Doug Aplin Hard Quotations

Our kids worked hard for everything they got this year. I would love to get the first half back in the finals, but that is the sport. Every day, every single day, these guys showed up for practice and worked hard to succeed.

Our kids showed heart, but Eastside played very hard and physically. They were the better team today and deserved to win.

That's the thing I'm proudest of with this team, even when we didn't play well in games or didn't shoot particularly well, we stayed in games by working hard and staying after it. We beat a very good, well-coached team tonight.

They didn't seem to back away from hard work, but they didn't start working that hard together. However, they worked better together as each game progressed. They wanted to win and just kept getting better.

They never, ever stop playing hard no matter what. I couldn't be more proud of everything they've accomplished.