Whenever you're playing against a team like Johnstown or even River Valley in the tournament, you've got to play your best game. We proved that last year when we went up against Highland in the first round and barely beat them (39-37). This time of year, there's no margin for error.
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At that point we were 3-5. At halftime of the Newark Catholic game, we talked about having the energy, the excitement and the enthusiasm and giving the effort it takes to win. In the second half, and despite losing to Johnstown, I started to see those things. Since that point, we won five of our last six and it's not by accident.
We use it at the border at Johnstown and in the St. Lawrence area, ... And we use it for public demonstrations. There's only one like this in the district.
We put in some different looks, it was something we just put in before the Johnstown game. It broke up their rhythm a little, and we did a good job boxing out.
Johnstown plays good, hard defense. We had some turnovers in the first quarter and they capitalized on them.
It crashed so close, it could have hit Johnstown - but it's part of the whole nation's history.
It could be argued that the Johnstown flood of 1889 wasn't a natural disaster at all, but the inevitable consequence of humans thinking they could control nature. Whatever the cause, the day after a dam burst, unleashing 20 million tons of water on the residents of Johnstown, Pa., and its neighboring boroughs, the area looked like a vast sea of muck and rubble and filthy water, ... The Johnstown Flood.
This is something we've been working for the past three years. We've gotten beat on a buzzer-beater the last two years (50-49 loss to Johnstown in a Division III district final two years ago, 54-53 loss to Bloom-Carroll in a Division III district final last year), so we're working hard to make sure that doesn't happen again.
The Johnstown flood was not an act of God or nature. It was brought by human failure, human shortsightedness and selfishness.
I expected this in a couple years, but not today, ... Going up to Apple Valley (last week) beating Johnstown, who to that point was undefeated in league play, was a big boost for the kids. We knew we could play with these guys. I'm glad to have practice tomorrow, I can tell you that.