Shane Valdez
Shane Valdez
Shane Valdez, is an American drummer, producer, vocalist, and songwriter...
asked awesome league looked pounds section tournament week weighed wrestle wrestling
The week before league he asked if he could wrestle at 173 pounds and go varsity, and here he is going to the section tournament now. He's wrestling light. He only weighed in at 166, 167 ... but he looked awesome today.
best confidence huge luke state tournament worked wrestler
This was huge for Luke - especially for his confidence. He's worked so hard. It's huge to go into the state tournament with the confidence that he's the best wrestler in the state.
extremely good hard luke score solid top
Luke is extremely hard to score on. He's got good solid takedowns, he's solid on top and he's very hard to take down.
definitely five good home last paid proud work
We were definitely happy. It's always good to come home with two medalists, so we're proud of them. They've put in a lot of work the last five years, and it's paid off.
battling five happened win wrestle
I still think if they were to wrestle 10 times, they'd each win five times. Welch just happened to win this one. They're so even. I think you're going to see them battling each other in freestyle, and even in college, for a while.
confident feeling handled lucas luke solid state
I thought Luke wrestled great. Lucas is solid and Luke pretty much handled him. He's right where we want him to be going into state - healthy, confident and feeling strong.
since time
I think that's the first time since I've been here that we had everyone qualify.
athlete average both carries fact four grade great kid kyle last love point scholar shows team
Kyle has been great to have on the team the last four years. He carries a 4.4 grade point average and I love the fact we have a kid who shows you can be an athlete and you can be a scholar at the same time. He does it in both realms.
challenge class determine fill grown starting taller weight
Jake has grown a lot this year. He's getting taller and starting to fill out, so it's been a challenge to determine what weight class we're going to put him at.
finish goal nice sixth winning
Our goal is always to make it to state. Winning here is a nice bonus, but you could finish sixth here and still win state.
bill class tough weight win
He's tough enough to win league. That should be a real interesting weight class. It's very balanced, and Bill is right there in the mix.
both earned excited high looking tough
I'm excited for both those guys. They've earned it. They're looking tough and they're going to state, now they want to see how high they can go.
bring cares excuses nobody ready time wrestle
I know Zach has been coughing, but the thing is, you've got to wrestle the way you are. Nobody cares about excuses this time of year. You just have to get it done, and I don't think Zach let that bring him down. He was ready for that match.
california kids victory
Not too many kids in California get to be up on that victory stand.