Brian Champion
Brian Champion
cloud drops dumped gives hope later minutes nasty north rolls switched time
Every time it gives you hope, a big old nasty cloud rolls over you and hails on you in April. It dumped 40 gallons on our field, so we switched it over to North and then 20 minutes later it drops 40 gallons over there.
brad confident everybody kids nobody panicked played poised stayed
Nobody panicked and everybody just stayed poised and confident and we played the game. With Brad on the hill, the kids are going to feel confident.
depth guys starter starting team year
That's what makes our team kind of interesting. We have four-year starters. We have guys with a lot of depth in starting and experience. And then we have guys who are in their first year as a starter on varsity.
baseball chris game great job kids learn north respects
It's always a great game between North Salem and Sprague. Chris does a great job with the fundamentals. To me, that's just the game of baseball, and Chris is a baseball guy. He respects the game, and the kids learn that through him.
behind character fell few trouble
A few times he fell behind and got into trouble but he showed some character and battled out.
blend guys picked underdog
It was a blend you need. One always picked up the other. We were the underdog team. These guys had never been to the playoffs.
baseball both came exciting good great hard high played positive school side teams
This was a great high school baseball game. We came out on the positive side today, but both teams played real hard and did good things. It was just an exciting high school baseball game.
attitude became belief check developed gut kids knew knocked practices pushed strong truly
We knew we were decent. When the kids called the meeting, it was gut check time. We became so much better. Our attitude was better and practices were better. When they got knocked down, they showed what they truly were made of. They developed a strong belief to excel. They pushed each other.