Vince Testa
Vince Testa
kids last match record school total tough
Two years ago, we set a school record by qualifying 11 kids for the WPIAL tournament. Last year, we had 10 qualify. That's 21 in two years. It will be very tough to match that total this year.
enjoy
This is unbelievable and so exciting. We got banged up a little bit. This is all new to us, so we're going to try to enjoy this as much as we can and keep praying.
blocking bus car days escort high offered officer police proud recognize school
A police car and an SUV were blocking the road. The police officer boarded the bus and said to the team, 'It's days like this that make me proud to be a police officer in Trafford.' He then offered a police escort to the high school to recognize what we had accomplished.
committee extremely great hard proud proved worked
Hopefully, this proved to the committee we should have been seeded No. 4. I'm proud of these guys. They've worked extremely hard in the room, and they've been underestimated by a lot of people. I feel great for them.
hurt sick
Our 103-pounder was sick with the flu, and I didn't have a replacement. Fortunately, the forfeit didn't hurt us.
anybody middle tight win won
Chris' win was huge. Anybody could have won this match. I thought we got a little tight in the middle weights.
chance eight excellent legitimate looked north seven teams tough
I looked at this year's pairings and there are at least seven or eight teams that have legitimate chance at winning. North Allegheny has an excellent team, and they'll be tough to beat.
couple gets injuries starter weight worried
I'm worried about injuries because we don't have much depth. In fact, we don't have a replacement in a couple of weight classes, so if a starter gets injured, we may have to forfeit.
dreamed icing record state team tournament wins
I never dreamed we would get this far. So any wins we record in the state team tournament will be icing on the cake.
among area eastern great kids performance pleased three top
It was great to be back at the Eastern Area tournament. I was very pleased with our performance. We had all but three kids place among the top six.
committee considers individual
I don't think the committee considers the individual tournaments when it comes to seeding.
believed bonus critical defeat giving good job nice points proud
I'm really proud of this team. We had some real good practices, and they believed they could win. Everyone did their part even in defeat by not giving up bonus points. We also did a nice job getting bonus points at critical times.
expect finish hopefully kept kids stuck telling
I kept telling these kids to expect to win. We stuck with it and we kept believing. Hopefully we can finish it off.
beat expected knew large match north tough
I knew North Allegheny would be a tough match, because we don't match up very well with them. I never expected to beat Trinity by such a large margin.