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Traditionally, we've been fast starters. We hit a lull early this season. We recovered from that and we've have been playing pretty good baseball.

Dan Bowling

We played the starters a little in the second quarter and the younger kids started slow. It was an opportunity to play everybody. (North River) only had six kids and played hard.

Tom Betrozoff

They're so grown up. It helps me and Blake (Morgan) as the younger starters. They help us keep our focus, especially since this is my first year. It almost feels like we're cheating, like they shouldn't be here.

Rex Morgan

We returned all of our starters from last year. I rotated a lot of bodies throughout the game, but I returned to my starters in the fourth quarter and they settled down at the end.

John Augustavo

We need all five starters on the floor as much as possible.

Chris Fleming

I know all of the calls and stuff, I just am not the one necessarily calling them out. I usually just have to listen to them. I have to get in that book a little. I'm going in with the mindset that I might have to play the game. I don't know how long the starters will be in there but it looks like I might have to go in there with the second unit and play center.

Reggie Wells

We've got six starters who we are rotating in. All of them will get in some innings.

Scott Norman

It was a good game. I thought Griswold played well. Our depth was the difference. Our second group played very well when our starters were struggling.

Bob Monahan

We got a lot of guys in the mix at defensive tackle right now so we're not even 100 percent sure who the starters are going to be.

Tom Allen

For starters, it allowed me to find Wausau Insurance and Taco Bell. They allowed me to skate four more years. That was a huge way that it changed my life.

Casey Fitzrandolph

Unfortunately, there are only five starters but she accepts her role and she's been so effective coming off the bench. We have the luxury of having a sixth player who could be a starter for someone else.

Brian Metcalf

We didn't quite know that our second-leading scorer would put his hand in a splint and two starters would foul out. That put our offense a little out of sync. Hopefully we'll be able to adjust and be in a little better flow on Friday.

Kelly Hammel

The first four minutes are important to us, especially to myself as a starter and the rest of the starters. We talked about setting the tone and we wanted to start well.

Gabrielle Richards

We had a really good third quarter. We were able to make up some ground playing against their starters.

Mark Manchester

We really want to be strong starters. The first three minutes of the game and the first three minutes of the second half are very key for us. If you look at what we did, we led 8-3 at the start of the game, and then we came out and scored the first seven of the second half.

Joe Balogh

The starters have been starting well, going into games six or seven innings.

Brandon Webb

The starters know that they can come out of the game for a rest, and that the others won't let it slip. The reserve players know that they'll be counted on to help contribute, as well.

Jake Bacon

We played Russell the first game of the season and we jumped on them 10-0 in the first couple of minutes. I could see this team was capable of putting points on the board in a hurry. All five starters are capable of making 3s.

Bill Maddy

It's important with the style we play that when we give our non-starters minutes that we don't have a letdown and continue to play at a high level. We definitely did that tonight and got great contributions from everyone.

John Wicks

At times it feels like I have 13 starters. That?s a testament to the kids There are not many teams out there where you can throw 12, 13 kids on the floor and not have a drop off.

Tim Lawrence

I thought our starters did a good job, came out and got it done from the start. Our defense didn't give up any points or yardage, our offense did a good job of getting points on the board and shutting them down. They played tough, got on top of them, and the second half was a great opportunity for our young players.

Bill Beattie

We made them play their starters big minutes. That's what you want, but their starters are as good as anyone in the league.

Mike Woodson

Mount Pleasant was a very good team tonight. Their starters were very good. We couldn't get people to step up and get other people scoring.

Mick Flattery

The starters are what make our team better. Our starting rotation is a lot better than what it was in 2002 -and you've got a right fielder who makes us a little better, too.

Scot Shields

Years ago, that's how it was done. Guys came up as relievers and worked their way into being starters. C.J. has had his challenges as a starter, but I'd like to test drive that again before the end of the season.

Buck Showalter

I think we had a really good day and they had a bad day. Under different circumstances it would have been a different game. Randolph is missing four of its starters due to injury which is enough to do any team in. If we were missing four starters, who knows how it would have been for us today.

