I'm still healing up, and I figured the difference between being first and second wasn't worth the risk of wrestling another match. I've got big expectations going into district. I want to win a district championship to go into state as a No. 1 seed. |
If feels great to do this. I never thought I'd win my final match by 13 points. |
It feels good to beat him, because he is one of the best here. He was probably the favorite to win it, and to beat him in the second round (Friday) gave me a huge confidence boost. |
Jason was probably the favorite to win this tournament. It felt great to avenge my loss to him. After that match, I knew I could win here. |
That was just a simple play to see if we could get something. It was supposed to be a harmless play. But it got batted into the air, and then we missed our chance to tackle him. |
We got guys there [to tackle Thompson], but we weren't making tackles. We're diving at ankles instead of wrapping him up. |
We have underachieved. We have failed at every opportunity to make the big play; that's what's gotten us. We've been spending a lot of time on fundamentals, and we're going to have to keep on doing that because we have young kids. |