We stepped up defensively. We held Stockton to no threes, and 30 percent shooting from the field. Unfortunately, we only shot 28 percent from the field. Some timely threes from Donovan kept us in the game.

Rob Durling

These girls stepped it up all year and they are a hard-working great bunch of kids.

Cindy Nuñez

How much more pressure can you give the kid. She stepped up to the challenge. Midway through the season, her starting spot was challenged, which forced her to work harder and she earned it back.

Kelly Mathews

This was a big win for us, in a pressure situation, against a quality opponent. Breckenridge has won many tournaments, and we haven't. We stepped up, and played well enough to win. I told them, 'Beating a great team in a great arena, is a great victory. We're playing a great team. This is a great arena, and this is going to be a great victory.' And that's all I said.

Gary Stanglewicz

We couldn't have played much better. Everybody stepped it up. They've just gotten better and better and pulled each other along. They really played like a team.

Gail Kloster

He really has stepped up his play.

Randy Cornwell

They all pitched well. They all stepped up.

Luis Gonzalez

Microsoft has stepped up to the plate in a way we've never seen before.

Chuck Austin

Every day I wish I would have stepped up from that table and walked out. That was the worst conduct I had ever been part of and everybody knew exactly what was going on at that meeting.

David Delainey

The community really stepped up to the plate. It was really fun and the musicians had an awesome time playing.

Jennifer Young

Kevin Loyd obviously stepped up in the second half. That's a great feeling to have a sophomore that can come in and step up like that.

Grant Rice

CARD has been in complete support of youth-based facilities in the area. They have recognized there needs to be an increase of those facilities and have stepped forward to be a great supporter of the project.

Brett Swip

Life changed after that jump...I'd suddenly stepped to the highest level of daring, a level above even that which airplane pilots could attain.

Charles Lindbergh

He really stepped it up when he had to.

Brian Morse

She really stepped it up and said enough of this.

Kris Henry

Everybody stepped up in the first half, but I told our team that we had played great for 16 minutes in previous games and that we needed to be ready for a run in the second half.

Curt Ziegmont

All the girls stepped up. We played lights out basketball, and we didn't give it up late.

Pat Adams

(Lindsey) has stepped up for us in other games, but we have to give her a lot of credit. When she got going, then everybody got going and that really helped us.

Dave Mcdermott

It took us a while to find our defensive rhythm, but they stepped up in the second half.

Victoria Gonzales

David Prescott had a fantastic game. He stepped up tonight.

Jack Bagley

We had a few that didn't play their best game tonight but we had few that stepped up and that's what tournament play is all about.

Randy Lambert

We played hard and finished during that 17-0 run. We stepped it up defensively. We didn't give them anything.

Todd Henderson

We really stepped it up from the second quarter to the end of the third.

Alex Kellogg

I can't say enough about Austin. He stepped up and ran the point and played good press defense full court the entire game and hit shots. He had a great game.

Phil Hansen

[Hebert] has been in a lot of games for us. I thought he gave us the best chance to win and he stepped up.

Albert Flores

We said at the beginning of the season we wanted to be NFC South champions, and I don't know how many people outside the locker room really believed that. But once we stepped on that field the first day in training camp, nobody here doubted what we could do.

Alex Smith

I thought the rest of their kids stepped up and played with a lot of focus.

Gary Hull

The kids played hard in a very good game and we really stepped up our shooting in the fourth quarter. Nathan (Mahomet head coach Nathan Seal) has put together a quality program over there so this is a big win for us.

Debbie Coffman

I told them today before we stepped out of the van, 'I sincerely believe we can all finish in the top 10,' and I think that was in the back of her mind. It was good to see that perseverance.

Jesse Broderson

It's not going to be easy. But Fowlerville was ranked in the state earlier this year. But the kids have stepped up with every situation thrown at them and I think we will step up again.

Todd Skinner

He stepped up and hit some key shots for us. He got the game ball tonight, he has a lot of toughness.

Danny Brown

He doesn't deserve this. If F.E.M.A. had stepped in the day of the storm and helped up out, he wouldn't have had to do what he had to do.