Chuck Bizzozero

I'm sure the Yankees are saying, 'Hey, we'd like to have five great starters.' Yeah, and we'd like to have A-Rod, Sheffield and Damon. It's just kind of what you have and how you try to make it work.

Ron Roenicke

It's a good teaching day, a fundamentals day, and an evaluation day. And there's a lot to evaluate. We have eight defensive starters back, but we have a new system, so we're looking for the guys with the athletic ability to help out there. We're sorting personnel, getting to know the freshmen, and figuring out where players can best fit in the program.

Tom Amstutz

We had a young team last year and most of our starters are still with me. This group will be a lot more experienced.

Jason Ricci

All of our starters are capable of taking over a game at any time. Each quarter it seemed like someone new stepped up and carried the team for awhile.

Corey Rollerson

They?re a very confident team with four three-year starters. They know how to get the shots they want and get high-quality shots.

Mike Schaefer

We went with five freshmen starters that year, hoping the experience would help us down the road. Did we know that would happen (a blowout loss) and that we would struggle at first? Of course we did, but we thought it would pay off in the long run.

Paul Gleason

We lose a great player in Andy, but we have a talented and athletic group of kids coming back. Our team will be balanced next year and we will look for leadership out of our four returning starters in Adam, Chandler, Chad and Will.

David Braet

Whatever position you're in you have to prepare like you're going to start because A.J. and I are the insurance policies for this football team. [There's] a lot of trust the coaches have in us to play like we're the starters if for some reason Gus went down.

Sage Rosenfels

It has been a surprising year. We only have two seniors who are starters. I like the way our team has come together. We got two of our starters hurt in football and but they are back now and it's helped our depth.

Rick Wood

We see a lot more kids specializing that weren't in the past. I think you also see a lot of kids who are not now willing to be role players. If they can't be the starters or the stars, they're not as likely to come out and be a part of the team.

Bob Lee

That's who we are. If our starters ever had a problem, they all know we're all ready. We'll all take the ball. Whether we feel good or not. . . . We want to pitch, we want to pick each other up. It's kind of like a little platoon down there.

Joey Eischen

They start big. They've got five starters that are 6-2 and they're real physical, they play good man-to-man and they put good pressure on the ball. I think we've got to make sure we take care of the ball and rebound.

Jack Bagley

I was driving, Bill (Green) was riding shotgun and the starters were dozing in the back for most of the trip. When we woke them just before getting to Marion for a celebratory pep rally, Jay said to Lyndon, 'What time are we going to meet tomorrow to play?' They had just won, and they already were talking about getting back on the court. They never rested.

Ray Sims

I had five senior starters who played together for four years and they worked so hard to get here. It's going to be hard to say good-bye.

Jeff Ellis

This was a total team effort today. I was so pleased with how our starters played in the first half. We played with a lot of determination and we played hard, it?s nice to see.

Ginny Martino

It's just great to see our starters going deep in games and our bullpen getting some confidence. Now, all we need to do is keep grinding, get some hitters back, and I think we'll be fine.

Marcus Giles

You have to stay healthy. In high school your depth is not as good as your starters. That's the key to the whole season. Unless we give up a big run or big pass I can't see anyone scoring on us.

Bill Cherpak

We played OK today. The lack of communication slowed us down, and they were missing three starters today.

Brad Stiles

It's scary to say this, but I think we could be better (than last season). We graduated five seniors, but of those five only two were starters. A lot of people don't realize we had a young team, and we have a very, very good recruiting class coming in. It all looks good on paper. … I think we have a great chance at being there again at the end of the year.

Randy Waldrum

When you walk into that job, it can be a little overwhelming. Getting all your starters lined up, your backup starters lined up, getting your bullpen guys throwing in a routine. Once he gets a handle on that, he'll be fine. It all works out in Spring Training.

Joe Kerrigan

I played my seniors a little more than I usually would in a game like this. It was senior night, so I left all my starters in until halftime.

