Mark Mears
Mark Mears
charming goal hoping state third time title winning
We're hoping the third time will be the charm. Winning a state title has been our goal all season.
encourage ready stay
I tell them to be ready for anything. I encourage them to stay focused.
bench cheering dedicated impressive kids takes whether wins
He's a very dedicated kid. Most impressive is, whether Donnie wins or loses, he's cheering on the other kids from the bench and that takes class.
extra gave job panicked phenomenal shame
It's a shame it happened. It was out of frustration more than anything. Fortunately, no one panicked after we gave up those extra points. And Donnie did a phenomenal job to get it back.
battle came dominant escapes four gave impressed kids night points rested
I was most impressed with how dominant we were. My kids gave up only four points all night and two came on escapes where we let them up. We're battle tested, rested and healthy.
bearing lee
They wrestled well. Donnie and Lee have been here so many times, and I think that has a lot of bearing on it.
goal guess means meet might win
Our goal is to win the WPIAL and PIAA titles. I guess that means if we want to win a title, we might have to meet Reynolds at 10 a.m. on Feb. 11.
goal titles win winning
Our goal is to win section, WPIAL, and PIAA titles this year. Winning a PIAA title is the only goal we haven't attained.
easier road title
The WPIAL runner-up actually has an easier road to the PIAA title match.
dynasty england four jokes team three won
The team jokes that we're a dynasty because they say if the New England Patriots won three out of four and they're a dynasty, then so are we.
feet hurting
You can see it's hurting him on his feet a little bit.
competition great pounds proud wrestlers
I'm satisfied. This is great competition, and we had a lot of wrestlers do well. I'm really proud of Stefan. He's 182 pounds and he did a great job.
ankles break gives heal kids others shoulders title until winning
Winning the WPIAL title gives us a break until Friday. We have kids limping around and others who have shoulders and ankles taped. We need the five-day break to heal and drill.
everybody firing geared happy slow toward
We're really happy right now. We all geared toward peaking this weekend, and we did. We were a little slow (Friday), but today, everybody was firing on all cylinders.