Jon Wagner
Jon Wagner
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.
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).
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.
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.
adam call escapes fault good guy overtime tie tough winning
Adam was winning by one late, but he was called for stalling to tie the match. It was kind of a tough call right there. Then their guy escapes in overtime to get the win. You can't fault Adam there. He wrestled a very good match.
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.
chance guys needed pleased proud win
We're proud of that. I thought we needed to get 11 guys through to win the regional, and we had a chance to get all 14 through, but I'm very pleased getting 13 guys through to the sectional.
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.
depth example guys injuries perfect performed share stepped whenever
He stepped in and really wrestled well. I think that's a perfect example of our depth this season. We've had our share of injuries this season, but guys have stepped up and performed whenever they were asked.
beat few fifth good great guys left losing lost matches move proud quality seconds third won
I'm really proud of Daryl. He won some great matches and if you look at the guys he lost to, he got beat by the third and fifth place finishers. So he's losing good matches to quality guys. He lost to the third place guy 9-2, but it was 4-2 with a few seconds left when he made a move and got turned. He'll be back.
control depth destiny east good louis solid
We control our own destiny in the conference, and that's all you can ask. But it's not going to be easy. East St. Louis has some very good wrestlers. They may not have the depth that we have, but they're a solid team.
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.
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.
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.