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I gotta give a shout out to every single one of them.
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I mean, I love I love them all to death.
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This is a great team, and I'm excited to make a run at playoffs.
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On this episode of Keeping Score, I attended the crosstown soccer games between Glacier and Flathead, with Glacier sweeping both games, including early in the season as well.
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Just want to give a shout out to Corwin Motors for sponsoring this podcast.
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Let's not waste any time and see who I can go find.
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Brecken, just talk to me about what was working for you today to find the net four times.
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Um what was working for me is I kind of found myself top of the box there.
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Um found myself top of the box and I just kept shooting.
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I kept shooting and uh scoring a couple, so it was very good, yeah.
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I'm sure uh your teammates were able to support you getting those goals.
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Talk to me what they did well today.
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Yeah, so Madrid Stefan with three assists from me.
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He he was working that left side very well coming across and giving me some some great assists to finish my goals.
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So I gotta give a lot of credit to him.
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Yeah.
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Last regular season game, you guys were trying to build momentum, keep doing things the right way, so you guys are playing the way you want to.
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Where do you see the team is right now before or where the team is currently before you head off to the state tournament?
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I think we're at the best that we've been so far.
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I think that um this playoff game is gonna really show how good we are and how big of a threat we are in this in this playoff run that we're about to have.
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You got all these guys spent standing right behind you.
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Have you wanted to give any shout-outs or talk to me about how the team's been so far?
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I gotta give a shout-out to every single one of them.
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I mean, I love I love them all to death.
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This is a great team, and I'm excited to make a run at playoffs.
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Absolutely.
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Last question I'll ask you a one word to describe everybody.
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What is it?
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Um I'm gonna go with I'm gonna go with discipline.
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Discipline?
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Alright.
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Alright, alright.
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Thanks.
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Very great game.
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Four goals.
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Best of luck rest of the season.
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I'm here with Isaac Weeks after their crosstown win over Flathead the second time this year.
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Isaac, this breakdown of the game for me and uh what you thought.
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Yeah, I think uh definitely we came out strong in the first half.
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You know, we combined quite a bit, got some early goals, and uh uh, you know, I think we played as a team this game.
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Uh I think we definitely wanted the win and uh definitely came through with it.
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If I had scored one goal, I haven't scored in a couple games for you guys.
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What did you see the breakdown there for you guys?
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Yeah, I think it was just like a lack of communication.
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I think we uh got a little lazy and let our uh our mistakes always get to our head.
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So I think we cleaned it up though after that and uh pushed through the game.
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What did you learn from from your team this season?
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This is the final regular season game before you guys take a state.
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What did you learn from the guys this year?
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Yeah, no, I think uh we definitely learned that we are all unique in our own ways over um our ability.
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So I think we definitely learned how to combine each and every gift that we have and uh uh use that to win games, that's for sure.
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Personally for you, we're abusing your growth this year, and then you've like I said, you guys have the tournament coming up.
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Where do you want to keep going at that level?
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Yeah, you know, uh I mean the goal is to win today.
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We have never won today for Glacier, so I think you know, if we just keep uh keep our heads up, um keep playing as a team and uh uh not being that selfish, we can definitely win.
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I bought a couple players today that had good performances if you wanted to shout out, even from this season, you know, some guys that have stepped out.
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Yeah, you know, uh I think Madrid's definitely, you know, he he got three assists today, you know.
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He definitely showed out today.
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Uh Brecken Evanson uh scored four goals today, so definitely want to shout those guys out.
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Um you know, also Jack Young, our keeper, you know, making some good saves.
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Okay, um very good under pressure.
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And then what's the last thing?
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Uh I'm gonna leave you with the interview here.
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Uh last thing you want to see from your team when just getting better each game and you guys can hopefully win out.
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I think, you know, just uh being more connected, you know, just loving uh the times that we have together and on and off the field.
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Um and I think that'll just make us more comfortable.
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And number 24, 11th grader, Gracie Winkler.
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I'm here with Gracie Winkler after their cross town victory over Flathead.
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Four goals for you, Gracie.
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What was working for you today and how proud are you of your teammates?
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I was just really excited to play with our team.
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I thought everyone put in a great amount of effort and everyone got to have an opportunity, and I think a lot of girls, especially younger ones, got to get some a lot of minutes in and really have the opportunity to shine, and I think that was just the most exciting of the game.
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What did you learn most about yourself this season and your teammates?
