Mat Sprague
Mat Sprague
forward good guys looking perform points score team training unit week year
All year long, we've been stressing to the JV unit that they can score points and they can contribute. I'm looking forward to a good week of training and getting these guys to go out and perform as a team one more time.
bonded focus great holding huge keeping learning length meet next practice team terms weight
It was a huge learning experience. It was great practice for a two-day meet in terms of holding their weight and keeping our focus over that length of time. The team bonded and I think we want to go back next year.
metal pedal putting state stress
The stress is out of the way, we're putting the pedal to the metal for state and district.
bad eight good kid kids three weekend
Every kid has a winnable match. On a bad weekend, we get three kids to place and on a good weekend we get all eight to place.
major program
Considering where the program has come from, it's a major accomplishment.
eight third
From where've come, third place and eight qualifiers is huge.
league proud rather school title
I would have rather had a league title for the school and the kids, but it's an accomplishment I'm proud of.
beat face fall fun send seniors wrestle
It's going to be a stretch, but if the fall on their face here and we wrestle well, we can beat them. We want to send the seniors off on a fun night.
against dual home kids meet rest school thankful tough week weekend
It was a tough week for the kids with school finals, the dual meet and the tournament. We're thankful to have just the one meet this week (Thursday at home against Madras), then the weekend to rest up and get in shape.
beat league surprised thinking
They were thinking they were going to beat us Wilsonville has been mopped up for years in the Tri-Valley League so when we beat them, we got some surprised looks.
beautiful chances hard promote week work year
We want to promote it as much as we can. This week is for the kids, they work hard and they have a beautiful facility. We have two chances this year to show it off and do it right.
attitude everybody good happy kept kids pressure putting state teams using
A lot of teams were using this as a tune-up for state and district, but we were putting pressure on the kids to perform, perform, perform. Everybody kept a good attitude and I was happy with how they responded.
build final gets good match number state top win wrestle
They're going to have to wrestle well, but they all could place. Right now, they're in the top 32 in the state and every match they win that number gets smaller. It's a good accomplishment to get to the final 32, but let's build on it.
dominated ready score star struck
He dominated a little more than the score showed. At state, he's been there before, he shouldn't be star struck and he should be ready to go.