Mark Mears
Mark Mears
four good joe last lee team time titles
This time we'll have Lee and Joe in the lineup. That's four WPIAL titles that weren't in the lineup last time. I think we're as good as any team in Pennsylvania.
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.
deep eventually evolve match patiently winner
We're very deep and we have a winner at every weight, so we just have to patiently let the match evolve and we're eventually going to find our points.
easier road title
The WPIAL runner-up actually has an easier road to the PIAA title match.
dynasty england four jokes team three won
The team jokes that we're a dynasty because they say if the New England Patriots won three out of four and they're a dynasty, then so are we.
guys honest hoping nine
To be honest with you, we were hoping to have nine to the semifinals. I thought they all wrestled good. Some of the guys just didn't finish.
believe capable far fighting good matches team winning
That's what I told the team after the team tournament. We're far from finished. We have enough good individuals that are capable of getting back to Hershey, winning matches and placing. I believe it's going to be us and Reynolds fighting it out again.
battle came dominant escapes four gave impressed kids night points rested
I was most impressed with how dominant we were. My kids gave up only four points all night and two came on escapes where we let them up. We're battle tested, rested and healthy.
encourage ready stay
I tell them to be ready for anything. I encourage them to stay focused.
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.
care fun hard relax squad themselves together worked
We don't care who we wrestle. This is a together squad and I told them to relax and have fun. They've worked hard to put themselves in this position.
everybody firing geared happy slow toward
We're really happy right now. We all geared toward peaking this weekend, and we did. We were a little slow (Friday), but today, everybody was firing on all cylinders.
extra gave job panicked phenomenal shame
It's a shame it happened. It was out of frustration more than anything. Fortunately, no one panicked after we gave up those extra points. And Donnie did a phenomenal job to get it back.
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.