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Yeah, I think this season partic in particular, we've had a really good talented group of girls, and myself, I learned that it's more about winning everything.
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I just love pushing myself and playing with the people that I love.
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Some of the best friends are on this team, and I think that's really the most important part of this is um growing as a team and as people together.
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You guys aren't done yet.
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Where do you think this team can go and what do you think you guys need to do to get there?
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Yeah, I think we can go all the way if we really want to.
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We've had really great moments this season, and we've beat some of the best teams in the conference, and moving forward, we just need to put our whole effort in, and I think it's all gonna come together in the next couple of games.
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Yeah, that's great.
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What tonight were you really proud of the team and doing, and maybe if you wanted to hit on something you know you guys could have worked on?
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I mean, I know you guys won by a lot, but you guys have high standards.
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So what's something maybe on both sides that you'd do better or something you did well?
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Yeah, I think in the first half we were a little disappointed with how slow we started.
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That's definitely something we've been working on and trying to grow on throughout the season.
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Um getting a 1-1 um tie at the beginning is not ideal for us, but Thompson has also taught us throughout the season that um we can face a lot of adversity and still rise above and to be prepared for anything and still have a great mentality to move forward and kind of push through.
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Talk to me about Coach Thompson this year and how fun it's been to play for him and coming from a different coach last year, that transition.
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Yeah, I think both coaches are great, and Thompson has really just pushed us, and I think he wants to make us more than great soccer players, and he wants to make us good people off the field too, and that's definitely helped our team get closer and be kind of more of a family and um unite on and off the field too.
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I'm here with Coach Ryan Thompson after their crosstown win over Flathead.
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Coach, it's the last regular season game.
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What did you see from the girls that's uh promising to take into you next week?
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Well, it's always good to score a lot of goals, which we did.
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Um it's good to see us um concede um in a kind of inopportune moment and not let that bother us and kind of regroup and be patient and wait for goals to come again, and they did.
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So that was really good to see.
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Yeah.
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In a game like this where you know you do get up by a certain amount of goals, you know, as the coach, what do you tend to focus to to keep improving?
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Well, I mean, um how how we finish, how we create the chances, um, are we playing the right way?
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Um, are we you know making the right runs?
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Um and are we finishing?
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You know, I mean it's it's good to score a lot of goals, but it it is it goes without saying it's hard to score goals.
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Um and we create a lot of opportunities.
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Are we taking our opportunities?
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Um, and and we did that today, so it was good.
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Yeah, coach, what excites you about this team going to the state tournament and what they can do there?
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Well, at our best, this team um can compete with the top teams, and we've we've shown that this year.
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And um, when we put a full complete game in, um, this team is special.
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This team is resilient, um, it has a great uh senior leadership from from Kylie and then Avi on the on the bench as a as a senior, and and then a really strong group of of juniors.
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And um, you know, we're we're kind of following that group and and letting them kind of take us where we want to go.
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And um, it's just a just a special group to coach.
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So it's a special group to watch.
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Coach, this was your first season taking over Coach Doug Mello.
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What was it like for you, you know, from the start of the year now that we're at the end of the regular season?
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Oh, it's been it's been so fun.
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Um, you know, at the beginning of the year, um I was just excited to to coach this group, to be with this group, and it's it's a it's a you know, they're great soccer players, but they're even better kids off the field.
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They're great students, they're involved in so many different things at at Glacier.
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So it's a really easy group to get behind.
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Um it's an easy group to you know to want to put in the long hours and work for, and and um I've I just absolutely loved it, um, and and it's been well worth it, and we're just excited for next week.
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So yeah, I'm excited for you.
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Last question I have for you, Gracie has the fourth goals tonight.
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You know, how special it is to coach a player like that, someone you can rely on game in and game out to get it done for you guys.
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She's she's unbelievable, and and you know, she's you know, four goals is is awfully impressive, and she, you know, for all the goals she scored this year, she's still, you know, she could have scored more.
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Um, but every team focuses so much on her, and she gets you know double, triple teamed every single game, and she's still able to create so many goals for us, so many chances for us.
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She's an absolute special player, and you know, the whole state knows that.
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Oh, everybody, every coach in this in the state knows who Gracie Winkler is.
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And um and so, yeah, we've and and it's been cool to see her her leadership uh capabilities uh step up as well.
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Um and she's she's kind of grown into that role as well this year.