Walt Sanchez

Everyone got to see a pitching gem from both starters. It was pretty unbelievable. We know both kids have big-time potential. They could both pitch at the next level. It feels good to be a part of a game like that.

Chris Lamothe

We've got some tough games left, but the Hughes game is definitely a game we're concerned about. They (Hughes) return all five starters from a team that made the semifinals last year, so they're obviously a very talented team.

Kevin Hunt

We'll have three and a half starters coming back. We'll be all right. We'll go back to work starting probably Monday and see if we can get back again.

Ted Epley

This makes up for it big time. I feel so good for these kids. We didn't think we would get this far this year. We've got eight new starters in the lineup, and they came through big time.

Bernie Ruettiger

Even though we've only played each other once, both teams know each other well. Both teams return most of their starters from last year. Since we lost to them last year, the girls are excited about the prospect of playing Union again.

Teri Cruse

It was a pretty good weekend for us. Getting our first conference win was important. Especially missing one of our starters, that was a big boost of confidence for us.

Jody Bronson

That game was just what we needed to start the season. Epping was the fourth seed last year and they returned a ton of starters. They're greatly improved and it was a terrific game.

Tim Brusso

We look to our starters to set the tone for the game and then when we come in we have to work to keep up the pace and leave everything we have on the floor especially in game like tonight.

Charise Bain

They scored a bunch against our reserves during the fourth quarter. It was Elmwood Park's starters against our reserves, but I wasn't going to make a change.

Bill Bozue

We had too many of our starters sitting on the bench sitting in foul trouble. We were pleased we came out with a win, and it was an overall good effort by the kids. They played hard.

Darwood Heldmann

They have seven guys who all play a great deal, so it's like having seven starters. Everyone I talk to mentions their aggressiveness and team balance. Any of those seven guys can be in double figures.

Gary Merrell

I just can't wait to be a part of it. We have five senior starters and it's great that we can hopefully go out that way.

Bill Klinger

Our eighth and ninth guys in our rotation were starters today and they played really well. It was a sloppy game, but we keep finding ways to win. We knew not to overlook Hickman County.

Greg Overstreet

Losing three starters, that definitely didn't help. But ... we get our backs to the wall, we're supposed to stop them. We didn't do a good job of that, obviously.

Ryan Pickett

We beat the No. 1 team with two starters out with injuries. But it shouldn't be an excuse (for not qualifying for the elimination round of eight). We were just not 'on.' You have on-and-off days.

Ashley Frost

We've got seven returning starters on offense and seven returning on defense.

Andrew Pearson

I like to game plan against a defense, not a person. I look at a backup just like I do a starter. We're going to take the same amount of shots we would if their starters were in there.

Daunte Culpepper

Early on, there is more of a chance of me being in there early in a game and maybe a little more frequently. But that doesn't really change my approach. I think we're all still counting on [the starters] to find a way to pitch into the later-middle innings, so to speak.

Pete Walker

We sat our starters on Saturday and got them in the mood that defense is important again. We're a team that really relies on hard-nosed defense.

Malcolm Deans

It was the first time this year we've had our five starters.

Richard Gallacher

We need to win our home matches. We're 0-1 in the league and we need to win it all. We haven't been getting any first-place votes at this point. We have mostly first-year starters at the hitting positions, so it would be a very big upset. But we're capable of doing that.

Al Scates

That was a gritty win. After a long weekend and with two starters out, they could have gone through the motions. But they didn't, and this is something that we can build on.

Josh Bloomer

I just didn't think we could match up with their depth and athleticism. We're missing two starters from our lineup. We only played six kids, really, for most of the game. They played 11.

Jose Fernandez

It's very comforting to look in today's starters and see his name.

Adam Kennedy

Winning 18 straight doesn't happen too often. One of the reasons is we can go eight or nine deep and do as well as we can with our starters. For a (Class) A school, it's unusual to have that quantity of quality players.

