It's fair to everybody. Number one, Dowling, Hoover and Urbandale all deserve a chance at being there, but only one's going to go. Plus, when you break up the brackets, it helps teams like ours to have a chance because you only need to upset one team instead of three of them.
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From a Dowling standpoint, what's happened there over the past three years is Dowling just hasn't had the size and the strength and the people up front to compete with what Valley's putting out there,
Our goal coming over here was to just try and win. We didn't want to look past the game and look ahead to Dowling and let this one jump up and catch us. We could've been better in areas but we did what we had to do in the fourth quarter to win the game.
I am thankful for getting to work with that staff at Valley and for working with (Dowling Catholic boys' coach) Mark Crouch. I certainly wanted to get back as a head coach. I had to wait for the right situation to open and this was it.
They tried to recruit some students from Dowling Middle School.
I'm very excited for the opportunity. Dowling has a tradition of athletics and swimming is no exception. I hope to sustain that momentum.
It's hard not to be a nervous wreck right now. It really is a special thing. It's hard for people at Dowling because we have been there 11 times in a row, and I think there are a lot of students and fans and people who don't quite understand how special it is.
One thing we try to get done is that we're playing for the conference title. I think we're going to be solid enough. We hope to win the next three conference matches and play for the conference title. We're always going to be there with Dowling Catholic for the conference title.