Jon Wagner
Jon Wagner
battle bring chicago fight great guys home jump mindset tough wrestlers
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.
honor
It's a big honor for me and the kids. It should be a lot of fun.
bit classes early good kids
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.
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.
determination determined downs kid last morris nice ups
It's real nice to see Morris get through. He's had some ups and downs this season. He's a determined kid and it showed with that last win.
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.
ask
You can't ask for much more than that.
along bad breaks hard kids lost matches proud shot today tomorrow tough
The kids all wrestled hard all day long. We had some tough matches that we won, some we lost and some bad breaks along the way. But I'm proud of what we did up here today and tomorrow we still have a shot at some medals.
against good kid placed win
A.J. wrestled really well against a kid who placed in the state. It was a good win for him.
chris goes looked
I thought Chris looked very impressive. He really goes after people, doesn't he?
good hopefully past teams time waited weekend
It's been a long time that we've waited for this chance. We have had good teams in the past, and we just could not get past Granite. Hopefully we have one more good weekend in us.
both competitor guys hates home knows medal position sean third tough wants
That was a tough match. It was tough, both guys battled hard, Sean should be proud, but he's not. He's a competitor and he hates to lose. There's nothing I can say to him tonight, he knows what he has to do (today). He knows he is in position to get a medal if he wants it. It will be tough for him to get re-focused on third place, but that's what he has to do if he wants to go home with a medal (today).
allow best guy hand protective weight
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.