Darrin Cummings Quotations

We wrestled really well. Our kids never gave up. Wanting to be here is the biggest thing this time of year and our kids did a good job with that.

Getting those kinds of matches like Joe had is important, and made the day all the more worthwhile. We're not going to duck guys like Letts. You have to wrestle the best competition you can. It gets you ready for the post-season. I think Joe sees he's going to have to open it up more if he wants to beat the top guys.

Our team knew that they couldn't take this meet for granted. Every wrestler on our team brought great intensity out on the mat tonight.

Rob has not been a year-round wrestler like most of the other kids who make it out here. He is most successful when he's leading and scoring points; when he falls behind he sometimes does things out of his game plan in an effort to score more points.

I teach on that (East) side of the district and I know a lot of the East wrestlers. It isn't fun to have to compete against that team.

We were under the gun. Upper Perk is an unbelievably talented team. They have barely any weaknesses. We knew it was an uphill battle and I liked how our kids battled. It was a great experience for us.

We've been putting in freshman Josh Homer in at a couple of different weights, and he's been coming up with some big wins for us. He's really been wrestling well. He always battles hard in every match, and works hard in the room. He's done a great job for us, despite us moving him around so much.

There were a few close matches where we might have been able to pull out a win, but we just didn't match-up that well with Connellsville. Everyone wrestled tough and it's always good to see how you stack up with the top teams.

There were some tough battles, but our kids did what they needed to do. Overall, it was a very good day. We had a lot of individual guys get some tough matches in, and we came away with a tournament win.

He's really been the cornerstone of the West program since I took over the program three years ago. He's the first West 100-win guy. As good a wrestler he is, he's probably even a better person.