Contenders Quotes

You'd have to be crazy not to pick Bottineau as one of top contenders. We have had our fair share of battles with them, but the way Bottineau rolled through the District 11 Tournament it will take a phenomenal effort to beat them. - Wayne Brackenbury

You hope a team gets some separation, and obviously, we hope it?s us. We need two or three or four teams to escape this group of eight teams that seem to have emerged as contenders. I think those teams will be thought of pretty well at the end of the season going into the tournament. - Blaine Taylor

Yeah, we don't have much playoff experience. Yeah, we've got to show everybody. We're not Stanley Cup contenders. We've got to go out and prove it now. - Brian Campbell

We've got a great group of kids who work very hard. We're not a veteran team and we're going to have a lot of first timers in the line-up. But I expect us to be one of the top contenders again. - Eric Grant

We've been [hearing] it all year. We broke camp knowing no one picked us to do very well during the season. We came out of spring being third or fourth in the polls. We were the underdog all year even when we had a 15-game lead. Nobody really considers us contenders, so if we're underdogs during this whole thing, it would just be the same as it was during the year. - Cliff Politte

We're obviously not district contenders. We're trying our best to make it to the district tournament. - Kevin Hare

We're happy to be among the contenders. We are among the good teams. We're right there with them. - Laura Harper

We're going to use this opportunity to make the strongest case we can. We've done the paperwork, but this an important opportunity for all four contenders. - Scott White

We're doing what we need to do... It's almost about not losing it rather than winning it at this point. We saw some hopefuls and contenders had trouble in New Hampshire, and I think that's the key. We got off to a good, solid start. - Jimmie Johnson