Steve Johnson Game Quotations

Pieces of gold -- that's what we call the Longfellow game (already captured this year over city rival Central), the holiday tourney, the conference and the state tournament -- and that's what we're playing to get. We do talk about those four pieces of gold.

Maybe in 10 years a loser-out game won't get so many people down here for us. It's been awesome to have so many people and such a raucous crowd, and if they're just doing it because they want to get out of school, that's fine.

I thought we came out strong. But I think that put us to sleep and woke them up a bit. After those first two goals, they dominated throughout the second period. I think we matched their game until the third period.

These kids have persevered, and that was also a big thing in the game tonight -- our perseverance. It was a close game until the middle of the fourth quarter, but our expression never changed. We just kept playing as a team.

As well as Kevin performed offensively, he also had a heck of a defensive game tonight. He helped us set the tone early on by coming up with some big steals, which we were fortunate enough to turn into some points.