He definitely has some natural ability and catches on quickly. |
He's good at tying up the other guys, but we want him to open up a little more, which will make him even more of threat. He's an athletic kid, works hard in practice. We'd like to see him take it to the next level. |
I think we've got a good chance to get a lot more guys through to district this year and that will help our team score. It's just a matter of how we wrestle on that day. If we wrestle to our full potential, I think we can do very well as a team. |
I'm real proud of the fact all three of our seniors were able to wrestle in the district. I think they raised the bar from where it was and where we want to go. Hopefully, we'll have this many moving on to state next year. |
If we want to get better, we've got to get a tougher schedule. It's time to turn it up a notch, but I think we're taking steps in the right direction. |
It wasn't any tougher than I expected, but with only having one guy with any previous experience at this level, it just wasn't in the cards. |
That semifinal match actually helped his confidence. But Chris is the kind of guy that does a lot of summer wrestling, and it's really paying off in the postseason. |
That was the fourth time he's beat Poland this year and sometimes it's hard to get up for that kind of a match. |
The kids wrote down their goals, and a lot of them wrote that they want to place in the top three at sectional. I think we've got a chance to get a lot more kids through this year. We're hoping we'll have five to seven guys make it to district. |
We've been changing his style a little bit, trying to get him away from the big guys just hanging on him. He's been working a lot harder on his shots and he may take some lumps before it all comes together, but once he gets into a new rhythm and gets comfortable with his new style, he'll be a lot better off. |