Rhonda Hobson

It was really overwhelming to see the way that people responded - the kind of class and grace, and compassion and support, and resourcefulness that people showed. It was almost like rather than knocking us down, Sept. 11 kind of stepped us up. I was very impressed with that. It showed me that there's really nothing we can't handle.

Liev Schreiber

It made me very happy to have two runners make all-conference. The kids stepped up and competed very well.

Ian Battles

I'm not making any bones about it: we have two or three guys who make a lot of money on this team, ... You know who they are and it's time they stepped up and took the team to another level.

Brent Sutter

Investors in the community have stepped up and are willing to make an investment in those properties, ... because they could potentially be viable pieces of property.

James Hurt

He had an opportunity to win the game for them or they were going to lose the game. He stepped up and made the plays.

Fran Mccaffery

They're a very good team. We didn't play well the first half but a lot of subs stepped up in the second half.

Carrie Bailey

Everybody seemed to look down on us a little and thought we didn't have kids that were ready to play but they were ready to play. I think everybody was on point tonight, they were just hungry. Seniors stepped up. Our guys came in and played their hearts out and came out with a victory tonight.

Mike Gainey

Twenty-one (points) is a great performance, but other guys stepped up.

Rob Schmidt

We didn't move the ball around enough. Toward the end of the game, we stepped it up and played a little harder.

Tom Marshall

Breckenridge is a really good team and our girls stepped up and played really well in the finals.

Gary Stanglewicz

We had a lot of freshmen who stepped up and played well last season. They now have a year under their belts, so I think we'll improve this year.

Keith Wilbur

Katie (Armour) has done a great job this season as a freshman. She has stepped up and been a great addition to this team.

Brenda Coldren

Our guys haven't been in a game like this in a while. But they have been together now for two years. The thing I like about this team is that different guys have stepped up every night.

Phil Price

It's good for them to come out the way they did. I am just proud the way they showed up today. I had a couple players gone and a couple of them stepped up and played really well for us.

Jay Harper

Kyle Carver really stepped up for us, too. He had a great all-around game, handling the ball, scoring. He missed the first four games and is really coming along now.

Mark Movrich

She just stepped it up, ran the floor and was a great leader.

Al Northington

Once we got that under our belt, we stepped right up again and played really well.

Kathy Whitworth

She really stepped up tonight. In her four years on the varsity, she has really improved her outside shooting. She's also a big leader on this team.

Julie Loehrke

Alyssa and Lauren were great tonight. Alyssa stepped up big-time on both sides of the ball and Lauren hit some huge three point shots.

Curt Lloyd

My coaching strategy, I like to try and dictate the pace. But against Fisk, you can't always do that. You have to trust your players to make plays. When our guys saw opportunities, they took them. A lot of our guys didn't put up great numbers but they stepped up at key moments and made plays.

Tony Duckworth

We've got some young guys who have worked hard who need to step up. It's time. We've got a good group of sophomores, and going to find out on Friday if they have (stepped up).

Patrick Brown

I ripped some girls at halftime and challenged them, and they stepped up and did the job tonight. She looked me in the eye and said, 'I'll get the job done,' and I think she did a good job on Whitney Lindsay in the second half.

Brian Carr

The team stepped up. Everybody played a big part, which makes it even more special.

Greg Patton

If we continue wrestling with all the heart and courage we have, I wouldn't bet against us. Our studs give us a chance to be in it, but it is our background guys, the guys that normally don't get their names in the paper that have stepped up and made us better.

Bart Thompson

B.J. really has been a surprise as he has stepped up his game. He is very competitive and prides himself on always being first in anything we do. Down the line as he develops, he will help us.

Turhan Douglas

When we tried to make a run, Pitts or Jones always stepped up.

Jenny Teater

Mark really stepped it up tonight. He has become more of a leader the last two weeks. He came up with some big points tonight.

Kent Smith

Jack is more confident and more aggressive this season. He's also stepped up and become more of a leader for us.

Curtis Eccles

I challenged our starters to set the tempo early. I thought our starters one through five stepped up and played well tonight.

