Garrick Phillips
Garrick Phillips
against defensive definitely grabbing guy match perfect size
We definitely didn't have the size to match up with him. On the defensive end, he was grabbing all of our misses. You've got to play perfect against a guy like that.
beautiful execute great guys plays
It wasn't a beautiful game. We didn't execute great offensively or defensively, but we had guys make plays when they had to.
battle proud regrets
I'm still very proud of these kids. I will go to battle with them anytime. I have no regrets with these kids.
ball dared shoot
We kind of dared them to shoot the ball from the outside, and they made us pay.
everybody excited games slowly stuck
We've typically started games slowly and methodically stuck to our game. Everybody is pretty excited to play us. We've been resilient.
bigger deal losses overall special wins
We have a special deal in our community, and with the kids. Unfortunately, it's about wins and losses sometimes. But overall it's a lot bigger than that.
fashion game qualify shy state telling win
I don't shy away from telling you that if we didn't win this game and qualify for the state tournament, it would've been a disappointment for all of us. To get it done in this kind of fashion is very gratifying.
kept telling
We just kept telling them to attack, attack, attack.
basketball best certainly effort good question
Lynden is a good basketball team. There is no question they were better than us. That certainly wasn't the best effort we had.
couple maybe tougher
It was a little tougher than maybe it should've been. They made a couple of plays. Give them credit.
courageous darn group heart kids late lose needed plays special win
Pretty darn courageous effort. We made the plays late we needed to win the game. These are kids I want to be with every day This is a special group of kids and win or lose they are going to have a special place in my heart forever.
awareness ball great ran
They ran with a double-down on Englund, and he showed enough awareness to get the ball to Meuli who made a great shot.
best chest stepping
The bullseye on our chest is growing, we are getting everyone's best shot. We are stepping up to the challenge.
bit helpful
(The bye is) a little bit helpful if you look at the bracket.