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.
cost match picture recover taken thinking won
That just killed Matt's momentum. Picture yourself thinking you won a match and then having it taken from you, he didn't recover from that and it cost him.
match taking
We're going up there and taking it one match at a time. Right now, we're just celebrating our first sectional.
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.
call hand head kid match matt overtime raised referee taken tough winner wrong
I had the head referee come over after the match and say the wrong call was made, but it didn't do Matt any good. Our kid has his hand raised as the winner and it's taken away from him. That's wrong. It's tough to win a match in overtime when that happens.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
chance gets happy himself lose mistakes sean sure
Sean is not happy with himself right now. He thought he made some mistakes to lose that one, but he gets to go to sectionals and I'm sure he will get another chance at Ian there.
finished great high kid morris season state stepped
Morris is the same way. He got a kid that finished very high in the state and had a great season and he stepped up .