“Through the years, I've watched teams like Oak Hall that didn't necessarily have the most athletic personnel still be able to play solid man-to-man. It made me start to think we should defend more along those lines. We started doing it more last year and had some growing pains, but we're playing it a lot better now.”
Svend Wilbekin
“We do tend to have more issues with the oaks. We have a lot of oak trees that are 100 to 150 years old, and oaks typically begin breaking down in the 150- to 200-year-old range, although there are always exceptions to that.”
John Punches
“We are definitely disappointed, especially after the way the team played in the second half last week against Oak Grove,”
Jeff Wallace
“We stepped on the field knowing we were playing a very good team in White Oak. They are a defending state champ that lost, I think, one player. We had a mental breakdown early, then another followed by another real quick. That just can't happen against a team like this.”
Tim Guter
“I think Glen Oaks' second group is probably quicker than out first team.”
Debbie Johnson
“They did not quit (after Prospect scored). I've seen Oak Park teams drop their heads when that happened in the past. They lifted each other up and rose to the challenge. That type of attitude will take them far in soccer and life.”
Paul Wright
“Let me look upward into the branches of the flowering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well.”
Wilfred Peterson