Jack Weight

We are returning five starters including our pitcher. We are optimistic about our season. We really feel we have a great shot to go a long way. Our seniors have worked hard and are planning for a great season.

Sarah Southern

Their durability is impressive. All aspects of this team are getting it done. The hitters have come on strong, the bullpen has been solid. But it all starts right out there with the starters.

Bob Wickman

For starters, if you vote Green it moves the agenda of politics.

George Read

Basically, we didn't have the same 15 set for every week. We had different starters, and we just couldn't get our timing down.

Seth Erwin

That's what she's in there to do. She's only an 11th-grader, and since we lose four senior starters she'll be playing a lot next year. The more I can get her in, the better off we'll be.

Jerry Schartner

You might not see it in the statistics, but we really played well on defense. Most of [Rensselaer's] yards came in the fourth quarter when we played our starters.

Doug Luke

Our pitching has been solid the past two weekends against Central Michigan and Northern Iowa and a strong outing from Luke would really keep the ball rolling. It seems that some of our early season problems we had on the mound, both with our starters and in the bullpen, have been corrected and our staff is very different from when Iowa saw us last.

Jim Brownlee

We're right there. I don't think we played a very good game. Errors. We were a little young (with three freshman starters) early. But we came back, we fought back. I was proud of the way we fought back.

Dave Tollett

We really stepped it up and the kids played great team ball. All five starters made big contributions.

Randy Mcclure

I'm proud of our guys. I think they're coming around. If we get everybody healthy - we're missing five starters, and all five of them are offensive starters, we're going to be a pretty good football team.

Glen Cook

I tell everyone that they have to keep working. There were some reserves in there, and they have to push the starters. It doesn't matter who is playing, everyone has to work hard.

Rusty Oliver

We started pulling some of the starters even though it was only 2-0 but you have to look at the big picture.

Kenny Graham

We should be solid defensively. We have five starters back. We are not very big but are fairly quick.

Jerry Warren

I don't know if we're running out of gas. I can't explain it, ... It's just one of those things where we're kind of in a rut right now. Our starters had a rough couple weeks, and I feel like our starters are really starting to come back and pitch well again. The hitters are having a little rough week now, too.

Jason Johnson

All five starters can put the ball in the hoop. But we know that our shooting from the outside will have to click for us to win games.

Josh Doyle

Those kids behind them have got to understand that they need to maintain that level. Because if they're not pushing (the starters) enough, then the door's never open for them to get through. But I think we've finally got eight to 10 kids who can do that.

Brent Pease

We're getting very good. Offensively, we're getting more scoring from our bench and our starters besides Quigley.

Lori Ulferts

That's who we are, a very good shooting team. We have five (starters) on the floor who can all make a big shot. They have a lot of heart and a lot of character. They believe in themselves, and we believe in them.

Bob Semling

The biggest thing is everybody has to be consistent. We had some ups and downs last year. Guys are coming in early, getting ready for the season. We've got some veteran guys to fill in the bullpen. Starters have to step up and get us through six or seven innings and give our bullpen a chance to finish it.

Aaron Harang

We feel our offensive line should be one of our strong points this season. We have four out of five starters returning from last year, and we expect them to come in and do the same job as last year and even take it to another level.

Bobby Campos

I thought going into the season, we were going to be somewhere around fifth place, and that's where we are. But if you would have told me that we would have lost four starters for the season, before district even started, and that we would end up with possibly five wins in district, I would have not believed it. My expectations were not only met, they were exceeded.

Jamie Betancur

We have a very experienced team back, not so much if you look at starters, but we have back a large number of kids who played.

Charly Mcloughlin

We really don't know our starters yet, or where everyone will play. We're looking for the right combinations.

Jeff Bryant

I thought Angelo did well considering he was thrown in there with no notice. The one thing about being a backup is you have to prepare like you're about to play. He does a great job of preparing, and (linebackers coach) Don Blackmon does a great job of preparing the backups like starters.