Lois Heeren

When I was playing we had chemistry but when I was gone we developed better chemistry. We stepped up as a team tonight.

Joevan Catron

I give them all the credit in the world. They stepped up, kept them in the game and carried them. They did more than carry them. They had the lead.

Tommy Tonelli

The seniors stepped up and played really well. My juniors stepped up, too. It was a total team effort. This is a real good win for us. The guys deserve it.

Dave Hooker

Adrian is kind of stone-faced all of the time. He is pretty quiet, but that's his nature. This has been the year he really stepped up. We wouldn't be the team we are without him.

Rhys Orpe

Dave has really stepped it up this year. He's a smart kid and can anticipate where the ball is going. He has some good moves down low, and he finishes.

Shawn Baumgartner

He stepped up. This is his second year as our starting quarterback and that experience paid off on that last drive.

Paul Bauer

We are not going to purchase a building right off, because we don't want to be in debt. We are looking to get into a partnership with a church or school to use their facilities and so far the Christian Life Center and the Cleveland school district stepped forward to offer their services.

Jo Vandver

I thought Rodney Carney stepped up really big when he had to. The 3 he hit towards the end of the first half, and the 3 when it was a two-point game late in the second half, hurt us.

Doug Wojcik

I was so proud of her. She really stepped up.

Chrissey Cruz

I can tell you that he really stepped up to community responsibility at a time that Rochester really needed a publisher to not just be in Rochester but to be of Rochester.

David Mack

The defense stepped up and played a lot better tonight. They only gave up 13 points while last week they gave up 35.

Ray Keller

Tonight was another step in the right direction for our program. Evan and Brian certainly stepped it up tonight. They both wrestled quality opponents, and I thought they were outstanding.

Rob Haydak

Chris stepped and took full advantage of the opportunity he had in the fourth. We needed someone to play tough inside for us, and he came through in a big way.

Mark Horvath

It wasn't a perfect win, but we came through at the end. We needed a lot of hustle plays and our press wasn't as effective as it's been in the past, but we stepped it up in those crunch minutes in the end. We will learn from this.

Aisha Jefferson

She's the type of player who not only scores and rebounds, but does a lot of things that don't get in the books. She's really stepped up when we needed her to and she helped establish our inside game.

Kelly Mathews

Evan has played very well against them. That's one thing that stands out in my mind. We've had great work ethic and great goaltending. If you want to have a good penalty kill, your goalie's got to be your best guy on the ice. Our goaltenders have really stepped up.

Tracy Egeland

We were a whole lot better. We stepped up our game. We knew what we had to do.

Andre Hatchett

We all played good defense. We all played aggressive. Everybody was hitting the boards, getting a lot of rebounds. We were jelling tonight. We played good team defense. We helped each other and stepped out on their shooters.

Ryan Mooney

Booneville shot the ball well but that's not against the rules. We stepped into the hornets' nest a little bit tonight. We didn't play bad but Booneville played better and they got after us.

David Ferrell

I thought Emily played fantastic, and she really held her own. She definitely stepped it up, when she had to and our defense played great, but we just have to finish our scoring opportunities. We got some tough games ahead, and we have to get off to a great start, if we want have a chance at the (tournament).

Cathy Berry

We didn't want to be in a hole in the last round, but we really stepped up in a lot of places. Those are pretty big wins for those three.

Mark Reiland

I thought, considering we only have two returners from last season (Kari Rodgers and Cassie Sowers), they really stepped up and didn't fold under pressure, ... That says a lot for the girls who are young and don't have much experience.

Lori Anderson

We went through some spells when we just couldn't score. We cut it to 3 and were right in it, but they stepped up and hit some big free throws.

Lea Herndon

Max stepped it up when he needed to.

Jesus Galindo

Jacki stepped up big tonight. We kept her on the low blocks and put Alicia (Morris) up top where she's always a danger.

Joe Fussner

It's almost like they are still expecting somebody to lead them. They were led for so long and the group I had last year was so strong that nobody has stepped up and surfaced yet.

