A.J. wrestled really well against a kid who placed in the state. It was a good win for him. |
Adam was winning by one late, but he was called for stalling to tie the match. It was kind of a tough call right there. Then their guy escapes in overtime to get the win. You can't fault Adam there. He wrestled a very good match. |
Chris had a great year and it ended here with another win. |
Daryl had a real tough road today. But he beat a tough kid from Mascoutah and came back and wrestled real well in the next match. |
He had a protective brace on his wrist, and that really didn't allow him to use that hand at all. He's the best guy we have at that weight and we wanted to give him his chance. And he wrestled well, even with the disadvantage of the brace. |
He stepped in and really wrestled well. I think that's a perfect example of our depth this season. We've had our share of injuries this season, but guys have stepped up and performed whenever they were asked. |
He was a non-seeded regional kid and makes it all the way to the third-place match. He's a perfect example of how these kids have battled this year. |
I didn't know what to expect from him. But for him to tech fall is a credit to the kind of athlete he is. |
I had the head referee come over after the match and say the wrong call was made, but it didn't do Matt any good. Our kid has his hand raised as the winner and it's taken away from him. That's wrong. It's tough to win a match in overtime when that happens. |
I thought Chris looked very impressive. He really goes after people, doesn't he? |
I thought Morris had a heck of a tournament. He beat some good kids to win this thing and looked really good. |
I'm really proud of Daryl. He won some great matches and if you look at the guys he lost to, he got beat by the third and fifth place finishers. So he's losing good matches to quality guys. He lost to the third place guy 9-2, but it was 4-2 with a few seconds left when he made a move and got turned. He'll be back. |
It was a good effort. I thought we got banged around a little bit at some classes in the early rounds, but kids rebounded well and had good tournaments. |
It's a big honor for me and the kids. It should be a lot of fun. |
It's a big jump from sectionals to state. There are a lot of tough wrestlers up in the Chicago area. We're going to go up there and battle and see what we can come back with. Some of the guys wrestled great just to get there, but they all have the mindset to bring home a medal, so that's what we're going up there to fight for. |