London Fletcher

It's not anything I can't overcome. I think in the preseason I made a couple of mistakes here and there that normally I wouldn't have made if I had played a little more. It's not anything I can't overcome; it's not anything that will be too detrimental to our success. Being able to take the snaps with the [starters] and getting the game-time preparation, obviously it's going to help me out a lot.

Anthony Wright

When those guys are healthy, we have four No. 1 starters in that rotation. I don't know if there is another team that can say that.

Bob Howry

I'm not sure if it was the drive or just the fact that we had beaten them handily both times we played but I thought the girls came out real flat. I wasn't real happy with the way our starters played.

Lori Crunk

They had all this hype, 11 defensive starters returning this year, and all their papers said they had the best defensive backs in the land. So now I guess we have the best D-backs in the land.

Jared Nepa

Ryan and Randy are very important pieces in our defensive scheme, any time you lose key starters, you have to hope that their replacements can come in and fill the void.

Rodney Lloyd

We've got three starters, five entrees including the half-pound New York steak, four side dishes and a dessert.

Tom Moxcey

Boy, I've got a lot of young guys this year. I have seven new starters on the field this year. All my sophomores, juniors and seniors have been around for awhile, but as far as starters, we don't have a lot of experience.

Nathan Henderson

Marion was the most athletic team we had played all season, before Fort Wayne Snider. All five starters, and maybe the first seven or eight players, are all extremely athletic. We did some things to turn it into an equal playing area against Marion. We'll likely use some of the same things against Snider.

Rick Peckinpaugh

We?re blessed and cursed in the same aspect. We have 20 quality players all the way around and it?s hard to get all of them in games a lot of times. We have our starters, but we feel comfortable when we make switches.

Richie Anderson

They are a very good football team, ... They have 17 starters back from a playoff team and they have seniors and they're good.

Richard Carson

I had to get (the starters) out. But the other kids held their own. They bent, but they didn't break.

Tom Johnson

I'm blessed to have a team where there is little or no separation between the starters and the bench players. That makes for good competition within our team, because our starters know if they don't perform at a certain level they will lose their jobs.

Wells Gulledge

It was an interesting experience for us. We had a lot of young players who hadn't played at the college level before, and it was definitely something different for them. We also did a lot of bonding as a team and that really helped us because a big majority of our starters were new.

Megan O'brien

I feel good about our kids, but we don't have a lot of returning starters. This is a great first game for us because Trigg will give us a huge test and we'll see from the start, what kind of team we have.

Bernard Brant

We actually return seven starters or part-time starters. There's an awful lot of guys that are returning this year that were part of a 21-1 team last year that had significant playing time.

Tom Sexton

The dual against Libby turned out about how we expected it would -- it wasn't very pretty. We had four starters out because we didn't want them to aggravate nagging injuries. I felt like I needed a M.A.S.H. unit to take care of everyone.

Tim Neff

I felt if there was a time for the Colts to be ripe for the picking, it was this game, and I said it before the game. It was almost a month since they played a meaningful game with all their starters, and you risk losing intensity going into the playoffs.

Bob Scucci

I'm tickled to death with the way we played. They're supposed to be tops in their district. They've got seven seniors and they're all returning starters.

Rhett Miller

For us to be back with eight returning starters on defense is exciting.

Coleman Hutzler

Anytime you lose three of your starters, it's huge.

Doug Fisher

We got in foul trouble and had a couple of starters out of the game. We out-played them three quarters and they had us one, but the game is decided in the total four quarters.

Dennis Peterson

That is an enormous amount for the first phase of selling. It is a good sign, because in France we are traditionally slow starters when it comes to ticket sales.

Bernard Lapasset

We had a lot of seniors last year and this season, we lost eight starters to graduation. I think that this team is very young, and we as a team and as individuals have a lot of room for improvement. They know that, and are looking forward to getting better each day.

Brian Mclaughlin

We are blessed with a lot of kids that can play. We have eight or nine that are starters.

Don Worstell

[The bullpen] picked me up when I had a horrible day. I'm just glad we have a staff that can do that and not just rely on our starters.

