Mark Mears
Mark Mears
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.
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.
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.
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.
goal guess means meet might win
Our goal is to win the WPIAL and PIAA titles. I guess that means if we want to win a title, we might have to meet Reynolds at 10 a.m. on Feb. 11.
goal titles win winning
Our goal is to win section, WPIAL, and PIAA titles this year. Winning a PIAA title is the only goal we haven't attained.
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.
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.
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.
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.