Demetrios has been the guy all year. He's been the lead dog and the leader of the guys in the room. He deserved to be there. |
He's a slow starter and it's been that way most of the season -- he gets better as the match goes on. I don't know what fired him up, but he got a second wind and it was over. |
I opened up the paper (last) Saturday morning and when I saw the (Proviso East) score I felt bad for the boys. Finishing 5-1 is a great thing and we haven't been that close in a while. But I just felt so bad for those kids. |
I pointed to each kid before the match and challenged them. I told them either they were going to show they were contenders or pretenders. ... They proved they are contenders and did a nice job coming back. |
I was excited to get both those guys down there, but both of them when they came off the mat said that they were not ready to wrestle. I think the ambiance got to them, which can be the case when it's your first time down there. |
I'm happy for Alex, too. It was disappointing for him last year to get knocked out. |
It was a heck of a night -- pretty exciting. The score was not at all indicative of how good a match it was. We made it exciting for the people who came out to watch us. |
Ricky is the feel-good story of the year. You could tell he wasn't nervous and he went out there and really wanted to win. |
That was a great match. Neither one of those two kids deserved to lose. That match was won and lost by a coin flip. |
The big thing for Alex was that he got a great draw. You always have to come to wrestle, but it always helps when you're on a good side of the bracket. Alex was the best wrestler on his side. |
The sectional is always so tough. Only the strong survive. We did well. Nine of our 12 guys got wins and it was nine to see so many guys win a match. |