Famous Quotes & Sayings

We had three goals before the season started and they were to win league, win district and win state. We've already done two of those.

This was for the seniors. This was our first district title and it feels awesome.

This was the one I wanted. I want the district championship but I wanted to get to the round where you know you have a shot to get to the next round. They're excited. After the game, they were asking, 'When's the next game?' They're ready to play.

This was an important win going into the Texarkana Tournament. I'm excited to get a look at Texas High before district play, and that will give us an idea of what we'll be facing in the district showdown.

This was an important win going into the Texarkana Tournament, ... I'm excited to get a look at Texas High before district play, and that will give us an idea of what we'll be facing in the district showdown.

This was a big win for us. We finished in second place in district last year, and we lost in the first round so one of our goals this time around was to go further than we did.

What's at stake is reputation of the school district and the learning of the children. Those are very important things and we can't leave that to chance.

What Pete and Jake did this year as leaders is what Jake and Matt will have to do next year. Matt would've been a district qualifier and maybe even a state qualifier if he'd not gotten hurt, so we're going to be improved next season, especially with the experience these freshmen got.

We said it before the season that this district was even. Whoever scores the most runs is going to win and this is a perfect example. We scored the most runs.

Marcus Washington

We knew one of these years he was going to retire, we just didn't know it was going to be our senior year. We at least got (Stephenson) that district championship.

We keep playing good but we're not getting the results. We can't wait for district to start.

We think the Senate has failed to meet its constitutional obligation to give notice and due process and equal protection to the voters of district 29.

We also have to start thinking about how to run this district if the levy doesn't pass.

We're trying to just stay focused on this game and play this game. We'd like to have a district championship.

Mike Conway

We were recognized as a school district with distinction on numerous occasions.

We have been playing good teams. Our district is competitive. Things can turn around for you, but they may not.

We have guys who have been in district and state games before, and that will help us.

We won our first district title back in 1993 on a half-court shot, and I thought it was going to happen again.

We had a heck of a season. At the start of the season, nobody had us on the radar. We have won three straight district titles. Not bad.

We kind of have the same problem volleyball does in that our district is not as strong as some other districts. We have to work really hard to maintain our focus.

We kind of have a game plan now for the district for the next year, but ... we need to have a longer-term vision,

Twelve and 0 in district is pretty good.

John Jones

To get two road wins in our district in Abilene is extremely important. Any time you win in Abilene, it's a big accomplishment.

I do not mind losing in the regular season. We're preparing all year for the district tournament, that's what we're playing for.

Michael Bennet

I am most interested in the outcomes at schools and school districts and ensuring that all kids are prepared for college and a career in the 21st-century job market.

Our seniors did a good job. We had a few district qualifiers and we got one to state this year.

Our district will be really tough. We still have a ways to go, and we want to be ready.

Our district tries to give us games later, down the road, because all the other districts are still playing. We only have the four teams so I think that's why they schedule those games a little later.

Our district is going to be tough. It's going to be every week from here on out,

Our expectation was to do better than we did at the district meet.

Scott Patterson

People retired all the time, but because Hurley and Knott were with the district for so many years, they are such an institution, so the thought was we should give them a proper send-off.

Of our general fund, 20 percent of Pleasant Grove's is provided by the state, ... The other 80 percent of funds necessary to operate our district come through local revenues.

After what those kids have gone through, I don't see any district turning them away.