Rachel Darrow Quotations

We came out with enthusiasm and pumped up like we said we would. We gave them too much life and that killed us. Like we've said all season long, if you give them hope they're going to come back and that's what they did. We just had too little too late.

We've said winning is contagious just as much as losing. This year it seems we've got the contagious side of winning. So as long as we keep with our momentum and intensity up, we should be good. If we want to come on strong, this is a great time to do it.

We'd like to knock the wind out of them like we did Santa Fe Trail. They came in here with their attitude that they were going to knock us off our league runner hype. We want to take the fire out of them. We want to give them no hope. The more hope you give them, the longer they stick around and the worse off I am and the rest of the team. I think if we come out focused we'll be fine.

This season that's been our goal all year. To make it a reality is something special. Not very many teams get to make it to the state tournament. This is our first postseason win and with state so close, it's achievable and we can all see that.

We had the wind knocked out them but we let them come back. When you have them down, like we say you have to put them away and we didn't put them away. We let them crawl back into it. We gave them life, everything we said we didn't want to happen. That's what happens when you let them have life.