Mark Mears
Mark Mears
ankles break gives heal kids others shoulders title until winning
Winning the WPIAL title gives us a break until Friday. We have kids limping around and others who have shoulders and ankles taped. We need the five-day break to heal and drill.
against fine good joe match six strong week
Joe showed me something in Saturday's match against Jacob. We've been working on his conditioning, and he was able to go a strong six minutes. He'll be fine with another good week of work.
bench cheering dedicated impressive kids takes whether wins
He's a very dedicated kid. Most impressive is, whether Donnie wins or loses, he's cheering on the other kids from the bench and that takes class.
character shows
He's down, but to come back and win, that shows character.
believe bounce guys jeff
I really thought Jeff should've won. You've got to believe you're going to win. But I think all of our guys will bounce back.
competition great pounds proud wrestlers
I'm satisfied. This is great competition, and we had a lot of wrestlers do well. I'm really proud of Stefan. He's 182 pounds and he did a great job.
feet hurting
You can see it's hurting him on his feet a little bit.
advance finals hope kids last section year
We had 12 kids advance to the section finals last year. Our hope this year is to have at least 11 or 12 make it to the finals.
charming goal hoping state third time title winning
We're hoping the third time will be the charm. Winning a state title has been our goal all season.
allen five guys nine outside
We started off a little slow, but I thought the guys wrestled well. Outside of Allen (Park, at 119), everyone's still in it. We've got nine guys still wrestling, and five in the semis.
against duck good knew learned mentally scholars-and-scholarship team theirs tough wrestlers
With those two out of the lineup, and mentally the team was deflated and knew it would be tough to win. But we learned a little more about Reynolds. We didn't duck anybody. We put our good wrestlers against theirs to see what happened.
coming excellent forward good looking northern team weekend
We're looking forward to the competition. We're coming off two good weekend tournaments and this will be a good test. The team is looking forward to the tournament. Reynolds, Greenville and Northern Lehigh have excellent squads.
forward healthier looking
We're healthier now than we've been all season. So, we're looking forward to the matches.
encourage ready stay
I tell them to be ready for anything. I encourage them to stay focused.