Merle Olberding
Merle Olberding
bracket class eight field four games good teams win
The Class 3A field is very good this year. There are eight teams in that bracket right now that think they can win it all. The four first-round games are all going to be good games.
loyal stands
They're loyal supporters. They're in the stands before we get there.
selling start state tickets tuesday until wanting
For the state tournaments, some of them were in here Tuesday wanting their tickets and we didn't start selling until Wednesday.
anticipate care concerns fit gel great mix problems rest somebody taken team wonder
Having somebody new come in, you wonder how are they going to gel and mix in with the rest of the team and how are they going to be accepted. It was a great fit from the very beginning. You anticipate what are going to be some problems and concerns but those were taken care of right away.
coming halftime locker people room second
I haven't, and I don't think too many people have. We were comfortable at halftime with how things were going. Obviously, coming out of the locker room for the second half, Norwalk was a different team, and we were a different team.
clicked credit cylinders defense flow kicked second talk
We always talk about that we've got to be able to make adjustments, and we did that tonight. In the second half, we kind of clicked on all cylinders and executed, and that's a credit to the kids. We got into a flow on offense, and our defense kicked in.
allow game kids planning playing strengths sure talked
We want to make sure we go (to state) and play our game. We've talked about playing to our strengths and game planning to allow the kids to use their skills. If our kids go out and play together, I like our chances.