We have got to take better care of the ball. You can’t win when you turn the ball over and shoot like that.

We noticed in the paper they liked to shoot a lot of threes and we wanted to take that away from them.

The school has been around for probably 50 years. There’s a lot of history here. Back in the 1980s, we had some dominating teams but we just couldn’t get to the final. We’ve been close,...

I knew they would be disappointed, but they should be happy. This is a special group. They’ve gone further than any other team in school history.

This was the farthest a Cardinal Newman [girls’ basketball team] ever has gone.

We had a tough time with their defense. We couldn’t score.

She’s always been a very sweet girl. It puzzles me why there is so much animosity around this girl. I don’t know. I think people are jealous.

There was a tremendous amount of blood coming out of her mouth and nose. Her face was a mess. She really got hit hard. Whoever hit her was one hell of a strong person.

I’ll have to start doing my homework.