Brad Tingey
Brad Tingey
confidence easier everybody gives hitting huge job knows team
It's a huge thing for us. When he's on, it really gives us a confidence shot. Everybody on our team knows their job is going to be easier because he's hitting shots.
deal grind knew round seem
First round games, you've got to deal with the nerves. They always seem to be grind it out games, and we feel we've been in enough of those games, it's something we know how to do it, we just knew to play through it.
count job seem
We count a lot on those two guys, and they just seem to get the job done for us.
continued kids knew needed pleased stand
I was pleased that my kids continued to stand their ground. We knew they were going to make a run, and we just needed to play through it.
board matter matters region shooting staying top wrote
It doesn't really matter about the 12 in a row. We wrote on the board that we are 2-0 in the region and we're shooting for 3-0. It is really the only thing that matters right now is staying on top of our region.
contest guys prevent trying
I tell our guys that we're not out here trying to prevent shots, but we want to contest shots.
bunch guys players success team trying
We've got a bunch of players that play as a team. We don't have guys out there trying to be the star. We've got a team and I think that's why we've had success this year.
contest prevent
We can't prevent shots, but we can contest them.
experience good guys
We're doing a lot of this with guys that are new to varsity experience. So from an experience standpoint, I feel pretty good about where we're at.
earn experience
With my experience at Hillcrest, we don't take anything for granted. We know we have to earn what we get.
boys focus hold lead needed onto teams
We play better with the lead, but I think most teams do. We told our boys that that needed to be our focus ? to get a lead and then try to hold onto it.
boys contest difficult focus needed
Our focus with the boys was we just needed to defensively contest every shot, and we wanted to make things difficult for them.
contest defense goal hand shot sound stay teams tough
Our goal is just to contest every shot and then rebound. We are pretty long, and if we can just get a hand up on every shot, it makes it tough for teams to score. We try to play sound defense and just get a lot of deflections and stay active.
deal nailed
They nailed us in November. We'll see how we deal with them in March.