It's a shame it happened. It was out of frustration more than anything. Fortunately, no one panicked after we gave up those extra points. And Donnie did a phenomenal job to get it back.
I was most impressed with how dominant we were. My kids gave up only four points all night and two came on escapes where we let them up. We're battle tested, rested and healthy.
We had 12 kids advance to the section finals last year. Our hope this year is to have at least 11 or 12 make it to the finals.
They wrestled well. Donnie and Lee have been here so many times, and I think that has a lot of bearing on it.
You can see it's hurting him on his feet a little bit.
That's what I told the team after the team tournament. We're far from finished. We have enough good individuals that are capable of getting back to Hershey, winning matches and placing. I believe it's going to be us and Reynolds fighting it out again.
He's a very dedicated kid. Most impressive is, whether Donnie wins or loses, he's cheering on the other kids from the bench and that takes class.
We don't care who we wrestle. This is a together squad and I told them to relax and have fun. They've worked hard to put themselves in this position.
To be honest with you, we were hoping to have nine to the semifinals. I thought they all wrestled good. Some of the guys just didn't finish.
I'm satisfied. This is great competition, and we had a lot of wrestlers do well. I'm really proud of Stefan. He's 182 pounds and he did a great job.