Todd Cheney
Todd Cheney
absolutely best bowler days kept seen talked throwing winning
It was absolutely amazing. It was one of the best days I've seen in the Hartland program's history. It was strange. We just kept winning and no one wanted to say anything about it. It was like a bowler throwing a 300 game. You don't want to say anything about it. No one even talked about it.
couple eight felt qualified regional seconds six teams took top wrestling
It was a little disappointing for us because we felt we could get a couple more. You look at it now and 30 seconds of wrestling took us from 11 qualifying to eight. We had our opportunities and the eight that qualified wrestled phenomenal. They had to because our regional had six of the top 10 teams in the state. The region was loaded.
calling eat focused great group kids knowing perfect school themselves work
Things are going well for us. The kids are calling themselves the 'Five-Week Freaks,' knowing they have to do everything perfect behave, do their school work, eat right and be focused while wrestling. They are a great group to work with. They're having a lot of fun.
match swing turned
That was a swing match for our team, because it really turned the momentum.
ask great hard kids shot year
It's tough. We really thought we had a shot at them this year and we just had a great season. We wrestled hard and the kids put everything they had into it. You can't ask for more than that.
broke record
It was incredible. We wrestled outstanding. We broke the record for most points, most champs, most finalists and most placers. We had 14 placers. You can't do better than that. It was amazing.
beat fourth kid last looked michigan risk state took
We didn't want to risk anything with the knee. He tore it at Michigan Duals and he's already back and he beat a kid in the quarterfinals that took fourth in state last year. He looked really good.
closer feels five gets great happen kids step team wrestle
When you wrestle a team so many times it gets closer and closer, but that didn't happen today. The kids wrestled great and we were able to rotate kids in. It feels great. It's a little different going in as a favorite. We have to take it one step at a time, two down five to go.
since wrestling
They've been wrestling since they were 6 and 7.
best coaches kids listed scenario stretching
A lot of times as coaches we do a best-case scenario and a worst-case scenario and we listed as coaches the best we could do is get 12 and we thought 13 was stretching it. The kids did outstanding.
climbing ladder state
They're all climbing the ladder (toward a state championship).
behave bunch classroom job kids
This is a real self-motivated group. They know how to behave in the classroom and on and off the mat. Having a bunch of kids like that makes my job a lot easier.
bad cannot carry december goal great kids knocked mind
Our kids were better prepared, we had a goal in mind and we knocked 'em off. We had a great day, and sometimes, it's too bad a day in December cannot carry over into March.
coat community grocery kids people stores walk
Our kids walk around in the community and in grocery stores and people see them with a (wrestling) coat on and tell them congratulations.