Ike Davis

This is one of the best pitching staffs in the league this year and that halfway proves it. How many starters did we have who had 200-plus innings?

Dustin Hermanson

They return six of seven starters. I'm sure they're thinking they can win. ... It's going to be a highly intense match.

Tom Liszka

They're a very good team and they have a great inside game, force a lot of turnovers and are the only team with three senior starters this weekend.

Stefanie Pemper

We came up in the first inning and our first three hitters all struck out. Then they put up a three spot up and we just came together. We hit around and I think the difference was our dugout. Everyone was in the game from our starters to our pinch hitters.

Joe Buckley

We've got some good players that are waiting in the wings to be the starters. But they are going to have to prove themselves early.

Chris Hatcher

At this point in the season, I really think we could use more depth. We have a ton of energy, but we need the bench really coming together, focusing on the task at hand and what needs to be done. If one of the starters doesn't have that drive, energy or spark, it's going to be our job to give it to them.

Laura Hall

I lost 10 of 11 offensive starters and that's never happened since (1978) I've been here.

Brian O'reilly

I feel like home is always with the starters. It's wherever the coaches want me to play.

Ryan Nece

We need to get all five starters involved. It's going to have to be a team effort.

Jack Bagley

If one of our starters go down, we don't lose anything. He's (Stiff) the type of player who can play two or three spots.

Al Westover

We would have liked to have seen our starters go against their starters. Their best player (Camara) is a tremendous player who is tremendously physical and tremendously active throughout the entire game and played 33 minutes.

Tony Bozzella

There will be competition at all positions. No starters are set in stone.

Richy Brooks

It's basically Doug [Wiggins] and four new starters. It shows not only how good he is, but how good the others have been to make the jump from not playing varsity to having to fill in spots that we didn't anticipate.

Anthony Menard

Lewis is a young team, mostly freshmen. We know they're inexperienced, so we can't look past them. Loyola has five of their seven starters back. They're a good team, no question.

Arnie Ball

I was one of the later starters and the snow definitely slowed from the start to the finish. But the track didn't get slushy and deep. I just started the race too conservatively.

Lanny Barnes

That's definitely encouraging that we've got all five starters and so many other players coming back. Everybody will be more experienced, more focused, and we all went through this together, so we know we won't go through this again.

Freddy Robinson

Eleven of 12 girls scored and our starters only played three minutes in the second half. I think accepting the trophy before the game really excited the girls. I was really pleased with their intensity as we head into the playoffs next week.

Dave Meade

We talk about us having six starters. Whoever that sixth person is going to be coming off the bench, they've got to be a spark, and Nicky did a great job of that.

Lyndsey Medders

Almost all of our starters had four fouls going into the fourth. It really limited the defensive pressure we could put on them.

Clayton Weaver

We work on the timing between our backs and linemen on running plays a lot. It helps to have five three-year starters on our line.

Bob Howard

I feel confident that we will be able to do that, ... Four starters return along with a deep bench, and our JV went 30-3 and won two tournaments last year.

Chuck Johnson

We know our roles. Our roles are to go out there and turn it up. We look forward to it. I mean, we can be starters, but you get used to coming off the bench and it's better for the team.

Justin Berry

We were missing two key starters in the second overtime, but I'm proud of the girls.

Deb Taylor

I really thought our match was like the championship because I believe we would have beaten Memphis. Our season could have been a lot better. I lost five starters from last year, two of them to injury. Not having Danny Caldwell (who broke his hand in the league meet) really hurt us last night. It's kind of discouraging.

Joe Lehmann

Our defense has really stepped up after losing all four starters from a year ago. They have done a fantastic job and helped to preserve wins.

Chris Liesendahl

We're starting to get the concept and believe in it. We have players filling their roles off the bench, allowing our starters a little rest. Everyone is accepting their roles.

Mike Turnan

It's amazing to know that we have so many players with so much potential. The team's going to go a long way for a long time. It gives us great confidence, that if one of our starters gets hurt, we've got an amazing backup who's ready to stand in there and take over.

