Chris Raso
Chris Raso
catch great
They do a great job. They have great hands. They catch and finish.
accomplish credit everybody great helped juniors senior seniors taken team
They've been great senior leaders. Our juniors get a lot of credit for our success, but it's taken everybody on this team to accomplish what we've done. Our seniors were the ones who helped get this thing started.
bit body dig extra fans front gear great harder needed players second seen student tested understood
To be tested in a game-situation like this in front of 1,500 fans and their great student body, we hadn't seen anything like that. Sure, we needed it. Our players understood when you're under the gun, you have to find an extra gear and dig down and concentrate a little bit harder and we did that in the second half.
facility far great state though travel
NA is a great facility to play at. What I like most about it though is that we don't have to travel that far to play our first state game.
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.
aspect eastern everybody hard knew preparing seeing tape thinks watch watching whoever won
It's not as hard as everybody thinks -- honest. They know our personnel. We know their personnel. From the aspect of preparing for somebody, now I'm going to watch the tape of whoever won that eastern final, but watching the tape and seeing them in person are two different things. So, I knew what (Moon) could do.
decisions kid last skills
It's not even the same kid as last year. Her skills ... her decisions ... it's been an unbelievable progression.
athletic easy kids
They are very athletic kids who make it pretty easy to coach. But I didn't have any big kids for over 15 years, so I was overdue.
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.
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.
appreciate enjoy love
This first one was a grind, so we're going to enjoy it and appreciate it. But yes, we'd love to be back here again. Let's go again. I'm up for it.
best shot
Day in and day out they've been able to take everybody's best shot because that's what you get, especially in the playoffs.
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.