Cheryl Buffo

He's in good condition, but the league has just stepped up that much. You look around these fields and usually the response is 'holy (cow).' It's that good.

Charlie Dowd

We've stepped up the whole process. You can never say never but I believe it's a better system than we've had in the past.

Shane Pearsall

Dominick is a good fighter, and he was the only one who stepped up and was willing to fight me, ... I'm not looking past him. I wish the fight was tomorrow because I'm ready to go.

James Toney

They didn't hesitate. Right when we needed it most, when I was getting locked down, they stepped up and they made the shots that needed to be made. I just can't say enough about my teammates.

Spencer Hawes

He's going to be one sore puppy (today). (This) was his first game back and he almost played every minute. He stepped up.

Mark Pearson

The second half was a lot better for us. Our team stepped up and played well, had we played that well in the first half, this game might of had a different outcome.

Jill Bigelow

We entered her in the 800 but we didn't have anyone in the mile and she stepped up and said she's run it. She came in second. It was a pleasant surprise.

Jenna Bond

Jackson played a great game. Our bench stepped up and did a nice job of rebounding and screening.

Tad Secrest

They stepped up their play in the second half.

Jill Bigelow

We really stepped it up. Once we pressured the ball, they really didn't know what to do.

Chris Verosky

Our big boys, Jacob Mills and Sean Campbell, have been stepping up big in the tournament. Jason Ferrell and Cole Bradham also have stepped up and our entire team has picked it up defensively.

Vince Lombardo

Now that we've stepped it up, it's a bigger rivalry now. It's actually competition now compared to what it used to be.

Mike Carroll

It was only when we stepped on to the basketball court when we paid attention to the media and whatever was being said about us by everyone. When we went back to the hotel, it was about our personal life and about enjoying ourselves.

Manny T. Lopez

There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river; while you went on living, it went on living too, and like a river moved on and moved away. No one has stepped twice into the same river. But did anyone ever step twice into the same book?

Marina Tsvetaeva

We stepped our intensity up, played better defense, applied the pressure.

Baron Davis

From where we were [Tuesday], the state has really stepped up. FEMA has stepped up.

Kristin Jacobs

She's been a team player all year, and last year when Meghan got hurt, she really stepped up and played on both ends of the court.

Coach Mary Ramsey

It felt great winning a championship on our home floor. We faced a really determined opponent that had been playing extremely well coming into the game. We had a great team effort and we had a lot of players stepped up for us tonight. This win really showed how much heart and chemistry we have on our team.

Cindi Simmons

We only had five players, so we had no room for error. The guys really stepped up under some tough circumstances.

Rick Behler

That kid was aggressive. He came after Terence, but Terence stepped it up and did his job.

Adam Alirez

Our No. 4 through 6 really stepped it up. Especially Jeff Snyder.

Darren Maynard

Brittney just really stepped it up and took over the game.

Pat Foley

I thought Miller did an excellent job and really stepped up at times.

Mark Rosen

She really stepped up and played some quality tennis for us.

Mike Dowd

This was a hard game for us to play. Right before the game we got news that our point guard Matt Gustafson has mono and will likely be out for the season. However, I thought that everyone on the team stepped up their game. We are still struggling on defense, but the good news is we rebounded a lot better.

Coach Rusty Taylor

The thing that's going to make it tough is that the whole ACC has stepped it up.

Steve Powell

Josh Barnett had a great game tonight. He is normally a bench player, but he stepped it up. He has been injured in the past, but he has been feeling better and doing great the past two weeks.

Neil Hogan

Mr. Allen saved this franchise. I was on the team in 1996 when we had basically packed our bags and moved down to Anaheim [California]. He stepped in when approached by city officials to put a bid up to purchase the team and take us in a different direction. That's exactly what he has done.

Mack Strong

It was a tough loss. We didn't play real well in the second half. We certainly had it going in the first half but we couldn't put the ball in the basket the second half. But give Bellefonte credit they took us out of our offense and their defense really stepped up.

Jeff Appleman

They had no answer for Omar Jones. He really stepped up and played one of his best overall games.

