All of our guys in the finals wrestled great during the day to get there. I could mention every one of them. |
And Josh looked really tough in doing it. |
He's wrestled the entire season with torn ligaments and tendons in his ankle. He's had to wrestle with pain all year long. No one's really known about it, we've kept it quiet, but he goes out there and gives 100 percent. |
It was a good tune-up to keep guys fresh and work some of the kinks out. |
My young kids had gutsy performances. We got four young kids through as alternates, so they get to see what it's all about. |
Parker looked real sharp and was real aggressive. |
That was a good match. He was better on his feet. He went 100 percent. He deserved it, he deserved it. |
That was the third time he had to wrestle his kid in the last three weeks. It was a tighter match, but Kevin finished strong. |
This is where we needed to have a good round, a round where we have not stepped up in the past. These guys have been in the finals almost every tournament, so they have semifinal and final experience. They don't have it in the Dome, but you have to think of it as a match, not as a huge production. That's what I'm going to tell them ---- one match at a time. |
We did well and I'm happy with the kids. I think we grew a lot this tournament. |
We won a lot of matches by coming back, so I think we were in much better shape than the rest of the competition and we wrestled right to the finish. |