MOUNTIES.a
The whole community. You guys
bought in from when you were
freshman, and you got it
done.a
MANNELLO TRULY BELIEVES THAT
IS WHAT INSPIRED THIS
TURNAROUND. THIS YEARa
GROUP OF SENIORS WON ONLY TWO
GAMES WHEN THEY WERE FRESHMEN,
BUT NOW THEYa
THE STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP.RICH
MANNELLO/DALLAS HEAD COACH
a
They
were all in in the
weight room and building a
culture and making each
other
accountable to the building
and the process and
embracing
the process and the grind, all
that stuff that we talk
abouta&And then when these
guys were freshmen, we took
most of them up, threw them
under the lights, they took
some pretty hellacious
beatings, and they went in the
weight room and they stayed
true to it. And, they got
better every year.a
STRESSED TO
US HOW THESE YOUNG MEN DO
THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. TAYLOR
BOLESTA/DALLAS SENIOR LINEMAN
a
accountable.
If someone
misses a lift, ita
deal. These guys show up to
every practice,
therea
missing. And, everyone goes
hard every rep. Thata
we
need it.a
HARD WORK IS PAYING OFF.
XANDER SHANER/SENIOR
CENTER/DEFENSIVE ENDa
an amazing feeling. I
never
thought in
my past four years
that we would make it to this
moment, and Ia
did it together, we all grew
up together, so this is
the
best feeling.a
everything wea
for for the past four years.
Wea
this. So, ita
AT THIS POINT,
ITa
MORE THAN FOOTBALL.
a
journey. And, I keep calling
them kids, but theya
young men. And, you watch
them grow from ninth grade and
to see how happy they are.
Thata
IN WILKES-
BARRE, MIKE GILBERT,
EYEWITNESS SPORTS.
WE'RE ABOUT 24 HOURS FROM
DALLAS VERSUS THOMAS JEFFERSON
IN CLASS 4-A...A LITTLE MORE
TIME TO PREPARE FOR WYOMING
AREA. THE WARRIORS ARE SLATED
