Section Quotes

With Allie out that made us pick it up more. We wanted to get her a sectional championship. She's never had one. When I looked up and saw we were up 12 (in the third quarter) I couldn't believe it. - Kelly Logsdon

Winning Section II finals was a big accomplishment for us. We knew we should have won last year, but we came up on the short end. We had to live with it for a year. I guess, a year later -- good things come around if you wait. - Bob Jesmain

Why would a pilot flying east to west climb higher for just a couple minutes when they will just be forced down lower in the next redesign section? - John Hoeppner

Why was it expending precious resources hunting for ways that allow operators to use hazardous belt air to ventilate miners' working sections instead of protecting trapped miners? For an agency with such a clear mandate as that which Congress wrote into the Mine Act -- to protect and improve miners' health and safety, we ask you to consider how MSHA could have gotten so terribly misdirected. - Cecil Roberts

While we may not have been considered the best musicians on the scene, the combination of John's songs and the core of the rhythm section made us so strong. - Steve Boone

While we have experienced minor flooding in that section of the Beacon station parking lot in the past, this is the first time we encountered a buildup and volume of water as we did on Jan. 18. - Dan Brucker