I think we're ready to play them when the puck drops, and we're expecting a battle for 60 minutes. When read more

I think we're ready to play them when the puck drops, and we're expecting a battle for 60 minutes. When we do play 60 minutes, we're a tough team to beat.

I've gotten to know them on a personal level, and I don't have to teach as much. They know what read more

I've gotten to know them on a personal level, and I don't have to teach as much. They know what to expect from me.

When we have an opportunity to play the larger schools, they see the difference is just not there. Basketball is read more

When we have an opportunity to play the larger schools, they see the difference is just not there. Basketball is a home-and-road sport and, traditionally, the big schools have always played at home. Now when the smaller schools get them on a neutral court, the gap is not what the public perceives it to be.

I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination planned in read more

I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination planned in advance, ... A lot of the fall foliage travelers are seniors. Because their budgets are impacted more dramatically, I don't think they'll be traveling as much.

What we have here is a bright, talented and ambitious group of players.

What we have here is a bright, talented and ambitious group of players.

This was Shakespeare's form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth read more

This was Shakespeare's form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth now, will ever, that experience yield which his own genius only could acquire.

For them to begin to see ACS as a more positive presence in the communities - that's huge progress. We read more

For them to begin to see ACS as a more positive presence in the communities - that's huge progress. We sit now right on the cusp of losing that if we're not careful.

This is an event that is growing,

This is an event that is growing,

It's always been Tom's philosophy and to this day that if we are going to do it -- we are read more

It's always been Tom's philosophy and to this day that if we are going to do it -- we are going to do it right.