Mark Peperkorn
Mark Peperkorn
chart except kept leading nobody played third
Megan Chart shadowed Higgins the whole game. She's their leading scorer and except for the third quarter, when nobody played defense, Megan kept her down.
assembly came eighth fell idolized kids love picture taken third
When we came back for that pep assembly (Sunday), I think Rae Lin had her picture taken with about 20 kids who were between third and eighth grade. They fell in love with her and they idolized her.
came fantastic fourth game grove heading needed perfect played struggle union
This was a perfect game heading into the tournament. Union Grove came out to play and we needed to struggle and show that we could come back in the fourth quarter. We played a fantastic fourth quarter.
banquet basketball hair seen walked
I've only seen her with her hair down once - at our banquet. Otherwise, her hair's back. She walked into our banquet and I was like, 'Who are you?' She's just a basketball junkie.
game happened ride top
This game was a roller-coaster ride and it just happened we were on top at the end.
extend
That's when we were able to extend the lead.
best consider feeling knew left movement nice offensive smooth
I wouldn't consider it our best offensive movement of the ball, but we did a nice job. Tiffany was feeling it. She was nice and smooth and once it left her hands, you knew it was going in.
against bigger game great instincts kids knows physically played strong
She's played against bigger kids all her life, 5-8 and 5-9 players. She's so physically strong and has such great instincts that 5-3 doesn't matter. Rae Lin has no fear, knows how to play the game and use her body.
calming energy influence source
She's a calming influence at times, she's a source of energy at other times.
prepared team
It's a team with tradition. And if anybody's going to have a team prepared for that atmosphere, it's him.
good moment realized
It was from that moment on when they realized how good they could be.
allowed coming cut defense game half inside locker maybe people played room second
We played well in the first half and maybe thought we had the game in hand. But we didn't play defense coming out of the locker room in the second half. We allowed people to cut inside and go right to the basket.
assembly few next picture program taken wanting
We probably had 20 or 25 third- to eighth-graders just wanting a picture taken with her when we got back to the pep assembly (on Sunday). What this is going to do for my program the next few years ...
close game
We're not even close to being in that game without her.