Paul Dunn

The churches and people of rural North Louisiana have stepped in and done a better job than the government could have ever done.

Scott Henderson

Jon Beranek and Ryan Skriver worked their butts off. Jon Beranek stepped up huge. I'll tell you what, late in the fourth quarter he bent over backward. I thought his knee was gone. He gets up and 'I'm fine. Let's go.' That's how you play West Branch football.

David English

This was a team effort. Different guys made plays, and then other guys stepped up and made plays.

Matt Heiser

Xerox has pretty much stepped on its own toes in a way, by implementing a number of restructurings all at one time last year.

James Corridore

Hayward had an astronomical shot total. We concentrated on strong defense, and the girls stepped up ? especially Jessie McCutcheon. The girls talked and communicated real well.

Mark O'neill

They played outstanding defense in the second half. They really stepped it up.

Michael Mycko

He has been a consistent performer over the last three years and he performs in the very big matches. He has really stepped up for the biggest games at Twickenham.

Jason Robinson

She stepped into tough times and did a great job.

Tammy Smith

Danielle is one of those players that just a scrapper. She does all the dirty work that other people don't want to. She stepped up too and hadn't even shot a three all year.

Bobby Ervin

Everyone stepped up. Everyone knew we had to make up for it.

Dawn Chriss

Sarah really stepped up for us today. She's got a lot of talent but has just been a little unlucky at times.

Tom Basel

I have to say at the beginning of the season I was nervous because I lost some many kids to graduation and other schools. But these kids that are here have just stepped up. I'm very proud of them.

Todd Wilkins

I was relaxed coming in and didn't feel any extra pressure. I don't feel any pressure with this team because Sheila (Adams) and Amber (Strong) have stepped up.

Ashley Mcfarland

Lamar has stepped up where [former standout] Justin Jackson left off. He's on track to break all of Justin's records if he hangs in there.

Phillip Brown

The kids did an awesome job, especially on defense. Ryan came out and stepped up and proved what he can do with the football.

Steve Weston

The guards just stepped up and did a great job with No. 25. I'm proud of them. I could tell the momentum had switched. When we came back after halftime, their heads were down. The girls were happy to be within five points at halftime.

Sarah Battin

We're making progress. There were some good in-season swims today and some people stepped up, so hopefully it's showing that we're going to do something good [in the Pac-10 tournament].

Mike Chasson

They stepped up and made plays and made free throws. We had a lot of nice looks at the basket and didn't make shots. They did and we didn't.

Joe Voelker

She has a laid-back personality. At times she hides, and then at times when you need her she'll step up. In the second quarter when we made that run, she was the one who stepped forward.

Mike Schmidli

Don stepped into a world where monetary operations were broken.

Peter Fisher

You lose confidence after a while and start believing that you can't win games down the stretch. The guys stepped up. We got pretty much every rebound we needed to get, and that was a confidence booster for us.

Ibrahim Jaaber

Our seniors really stepped up. They've been in big games. They do the little things it takes to win.

Terri Bamford

We spend so much recognition on sports, but the Post-Herald stepped up and did an admirable job of bringing attention to the academic side of our schools.

John Draper

Man, this is a big win. So many different guys stepped up.

Brandon Heath

A lot of guys stepped up tonight. We have a lot of weapons on this team. It was a good team win.

Joe Hatch

We were very unhappy with our blocking and execution offensively (last week). I think our senior linemen stepped up this week and did a great job tonight.

Dave Sanderson

We stepped up. We had two or three kids that really stepped up and played pretty well, and I think we'll do well at the state tournament.

Wayne Alexander

It's tough because it limits our rotation. You definitely lose some offense. Fortunately, we've got tough kids that maybe played above their skill level and stepped up.

Kevin Estes

Once the fourth quarter rolled around, both teams really stepped it up. It was like a regular pickup game. Neither team wanted to go home a loser.

Jodie Meeks

She's a streaky shooter. She's not going to stop shooting. I just told her to quit thinking about shooting the ball and she stepped up, knocked them down and gave us a big spark.

