Tim Dougherty
Tim Dougherty
again certainly complete direction improvement last moved shown team
Our team has shown improvement each week, and they did it again last week. We certainly moved in the direction of a more complete game.
beat came football good hard kids prepared proud ready season team
Our kids have prepared hard all season and they came ready to play. We beat a very good football team tonight. I couldn't be more proud of our kids.
east good louis played teams
They've played some good teams already. Like I told our kids, we haven't played Alton or East St. Louis yet like they have, so we could be in the same boat,
beat best east last louis team week
They went out last week and beat East St. Louis without two of their best players, that's should tell you what kind of team they are.
aspects embraced hard install key kids nice offense teams
EJ is a big part of what we're doing, but so is having all the other aspects of the offense in place so teams can't just key of him. We've been working real hard to install a new offense and the kids have embraced that and made a nice improvement.
address deal kids prepare ready team week
Fortunately, we don't have to deal with that. We didn't even address it with our kids this week because to us, it's a non-factor. We've just been working to prepare for a team that we know will be ready to play us.
certainly jump knew seemed sleep time
We got up in a hurry, but it seemed like we kind of went to sleep a little bit. Any time you can jump up by two touchdowns, you'll certainly take it. But I knew Alton was going to come alive.
definitely goal gotten section title tough win
Our first goal is to win the section title this year, but we know that's going to be tough because the section has definitely gotten stronger,
against ball beat complete defense eight good grinding last nine priority ready top week
Our top priority this week is to play good defense because Alton can beat you in a lot of different ways. They can play ball control, grinding it out for eight or nine minutes, or they can complete a 70-yard pass, like they did against us last season. Our defense is going to have to be ready for anything.
ahead football hope kids next sure taken toughest
Our toughest football is ahead of us. But I think these kids have taken the next step. I sure hope so because we're going to need it.
both coming focus football game kids minutes sides
Our big focus coming into this game was that we had to come out and play 48 minutes of football on both sides of the ball, and I think our kids did that tonight.
scout understood
I was able to scout them and we understood what they were doing.
answered four key offense three
Our offense responded at some key times in the game. Our offense answered three or four times at key times and I think that was a big difference.
answered bell darn games good line offensive since
Our offensive line answered the bell tonight. It's been a while since we've had one of those games from our line. But it was pretty darn good football.