Jon Wagner
Jon Wagner
bring came ends goal home kids short tail winning
The kids really competed their tail ends off. Our goal was to bring home some hardware, and that's what we did. We came up a little short of winning it, but that doesn't take anything away from what these kids have accomplished this season.
close fourth kid quality ranked sean third win
The kid Sean wrestled, I think is ranked third or fourth in Missouri, so he's a quality wrestler. Sometimes you have to win the close ones, and Sean did that tonight.
bringing catch finish high home medals oak possible tough
It's would be real tough to catch Oak Park. But tomorrow's another day. It's kind of a day for individuals. We still want to finish as high as possible as a team, but it's more about individuals bringing home medals at this point.
class goal good season three top
We need to have 11, 12 guys, at least, get through to the sectionals. Ideally, we'd get all 14 of them through and I think we can do that if we all do what we have been doing all season long. The top three in each class get through and I think it's a good goal to get all of them through.
five guys happy matches
We had five guys in championship matches and that's the most we've ever had. You have to be happy with that.
beating came capable great losing mind puts sean strong
We had a great day. A.J. came back strong after losing yesterday. When Sean puts his mind to it and competes, he's capable of beating anyone.
control depth destiny east good louis solid
We control our own destiny in the conference, and that's all you can ask. But it's not going to be easy. East St. Louis has some very good wrestlers. They may not have the depth that we have, but they're a solid team.
couple enjoy practicing
We'll enjoy it for a couple of hours. But it's right back to practicing in the morning.
advance came good kids sore team
We had a really good day today. The 10 kids that we had advance came in and really banged. It was a team effort. We feel real good about it. The kids are sore and banged up, but they competed real hard.
match taking
We're going up there and taking it one match at a time. Right now, we're just celebrating our first sectional.
battle injuries next practice ready tuesday
We're going to get after it in practice and then be ready to go on Tuesday night. We're going to take a look at our injuries and see who can and can't go, and then go battle and try to get back up here next weekend.
individual kids resilient state year
We're banged up after the individual state tournament.. But these kids have been resilient all year long and we've battled through a lot this season.
against beaten guys kids knew time tough
We knew we were going to have a tough time in the championships. Not to say we were underdogs, but we knew we were up against some kids who had beaten us before. I thought all our guys wrestled well in those matches.
good kids knew matches overall three tough tournament won
We knew we would have tough some matches in the finals. But I thought that the kids wrestled hard. Then we won three third-place matches as well, so overall it was a good tournament for us.