Joe Gordillo
Joe Gordillo
doubt second six state weeks
You tell him six weeks ago that he's going to be second in the state and I doubt he'd be disappointed in that at all. We didn't even know if he was going to be able to wrestle.
good second thinks wrestle
I know he thinks he didn't wrestle his best. But he's second in the state; that's got to feel good eventually.
breaking calling good great guys leader lifts middle moody motivator preacher season
Breaking it in the middle of the season is pretty impressive. But he's so much more than just a good wrestler. He's a great leader and motivator for us. The guys started calling him Preacher Moody because he lifts everyone up in the room.
close finger good hopefully indicative lost ourselves represent wrestle
We didn't represent ourselves very well at all. We didn't wrestle badly, we just didn't do as well as we should have. We lost a lot of close matches, which is disappointing. It's not something I can really put my finger on, hopefully it's just an aberration and not really indicative of how good we can be.
freshman pin preparing wrote year
They've been preparing for this all year long. (The Monticello match) was a little too exciting. Obviously, if you wrote a story, this is what you'd want - freshman has to get the pin to win.
few healthy hope kids last nine quality quite winning
Last season, we had only nine healthy kids. We hope to get quite a few kids out to the sectional meet. If things go well, we have a possibility of winning the regional, but there are a lot of quality teams.
losing naturally princeton throughout weight wrestle
He's been losing weight naturally throughout the year. So he'll wrestle 130 at Princeton this weekend.
busy helped kid might needed whatever
Whatever he could do to keep busy and be a part of the team. He did whatever needed to be done. He even helped out Eric, a kid that might take his spot. I thought that showed a lot of character.