Vince Testa
Vince Testa
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.
competition looking tough
We're looking at a pretty tough schedule. New competition is going to be a test.
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.
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.
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.
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.
crowd everybody great invited school title trophy watch
I invited everybody to come into the school to watch us place the championship trophy in our trophy case. It was great to have such a big crowd at the title match.
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.
almost anytime both forward looking programs proven section teams throw wrestle
We are two proven programs going at it for the section lead. Both teams are looking forward to this match. Anytime we wrestle Latrobe, you can throw out the records, because almost anything can happen.
bonus came coaches match split time worked
We had to get a split there. The coaches and I worked things out before the match and every time it came out 7-7 in matches. We just got enough bonus points.
given minor sat team
Brock sat out with a minor injury. Having him in the lineup would have given us at least 20 more team points.
foot soldiers stronger team tournament work
We are a stronger dual-meet team than a tournament team. We don't have a lot of big guns. What we have is a lot of foot soldiers that work very hard.