Jon Wagner
Jon Wagner
beat good heck kids looked morris win
I thought Morris had a heck of a tournament. He beat some good kids to win this thing and looked really good.
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.
example kid kids perfect regional
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
city good granite next run shot teams time tough
We have a good shot at that, I think. We have to get through some tough teams up there. It's our first one in a long time because we have always run into some tough Granite City teams, we will see them next weekend.
eight good guys looking mindset state
Looking back on the sectional tournament, getting eight guys through was a good day. Now we are going to state with the mindset that just getting there is not enough, we want medals.
adam great last late lost second tie
That was a great match. Adam scored late to tie it up, but lost on a last second reversal. Adam wrestled well, it was just one of those things.
couple enjoy practicing
We'll enjoy it for a couple of hours. But it's right back to practicing in the morning.