Jim Pappas
Jim Pappas
coaches doubt improved kids
No doubt our most improved wrestler. Kids like him make us coaches look really good.
basement best conference river
We got out of the basement of the Raccoon River Conference and we then wrestled our very best at districts.
fine jim matches performed
Evan performed well and Jim wrestled two really fine matches to get into the finals.
champion competitor example great program regardless
Evan is a great competitor and exceptionally dedicated. He's a great example for our program and a champion regardless of the outcome.
best effort sean
Sean wrestled his best at the end and there was a lot of improvement. The effort was really good.
dominated great obviously performance ready state tough year
This year at state he was ready to go and he dominated his first opponent. It was a great performance and he's obviously going to be tough to replace.
half hard improve overall point wrestlers year
We were only one point away from being eighth. The wrestlers have been working especially hard to improve their first half of the season's performances and overall they started the new year much improved.
good lapse start
We had a good start and a good finish, but we really had a lapse in between.
good great hard kids thanks
We had a good day. The tournament, thanks to all the great help, went the smoothest ever and most importantly our kids wrestled hard and with a lot of intensity.
guy nevada win
This was his 100th win at Nevada and we haven't had a 100-win guy in I don't know how long. Evan had a big day.
ability defend defense easy front game good inside job kept looks missed playing
They did a good job of playing defense on the perimeter, and that ability to defend out front kept us from getting our inside game going. We missed some easy looks inside, too.
evening forward holiday opponents positive since steps taken took tough
We've taken some positive steps forward since Holiday break, but this evening we took some steps backwards. Our opponents were tough and they took it to us.
aggressive earlier ended evening glad ready regular season seniors versus victory whereas win wrestle year
We started the year with a victory and we ended the regular season with a victory. I was glad for the seniors to get a win over Perry. We were very aggressive and ready to wrestle whereas earlier in the evening versus ADM that wasn't the case.
needed plays
They made some big plays when they needed to, and we weren't able to make them when we needed them.