Chris Raso
Chris Raso
ball catch girls luxury move post
It's such a luxury to have girls like the Novacek girls who can catch the ball in the post and move the way they can.
athletic ball catch easier girls job luxury move post
It is such a luxury to have girls like the Novacek girls who can catch the ball in the post and move the way they can. A lot of times you get a girl in there who is big, but not very agile. I can't tell you how much easier it makes my job that those two are athletic on the inside.
across ball sit tough zone
Kittanning is big, they're 5-10, 5-10, and 5-11 across the front. They just sit in a 1-3-1 zone and make it tough to get the ball inside.
fourth girls knew possibly since stride watching
I've been watching these girls since they were in fourth grade. I knew what stride they could play at. I thought four years ago that we could possibly get to this level.
again sarah turned
Sarah was the X-factor again tonight. She turned things around for us. She turned up the intensity.
champion happening hard hear ready time
Sometimes you hear about the WPIAL champion having a hard time getting ready for states. I don't see that happening with this team. They'll be ready to play.
bumped few game hear lose rolling stayed stood true word
Sometimes as a coach, you think it's better to lose a game and get bumped down a few pegs, but they didn't want to hear any of that. They stood by what they said. They stayed true to their word and, hopefully, they'll keep rolling along.
focus goal next state win winning
Winning the WPIAL has been one of our goals. Now we're going to focus on our next goal and that's to win a state title.
deal dealing playing state
I don't think it'll be a big deal for us to be out there playing for a state championship. They've been dealing with that bull's-eye from day one.
enjoy head hit
I got hit in the head with it. I'm going to keep it. I'm going to enjoy it.
allow caught changed coached coaches fit foot girl offensive personnel run systems time trying utilize
One thing is that we have changed the offensive systems to fit our personnel at each place. You can't do the same thing all the time and I think some coaches get caught up in trying to run the same system when their personnel doesn't necessarily allow it. Before this season, I never coached a girl over 5 foot 9 , so this is a little different and we made adjustments to utilize our height.
blessing key three
(Losing three key players) was a blessing in disguise.
claim line poise situation tonight
Tonight I'll claim her as my niece. There's no one else I'd want at the line in that situation ... she has so much poise ... (She was) fabulous, unbelievable.
last looked looking year
We're not looking at it that way. We looked at it that way last year and we lost.