Russ Witzig
Russ Witzig
both confident finds gets guys match tight worried
Brandon is so confident in his abilities and that's what makes him so special. He was tired, both guys were, but he's so confident and I don't get too worried when he gets in a tight match because he finds a way.
attacks goes match
Brandon is having an outstanding season. He just goes out there every match and attacks his opponent.
against ahead dual extra five guys matches physical pins ryan tough
Ryan just wrestled five really physical matches and was able to get ahead and get some big wins. He got some big pins against tough guys and got us some extra points. I thought that the dual with Mascoutah and CM would come down to pins and I think it did.
chances glad liked match meant
I was glad the match started at 275 (heavyweight). Because that meant we could end with Zach and Brandon, and I liked our chances with those two.
beat finally kid kyle matches roll tight
He's really on a roll right now and finally beat the Mascoutah kid (Kent Williams). They had some tight matches this season, but Kyle finally beat him.
career chance five goals keeps lofty matches owns path pinned pins placing record season state time total wins year
He already owns the career wins record with 123. I haven't had a chance to total things up yet, but by the time the season is over, I think he will own just about every record we have. He's got 28 pins this season and pinned all five of his matches on Saturday. He's got some pretty lofty goals about placing in state this year and if he keeps on the path he's on now, those are very reachable goals.
came close good grant matches overtime period point steve wearing work worry wrestler year
Grant is a good wrestler and Steve had to work for that one. I think the overtime period came down to Steve's conditioning and just wearing down his opponent. When Steve is in a close match, I don't worry too much about him. Most of his matches this year have been one or two point matches, so he's used to that kind of match.
effort favorite felt good guns knew last team won
We felt as if we should have won it last year. This year, I don't think we were the favorite because we knew the kind of team CM had. They have some big guns in that lineup and I knew it would take a good effort from us and we got it from all 14 kids.
focus guys regional since strong struggled tough winning
It would have been very tough to take Edwardsville down anyway. They are so strong we would have struggled winning the regional with Zach. But since we don't have him, I don't see any way we can win it. We're just going to focus on getting as many guys into the sectional as we can.
area best class great knew thomas tough weight
Perez is the best in the area at that weight class. So we knew it was going to be a tough match. But Thomas had a great tournament.
area challenged compete guy ranked teams third
Lowe is the real deal. He's ranked third in the state, I think, and hasn't really even been challenged in this area yet. There aren't many teams around here that has a guy that can compete with him.
season
I can't say enough about Brandon. He wrestled really well today, and all season long.
closer good wins work wrestlers
Those two were closer than I thought they would be, but those are two good wrestlers Alton has. They made us work for those wins at those classes.
against came good hard river struggling wood wrestlers
It was a good win. They have some good kids, Wood River is back at double-A now and they are struggling with their enrollment a little bit. But they have some very good wrestlers in that lineup and they all came out and wrestled hard against us and didn't give us anything.