Lori Blade
Lori Blade
anybody beating capable civic good hands memorial past teams
Civic Memorial is a good team. And if we can get past that one, then Taylorville and Alton are no slouches, either. Like I said, we're going to have our hands full. All of those teams are capable of beating anybody on any night.
anywhere beat break good north regional teams thinks win
I don't know if you get a break anywhere. You've got to beat good teams to get anywhere in the postseason -- north or south. I know everyone thinks we got a break but postseason is postseason. If you don't play well you're not going to win a regional anyway.
composure four girls keeping last proud respond teams
The girls didn't quit, and that's the key. I'm proud of them for keeping their composure the last four minutes. This is the postseason. Teams are going to come in and give us everything they have, and we have to respond to it. And for the most part tonight, we did that.
carried carry picked shooting struggled teammates time tonight
Everybody's carried Kara for a while, so it was time for her to carry us. There have been game's when she struggled with her shooting and her teammates picked her up. Tonight she picked all of us up.
break hands saying
Everybody's been saying how we got a break going north. Well, if that's a break, it's the first one we've had all year. But I don't necessarily think it's a break. We're going to have our hands full.
bats gets hit picked seems
The bats have picked up. It seems like one hit gets them started and then they just keep it going.
game kids proud somehow
I'm so proud of the kids for their effort. They didn't quit. I told them that the game wasn't over, that we just had to go out and do it. And somehow they did.
explode nervous nice run top
It was nice getting a run early. But I was still nervous with two outs in the top of the seventh, they can explode at any time.
ball changed great kept moved threw
Syd was great today. She moved the ball around, she changed speeds, she kept them off-balance and threw a great game.
early great settled sharp threw
Syd threw another great game. She was not sharp early on and they got a run, but she settled in after that and tossed a great game.
kids quit stuck
The kids stuck to it and didn't quit on me. That's the most important part.
everybody game girls hit later position pushing runners scoring timely
We got some timely hitting. Everybody that got a hit later in the game did it with someone on base. We have to keep pushing with those runners in scoring position and the girls did that today.
boards credit game good great played quit shots
Credit Tammy and those Alton kids. They played a great game and had a great game plan. We had some good shots and couldn't get them to go down tonight, but we didn't quit and Anya on the boards was huge.
break capable open until
We had so many opportunities and we just didn't break it open like we're capable of doing until the seventh.