Vince Testa
Vince Testa
competition looking tough
We're looking at a pretty tough schedule. New competition is going to be a test.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
becoming cloud history incredible kids qualify realize school team title trying win
I've been trying to get the kids to come down from Cloud 9 and get them back down to reality. We've had an incredible run, becoming the first team in school history to win a WPIAL title and qualify for the PIAA tournament, but the kids have to realize it doesn't get any easier.
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.
entire knows open pressure realized ryan
Ryan had a little more pressure on him this year. He wrestled a little tentatively and didn't open up the entire tournament. He realized that. He knows if he doesn't open up at states, he won't place.
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.
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.
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.
change prefer three
I would prefer not to have three tournaments in December, but there was nothing I could do to change the schedule.
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.