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I gotta give a shout out to every single one of them.
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I mean, I love I love them all to death.
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This is a great team, and I'm excited to make a run at playoffs.
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On this episode of Keeping Score, I attended the crosstown soccer games between Glacier and Flathead, with Glacier sweeping both games, including early in the season as well.
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Just want to give a shout out to Corwin Motors for sponsoring this podcast.
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Let's not waste any time and see who I can go find.
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Brecken, just talk to me about what was working for you today to find the net four times.
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Um what was working for me is I kind of found myself top of the box there.
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Um found myself top of the box and I just kept shooting.
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I kept shooting and uh scoring a couple, so it was very good, yeah.
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I'm sure uh your teammates were able to support you getting those goals.
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Talk to me what they did well today.
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Yeah, so Madrid Stefan with three assists from me.
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He he was working that left side very well coming across and giving me some some great assists to finish my goals.
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So I gotta give a lot of credit to him.
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Yeah.
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Last regular season game, you guys were trying to build momentum, keep doing things the right way, so you guys are playing the way you want to.
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Where do you see the team is right now before or where the team is currently before you head off to the state tournament?
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I think we're at the best that we've been so far.
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I think that um this playoff game is gonna really show how good we are and how big of a threat we are in this in this playoff run that we're about to have.
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You got all these guys spent standing right behind you.
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Have you wanted to give any shout-outs or talk to me about how the team's been so far?
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I gotta give a shout-out to every single one of them.
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I mean, I love I love them all to death.
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This is a great team, and I'm excited to make a run at playoffs.
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Absolutely.
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Last question I'll ask you a one word to describe everybody.
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What is it?
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Um I'm gonna go with I'm gonna go with discipline.
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Discipline?
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Alright.
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Alright, alright.
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Thanks.
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Very great game.
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Four goals.
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Best of luck rest of the season.
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I'm here with Isaac Weeks after their crosstown win over Flathead the second time this year.
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Isaac, this breakdown of the game for me and uh what you thought.
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Yeah, I think uh definitely we came out strong in the first half.
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You know, we combined quite a bit, got some early goals, and uh uh, you know, I think we played as a team this game.
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Uh I think we definitely wanted the win and uh definitely came through with it.
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If I had scored one goal, I haven't scored in a couple games for you guys.
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What did you see the breakdown there for you guys?
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Yeah, I think it was just like a lack of communication.
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I think we uh got a little lazy and let our uh our mistakes always get to our head.
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So I think we cleaned it up though after that and uh pushed through the game.
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What did you learn from from your team this season?
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This is the final regular season game before you guys take a state.
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What did you learn from the guys this year?
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Yeah, no, I think uh we definitely learned that we are all unique in our own ways over um our ability.
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So I think we definitely learned how to combine each and every gift that we have and uh uh use that to win games, that's for sure.
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Personally for you, we're abusing your growth this year, and then you've like I said, you guys have the tournament coming up.
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Where do you want to keep going at that level?
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Yeah, you know, uh I mean the goal is to win today.
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We have never won today for Glacier, so I think you know, if we just keep uh keep our heads up, um keep playing as a team and uh uh not being that selfish, we can definitely win.
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I bought a couple players today that had good performances if you wanted to shout out, even from this season, you know, some guys that have stepped out.
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Yeah, you know, uh I think Madrid's definitely, you know, he he got three assists today, you know.
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He definitely showed out today.
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Uh Brecken Evanson uh scored four goals today, so definitely want to shout those guys out.
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Um you know, also Jack Young, our keeper, you know, making some good saves.
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Okay, um very good under pressure.
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And then what's the last thing?
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Uh I'm gonna leave you with the interview here.
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Uh last thing you want to see from your team when just getting better each game and you guys can hopefully win out.
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I think, you know, just uh being more connected, you know, just loving uh the times that we have together and on and off the field.
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Um and I think that'll just make us more comfortable.
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And number 24, 11th grader, Gracie Winkler.
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I'm here with Gracie Winkler after their cross town victory over Flathead.
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Four goals for you, Gracie.
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What was working for you today and how proud are you of your teammates?
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I was just really excited to play with our team.
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I thought everyone put in a great amount of effort and everyone got to have an opportunity, and I think a lot of girls, especially younger ones, got to get some a lot of minutes in and really have the opportunity to shine, and I think that was just the most exciting of the game.
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What did you learn most about yourself this season and your teammates?
