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exciting knew needed pumped ryan team win won
Ryan knew we needed something big and he pumped up the team and our fans. Ryan has won a lot of things, but that was probably, to him, the most exciting win he's had.
beat seeds teams three top upset
The Steelers had to beat the top three seeds in the AFC. We had to beat two of the top three teams and a team that upset the No. 4 seed.
change prefer three
I would prefer not to have three tournaments in December, but there was nothing I could do to change the schedule.
competition looking tough
We're looking at a pretty tough schedule. New competition is going to be a test.
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.
breath compare guys happiness happy meeting mentioned team teams
We're just happy to be in the semifinals, and we're happy to be meeting Connellsville. The 1995 team had a lot of balance, and I would compare other teams to that one. These guys can be mentioned in the same breath as that team.
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.
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.
kept proud
We kept in it and I'm so proud of these kids. It's just amazing.
against best difference dog fortunate friday jumping medicine sick win
The only difference (Saturday) was I was jumping up and down. I was sick as a dog on Friday and I was fortunate the best medicine I could have had was a win against Connellsville.
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.
hurt sick
Our 103-pounder was sick with the flu, and I didn't have a replacement. Fortunately, the forfeit didn't hurt us.
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.
against allowed gave gibson matched toss winning
Winning the toss allowed us to get Gibson matched up against Glover. What he gave us (the pin) was something we didn't expect.