Christy Madison

The outfield is more steady. They've all been starters in the outfield. I'm hoping the seniors' experience is the steady factor.

Joe Dalsass

That's our biggest question mark at this point. We lost eight starters at some key positions. We have a lot of inexperienced guys and we're waiting until the last minute to see who comes along the most for us. The defense has been the hardest to reconstruct.

John Mushtare

In the first half, they subbed quite a bit and we stuck with our starters for the most part. I think we got a bit tired in the second half.

Rex Parker

You can't always do what you would like to do, so you just hope the situation presents itself. You're aware of how much they're throwing, how hard (the starters) are working. That influences what you do. But we're still going to play the games and try to win them.

Dave Duncan

We're trying to get healthy. We had a couple starters out for the Southwest game, and a couple people that hadn't practiced. P.J. Gardner missed the game against Southwest, but he'll be back on the O-line. We're working on basic stuff, not looking to change much, just looking to continue to improve.

Brian Aldridge

The difference between the two games for us was that the first game was early in the season and we had two new starters and a lot of inexperienced players off the bench. By the time we played them the second time we had established our roles and everyone knew what was expected of them.

Tony Martin

All of the starters are feeding off each other. You feel good about what's going on here. We're just riding it out.

A.j. Burnett

In a 32-minute high school game, I'll usually give them 28 minutes. That's the middle of the fourth quarter. If the other coach waives the white flag and pulls his starters at the beginning of the third quarter, I'll do the same.

Greg Nossaman

It's definitely a whole different world than playing without two starters. After the first four minutes of the first half, we had a really good run there until the third quarter. We used our pressure defense and got some easy baskets.

Brad Ridenour

Hopefully, Jus and Courtney will be what we need (as starters). That's why they were brought in.

Bob Coolen

But it's never too late to sign up. Some classes still have openings, and costs will be pro-rated for late starters.

Jason Genck

Jake has really been one of the starters who really hasn't had that day where he walks the house, so to speak. He's throwing strikes and, of all our pitchers, he has worked ahead in the count for the most part this season.

Rick Heller

I thought those guys came in and did a great job moving on offense. It didn't signal that we were packing it in. I was just showing them (the starters) how I wanted movement. I let them sit down and watch and see how those guys were moving.

Jake Krause

We don't have tremendous offense, but our starters have been trying to keep us in the ball game.

Pat Kelly

When I took over the job four years ago we were just in one of those down cycles. Then last year, we had four starters who were juniors go down with injuries.

John Whitelavich

Leadership and the six returning starters will be strong points for us this season.

Chris Kubbs

We need six starters for the season and four for conference play.

Kris Doorey

He's my backbone. He's taught me a lot. For starters, he tempered me down.

Kareena Kapoor

Some schools don't play their starters on special teams.

Anthony Henry

We've got our starters set, and we've been bringing up some guys to give them a taste of varsity basketball.

Jonathan Anderson

I think we have enough talent to win 40 baseball games, but we can't do it with nine guys. We'll probably continue to play 13 to 14 guys as starters.

Stan Hyman

They just got us with the big play. Right now, we're down to zero returning starters, so we're just trying to get better every week.

Pat Davis

We were playing against national talent up there and that really beat up our starters. We're still trying to get our legs back underneath us.

Mozelle Williams

Do you play your starters? Certainly you do. But Tony has to decide how much is enough.

Mark Schlereth

Those games were going to give us visibility and some extra money, for starters. From the get-go, we knew that in order to gain credibility and respectability and have the chance to shock the world, we were going to have to play with the big boys.

Larry Blakeney

It's great. We've got three good starters (including junior right-hander Matt Smith), and he's a solid No. 2 hitter. He laid down a couple of great bunts (Tuesday). I feel like we have a complete team again.

Jono Cornelius

We don't label people as starters. We have eight to 10 players and we just play them. We have a nice rotation.

