Jon Wagner
Jon Wagner
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
change chin few quality row shows took wrestlers
We kind of took it on the chin for a few years. But this is two in a row now and I think it shows a change in the quality of wrestlers in Metro-East has now.
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.
class goal good season three top
We need to have 11, 12 guys, at least, get through to the sectionals. Ideally, we'd get all 14 of them through and I think we can do that if we all do what we have been doing all season long. The top three in each class get through and I think it's a good goal to get all of them through.
good start wrestling
We've had a good start and we're wrestling well right now. But there is still a long way to go.
beating came capable great losing mind puts sean strong
We had a great day. A.J. came back strong after losing yesterday. When Sean puts his mind to it and competes, he's capable of beating anyone.