Kevin Clipperton

Kate has been coming along nicely. She has stepped it up the past few games and we've needed her.

Holly Misto

I used to officiate for 15 years. I never ever stepped on the court. Oh, well. I guess they don't want to hear me.

Leonard Butler

He really took the kid and made him earn everything he got. All the kids played great. Judd (Spencer) stepped up, as did Austin Laing. They both hit some big shots down the stretch.

Ryan Bowman

Today we saw the advantage of playing the whole field. Our passing skills are improving and we are not rushing our shots. The defense covered our goal area when Presentation threatened. Everyone stepped up their personal level of play today.

Sara Dickman

We struggled at free throws all year long. In the end, our kids stepped up and got some huge rebounds for us.

Don Showalter

It's been kind of frustrating. I wish it weren't this way. I wish that our season could be judged by what's happening on the basketball court, but unfortunately things haven't been that way. The problem is that I thought we would be all right. But we haven't stepped up the way we should have.

Shawn Knaub

He's really focused. He knows what has to be done. He's focused on the task at hand. He wants to have a very big year, and I think that he is. He's a senior now. He's matured and he knows what has to be done. He has definitely stepped up and become the leader that we need on defense.

Joe Anoai

She's really stepped her game up this year. She's a really good player and there's always been a close competition between her and us because we're so familiar with one another.

Courtney Mccomas

Even though we had to absorb cost inflation of approximately $400 million in 2005 -- more than double the level expected heading into the year -- we stepped up our brand-building efforts, investing about $90 million in incremental marketing and research expenses.

Thomas Falk

Elliot was really in a period where he was writing a lot ... feeling the inspiration. It was really hitting with us, feeling like he was pushing the next evolution of the band. The eight of us are a collective, but Elliot stepped up to the plate with a bunch of material that was really progressive.

Alex Beram

(Mullins) played an excellent game. He has really stepped up his game this year and I think he is establishing himself as one of the better guards in the NE-10.

Tom O'shea

Brittany has stepped up, actually. She hasn't been telling everyone what to do, she's been showing them how.

Michelle Buckley

We had some big breakdowns in big situations. The long third down plays killed us, Gavin was a ton he picked up big yards in big situations, when we keyed on him other players stepped up.

Jade Noard

Every time he stepped on the ice, we knew it.

Maris Ziedins

We didn't come all this way for nothing. We weren't going down without a fight. We got on the boards, played good defense and Raven stepped up. She played like a senior.

Ashley Watkins

We were definitely nervous because of how much weight Jimmy took on last year. We knew we weren't totally incompetent back in net, but Ben, when he stepped in, he and (Matt Lundin) have been challenging each other, putting pressure on the other to perform. One finally emerged, and it was Ben.

Travis Ramsey

We found out we can't just be dependent on one or two guys. We needed everyone to make a difference. Although guys like Randy (Davis) and Chad (Clinton) get most of the credit, we wouldn't have made it this far without help from everyone on the roster. Whether it's in practice or during a game, all these guys have stepped up for us.

Jack Edison

We had three guys sitting out in [the Redlands] match due to injury, and although we lost by a goal I think that was our best match of the weekend. I was really happy with a lot of the things I saw from a lot of our guys, we went deep off of the bench and they stepped up and contributed.

Keith Wilbur

The international community stepped up the pressure on the government.

Fernando Rospigliosi

It was a really physical game. We stepped up to the challenge of a pretty good rugby team.

Rob Weedon

It was a team effort, and we got the win we needed at home. We knew they wanted to get one of two here, but we came together and stepped up when we needed to.

Josh Harding

We stepped up the defensive pressure. We got two five-second counts. That was pretty sweet.

Rebecca Blum

Ever since last Saturday, they couldn't wait to play. They were focused the entire week. We had a game plan and they stuck with it. Meredith came out on fire and then everyone stepped up in the second half. And then Courtney with her defense was just incredible.

Karin Leary

Christina stepped up for us. She has been playing well throughout the holidays and has improved for us.

Gary Crane

Their freshmen stepped up for them.