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Yeah, I think this season partic in particular, we've had a really good talented group of girls, and myself, I learned that it's more about winning everything.
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I just love pushing myself and playing with the people that I love.
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Some of the best friends are on this team, and I think that's really the most important part of this is um growing as a team and as people together.
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You guys aren't done yet.
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Where do you think this team can go and what do you think you guys need to do to get there?
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Yeah, I think we can go all the way if we really want to.
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We've had really great moments this season, and we've beat some of the best teams in the conference, and moving forward, we just need to put our whole effort in, and I think it's all gonna come together in the next couple of games.
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Yeah, that's great.
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What tonight were you really proud of the team and doing, and maybe if you wanted to hit on something you know you guys could have worked on?
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I mean, I know you guys won by a lot, but you guys have high standards.
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So what's something maybe on both sides that you'd do better or something you did well?
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Yeah, I think in the first half we were a little disappointed with how slow we started.
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That's definitely something we've been working on and trying to grow on throughout the season.
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Um getting a 1-1 um tie at the beginning is not ideal for us, but Thompson has also taught us throughout the season that um we can face a lot of adversity and still rise above and to be prepared for anything and still have a great mentality to move forward and kind of push through.
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Talk to me about Coach Thompson this year and how fun it's been to play for him and coming from a different coach last year, that transition.
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Yeah, I think both coaches are great, and Thompson has really just pushed us, and I think he wants to make us more than great soccer players, and he wants to make us good people off the field too, and that's definitely helped our team get closer and be kind of more of a family and um unite on and off the field too.
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I'm here with Coach Ryan Thompson after their crosstown win over Flathead.
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Coach, it's the last regular season game.
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What did you see from the girls that's uh promising to take into you next week?
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Well, it's always good to score a lot of goals, which we did.
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Um it's good to see us um concede um in a kind of inopportune moment and not let that bother us and kind of regroup and be patient and wait for goals to come again, and they did.
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So that was really good to see.
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Yeah.
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In a game like this where you know you do get up by a certain amount of goals, you know, as the coach, what do you tend to focus to to keep improving?
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Well, I mean, um how how we finish, how we create the chances, um, are we playing the right way?
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Um, are we you know making the right runs?
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Um and are we finishing?
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You know, I mean it's it's good to score a lot of goals, but it it is it goes without saying it's hard to score goals.
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Um and we create a lot of opportunities.
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Are we taking our opportunities?
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Um, and and we did that today, so it was good.
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Yeah, coach, what excites you about this team going to the state tournament and what they can do there?
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Well, at our best, this team um can compete with the top teams, and we've we've shown that this year.
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And um, when we put a full complete game in, um, this team is special.
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This team is resilient, um, it has a great uh senior leadership from from Kylie and then Avi on the on the bench as a as a senior, and and then a really strong group of of juniors.
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And um, you know, we're we're kind of following that group and and letting them kind of take us where we want to go.
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And um, it's just a just a special group to coach.
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So it's a special group to watch.
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Coach, this was your first season taking over Coach Doug Mello.
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What was it like for you, you know, from the start of the year now that we're at the end of the regular season?
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Oh, it's been it's been so fun.
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Um, you know, at the beginning of the year, um I was just excited to to coach this group, to be with this group, and it's it's a it's a you know, they're great soccer players, but they're even better kids off the field.
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They're great students, they're involved in so many different things at at Glacier.
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So it's a really easy group to get behind.
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Um it's an easy group to you know to want to put in the long hours and work for, and and um I've I just absolutely loved it, um, and and it's been well worth it, and we're just excited for next week.
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So yeah, I'm excited for you.
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Last question I have for you, Gracie has the fourth goals tonight.
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You know, how special it is to coach a player like that, someone you can rely on game in and game out to get it done for you guys.
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She's she's unbelievable, and and you know, she's you know, four goals is is awfully impressive, and she, you know, for all the goals she scored this year, she's still, you know, she could have scored more.
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Um, but every team focuses so much on her, and she gets you know double, triple teamed every single game, and she's still able to create so many goals for us, so many chances for us.
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She's an absolute special player, and you know, the whole state knows that.
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Oh, everybody, every coach in this in the state knows who Gracie Winkler is.
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And um and so, yeah, we've and and it's been cool to see her her leadership uh capabilities uh step up as well.
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Um and she's she's kind of grown into that role as well this year.
