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There's no working into the season. It's kind of become commonplace. We've worked against them in (summer) 7-on-7 (passing league at EAHS) and that's helped in the learning curve to face a spread team like them. I don't think we feel as much like a fish out of water as we used to.

Frank Thomas is a presence. Not only would he be our type of offensive player, he would be everybody's type of offensive player. ... If Frank is healthy, he's been good against everybody.

Plus, out here in California you have these speed-favoring tracks, so there was a lot going against him.

We thought with his speed, coming here, he's extremely fast, and Garrett worked him the other day and he was pretty impressed with the way he worked. He worked awesome. If you want to find out if you belong in the Derby, run against the big boys.

We went a little fast early. I'm just getting to know the horse, and we need to get him to relax a little bit. He showed some determination in the stretch, and I think we can improve off that. We are running against the best two-year-olds in the country, so I am pleased. Hopefully, he comes back in great shape. He's got a good future ahead of him and we're going to take our time with him.

If you want to go to the Derby, you've got to run against good horses and find out if you belong.

We felt as though we were the better team, and we let an opportunity slip by. We talked about it today that our next game against Roaring Fork is the most important game of the season. If we can push through Roaring Fork, then we're set to see if we can knock off one of the top-two teams in our league.

Think hard down the road to a future administration not occupied by the people we have now. We have to keep that precedent in mind: That gauntlet, if we throw it down, will be taken up by someone in the future that we really don't like and be used against us.

I was real satisfied with how we did going against the big schools. Most of our guys are newer at track and I felt we did well. It was a step in the right direction.