Tribune
Jeannette ready to battle for PIAA championship
By
Paul Schofield
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, March 14, 2008
Jeannette boys basketball coach Jim Nesser was busy Thursday preparing for the PIAA Class AA championship game. He was on a PIAA telephone conference in the morning with reporters, and he spent part of the afternoon calling friends to find out everything he could about his team's opponent, Strawberry Mansion (23-5).
What he found out about the Philadelphia City League public school is that Strawberry Mansion has a good team.
"They're good, nice size, they're quick, and they play hard," Nesser said. "We'll have our hands full. We've played Chester, and it is ranked No. 3 in the country, and we played South Atlanta. We've played some great basketball teams who have talent.
"We're not going to back down. We might try to slow down the tempo, but we're going to play. We're going to compete, and we're going to challenge every play. We're going to play for 32 minutes and give it all we got."
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