It is a priority, but we have to take the circumstances into consideration and set goals that are realistic. It’s like saying I’m going to run the 100-yard dash in five seconds — it’s not...

Felipe is having a good year. He had a little trouble the last couple of weeks, but he’s coming back.

Dong is a great kid and Caleb is a great kid, too. We were hoping it would be a good match. Obviously wrestling someone that good that well is going to boost your confidence and...

It’s more of an individual thing. You have to hope that the guys who are going to have tough matches come out and end up winning those matches.

For him to get on the podium is really significant. But they all have to realize there are no givens. You still have to keep working. You can’t assume just because you do it as...

Hopefully, our guys are looking forward to it. Our philosophy is to set our goals high and try to (advance to state). This is what starts it all off. This will be a good test...

I think there’s a misconception that kids cut too much weight, and hopefully this will put that in check. I don’t think it happens as much now as in the olden days.

Best-case scenario, we’re hoping to get six kids through.

(The sports psychologist) told us to know what our goals are and keep them in focus. It was time to reset our goals because of what happened.

Caleb has the talent and could get out with a great tournament. He just has to believe in himself and think he can win the big matches.

At this point, so much of it is luck, having a good match at the right time, being healthy, getting the breaks … everything. You’ve also got to get that call. If you get that...

Everybody we’re sending has a shot of getting out. We just need some luck and good calls.

It’s a great thing to have good wrestlers that don’t have grade problems because that’s one less hassle you have to deal with as a coach. Kids with bad grades are a hassle for a...

I think he can win those matches, but if he has a bad day may not make it out. However it shakes out, one of the best 103-pounders will be sitting at home for state.

I think this proved we can be competitive with what we’ve got.

We’ve been working on being positive and after he lost to Rigel, he realized it was close enough that he could beat him.

That proved to me that he had drive. Most kids would have milked that for a couple of weeks.

Individually, some didn’t perform as well as we wanted, but we met our team goals. They were just attained by different personnel.

There are some mistakes that we’re making constantly that we need to improve on. On our feet we’re hanging our heads a little bit too much.

I thought we did a pretty good job against Westland. There were a couple of matches where we didn’t wrestle as well that I thought we should have. In a close match like that it...

It’s predetermined where everyone is going based the district you’re coming out of. So I guess you could say there are some Las Vegas odds involved.

There will be some tough weight classes. There will be some great matches all the way through this tournament. Our goals are going to be based more on individual because of the team we have....