Butch Wade

We're still working that out. Josh McDonald has gotten better every single time out. He threw well this past weekend. He's one of our top four starters.

Joe Hudak

They are trying to find their niche. Most of these pitchers coming out of college were starters. It's an adjustment for them.

Tom Brookens

I don't think there's going to be any more pressure on us because of that. We're losing three senior starters, but we have people off the bench that played well when they got into the game.

Whitney Zachariason

All four starters return to the back position. We are confident in the experience that will be represented there.

Jim Barlow

We feel we match up with Oregon-Davis pretty well in terms of size. What concerns us about them, though, is they're very balanced offensively with all five starters capable of scoring in double figures.

Dave Driggs

We didn't have two of our starters. I told my players at the beginning of the match this is an opportunity for some of them who don't play as much to make an impact, make a difference. I don't think we did that today.

Corey Romanak

It's the first time in about a year and a half that we've been fully healthy. Other starters have picked up playing different positions (during the season). We're pretty versatile because of the injuries early.

Rory Mckellips

We played great character football in the second half. We had some kids, who are not starters (and) who were not defensive specialists. They were kids that we had to borrow to put in there to makeshift and do some things. We had a lot of people playing the whole way. We probably should have started it like that.

Doug Kay

I'm looking to get more out of my starters, Boyle and McAdams, and hopefully, consistency will come with each performance.

Steve Nielsen

We have our best depth in the midfield. Three of our four starters from last season return, giving us a group of experienced veterans.

Michael Moynihan

It was a total team effort tonight, especially the bench. They gave us the energy in the second half. We need consistently guys like that to come in, when the starters aren't rolling or me and Ray aren't rolling, and give us a little bit of help and keep us in the game.

Rashard Lewis

We've had about nine days off and we have a virus going around on the team, so some of our starters are a little sick. We were forced to move them in and out. We were a little sloppy, but when we had to turn it up, we did.

Jeff Newhall

We knew they were going to make a run, and we got out (of) the gate early, ... We couldn't play all our (starters) the entire 20 minutes of the first half, so we had to make some substitutions and they took advantage. They changed the momentum, and it got them right back into the ball game.

Charlotte Observer

We have the nucleus of a good team. We lost two seniors, but we've got five of our starters back. We feel we have something to build around. We think we have the nucleus of a strong team, we just have to round into shape.

Norm Bruemmer

We wanted to go with our starters as long as possible. It didn't quite work that way, but Brad came in and pitched real well.

Kyle Poock

One player is not bigger than the team. A some point during the season, we've pretty much had every one of our starters miss time or miss games and we've been fine. It's unfortunate, the timing of some of our injuries but that's the way basketball goes. We have confidence in each other.

Kara Lawson

After a good showing against Carmel, we took a step back. We were missing two starters but that's not an excuse.

Juan Nieves

I was concerned. [Black] was cooling off, and I had three of my starters on the bench.

Chris Scott

I don't think we had one guy on the court as big as any of their starters. The kids blocked out and played tough.

Tom Hoppe

Kenny is a talented player. There are few teams in Division I football that can say they have a freshman starting at safety. We have two freshmen starters at safety, Obi Green being the other. Both have been improving every week and I believe they will be outstanding players in the Patriot League one day.

Tom Gilmore

We played 9-10 guys and every one of them went in there and contributed something. We just try to chop, chop, chop to get our starters a couple of breaks.

Ricky Hicks

We have got a lot of good hitters back. All six starters batted over .300 and three batted over.400 in Sullivan, Hayden and Ladd. The leadership has been pretty good. We are a senior laden team.

Tony Pullen

Tom is basically a master of the psychological side of coaching, ... Every player on the roster, from the starters to the last guy on the bench, is confident about his abilities.

Tony Lawson

It's possible. I lost five girls but I have two of my starters still from last year.

Dawn Robert

We played without three of our starters for a large part of the game. I was very proud of the players who stepped in to fill the void, they did a great job keeping us in it.

Timothy Rippy