Dave Baeten

We've had different kids who have stepped up and played well on any given night. We've had pretty balanced scoring.

Tom Suelzle

Someone dropped a bottle as I was ready to hit on No. 8 so I backed off the ball. I stepped back in, tried to be positive, hit it, and it came off the club just the way I wanted it to. But I'm as surprised as anybody it went in. You don't ever expect a tee shot to disappear into the hole.

Tom Purtzer

We had ice left over. The local sculptors' association stepped forward and said, 'If you sharpen our tools, we'll build you more ice sculptures.' So we had fresh new sculptures for this weekend.

Wanda Bornn

She definitely stepped up on both ends of the court.

Lavonda Wagner

He's stepped up really good for us in that role. He's been really disciplined at the plate, not swinging at bad pitches. He's competing really well and he's always on base for us.

Bruce Cimorelli

They all stepped it up. It was a team goal to win every event, but the other swimmers did very well, too. The girls swam hard to get second and third place finishes, and those points are just as important.

Jessica Laws

[In the first half] we gave them a little bit in terms of more space and didn't really allow them to sneak in behind as much. Part of that is our midfield stepped up its pressure and started to close down spaces so they didn't have as much time, and time and space is key in soccer.

Dean Duerst

They were boxing Andy in and we started hitting shots on the perimeter. Justin hit a lot of shots and Jeremy stepped up to get us back in it.

Jeff Parsons

We got a little tired and lost a couple we shouldn't have. Our freshmen really stepped up and played well, though, which was really encouraging to see.

Chris Gore

Biggest win, ... The kids just played phenomenal. They executed the game plan well. The defense stepped up and the offense made big plays.

David Payne

He'd been struggling and I'm so happy for the lift he gave this team as a senior in a championship game. You couldn't script it better than that. I'm so proud of the way he stepped up in this game.

Alan Magnani

We have a lot of sophomores and some of them stepped up in that game.

Bill Moseley

We didn't come out with our game. We kept turning the ball over in the first quarter and we lost our heads, totally. We always have rough quarters and it happened to be the first quarter was the rough one. We stepped it up a little bit, but it wasn't enough. But we did our best. I'm glad and I'm happy for my team.

Brittany Bell

We had a couple of left fielders go down and (Ryan) Strauss stepped in. Hopefully McArdle can do the same thing. I know he is ready to play first base. There is no doubt about that. Defensively, he's gotten so much better. (At the plate) he can really put a charge in the baseball.

Ryne Malone

The heart and never-say-die attitude was key. The guys just battled and battled. We've got a lot of guys going both ways, had some key injuries the week before, but a lot of guys stepped up and that's what it's all about.

Larry Wall

The girls never gave up. Even when they were down 19-13 in the third game, they stepped up and finished.

Andrea Ford

This team has really stepped it up and they've become a very good defensive team.

Dick Katte

No one said, 'This child deserves better.' No one stepped up.

Cathy Smith

Somebody was going to pick it up. Actually, everybody stepped up.

Matt Gray

We worked off each other's strengths to intimidate those around us and propel us forward, ... The pack really stepped it up this week from our last meet two meets ago. As we continue with our speed training, this should only continue to improve.

Ashley Campbell

There was a lot of response in the '90s. A lot of people stepped up, and we saw kids' lives changed. We had an influence in making the community a safer place.

Mike Gerhard

While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love.

Roger Zelazny

It was made known to all four that they would only play if they worked for it. All four stepped up and got better.

Jordan Nelson

We stepped off the plane in Dallas and it was 72 degrees. From zero to 72, that was nice.

Jackie Smith

West Port hit the ball hard all night. They made us earn everything we got. A couple of our veterans stepped up and gave us a lift when we needed it.

Tommy Bond

Our readers really stepped up with some insane street names. We learned a lot about the byways of this country, not to mention the collective sense of humor of city planners everywhere.

Paul Eisenstein

My brother stepped up so big and I?m so proud of him. His hard work has really paid off. He was crazy out there.

Kyle Singler

Greg really stepped up in the series and was one of our best players.

Lyle Killins