Alton can beat you in a lot of different ways. They can play ball control, grinding it out for eight or nine minutes, or they can complete a 70-yard pass, like they did against us last season. Our defense is going to have to be ready for anything.

Our toughest football is ahead of us. But I think these kids have taken the next step. I sure hope so because we're going to need it.

Our big focus coming into this game was that we had to come out and play 48 minutes of football on both sides of the ball, and I think our kids did that tonight.

Our offense responded at some key times in the game. Our offense answered three or four times at key times and I think that was a big difference.

Our offensive line answered the bell tonight. It's been a while since we've had one of those games from our line. But it was pretty darn good football.

That was a great punt by Conner. He put it right there in the corner and that was a key play. It was big-time.