A big thing is that we have to be able to stay off our backs. And we've got to get someone to close the door and get that pin that we need. |
At that point the team score was 31-3 so at the moment he was going for the win for himself. That's fine. I told the kids if they were in that situation that they should go for it. |
Bennett is a solid kid whose losses were all to some of the top kids in the weight class. It's no easy first round match. |
Deke (Nelson) has Urich (46-6) of Perry Meridian, a kid who placed third last year. There are just so many good kids. |
He was a big part of the leadership of our senior class. He has a work ethic that just seemed to inject energy into everyone else. |
I really believe without Humphrey there, Matt could have been a three-time champ. Unfortunately for Matt, Humphrey was one of the best kids in the nation. But his dedication and commitment earned him a title this season. |
In our dual with them (Mishawaka), they beat us by 12, but without Tyler Baker in the lineup. With Tyler in there, I believe it would be at last a two-point match. |
Irwin and Scherer pretty well dominated. Those two are wrestling about the best they can right now. Kiefer comes into the tournament 2-0, and coming off mono to finish second. That's phenomenal for him. |
Irwin has been banged up a little bit. We had the meet in hand so he didn't have to go at 110 percent. He'll be more aggressive on Saturday. |
Irwin will be more aggressive Saturday. This just wasn't a good situation. |
It was a convincing win for Nelson. Irwin and Scherer pretty much dominated. All three have a good shot at making the finals if they wrestle well. |
It's a war. We're going to see what we can do, and if go there and wrestle like we have been I think we'll have a very good showing. |
It's kinda like our conference, we need to score in every weight class and the kids need to be in the top four. |
Someone is going to have to step up that's not supposed to. We're just evenly matched with them (Pirates). And the underclassmen have to realize that this might be their best shot. You just can't count on next year. This could be the year. |
There was only one place to go for Matt. He'd been second (2004) and third (2005) and to walk out of here with a championship is the perfect ending. |