We’re proud of that. I thought we needed to get 11 guys through to win the regional, and we had a chance to get all 14 through, but I’m very pleased getting 13 guys through...

We have a good shot at that, I think. We have to get through some tough teams up there. It’s our first one in a long time because we have always run into some tough...

He was a non-seeded regional kid and makes it all the way to the third-place match. He’s a perfect example of how these kids have battled this year.

Sean is not happy with himself right now. He thought he made some mistakes to lose that one, but he gets to go to sectionals and I’m sure he will get another chance at Ian...

We’ll enjoy it for a couple of hours. But it’s right back to practicing in the morning.

I didn’t know what to expect from him. But for him to tech fall is a credit to the kind of athlete he is.

It was a good effort. I thought we got banged around a little bit at some classes in the early rounds, but kids rebounded well and had good tournaments.

It’s a big honor for me and the kids. It should be a lot of fun.

The kids really competed their tail ends off. Our goal was to bring home some hardware, and that’s what we did. We came up a little short of winning it, but that doesn’t take anything...

I thought Morris had a heck of a tournament. He beat some good kids to win this thing and looked really good.

I’m really proud of Daryl. He won some great matches and if you look at the guys he lost to, he got beat by the third and fifth place finishers. So he’s losing good matches...

That was a great match. Adam scored late to tie it up, but lost on a last second reversal. Adam wrestled well, it was just one of those things.

I had the head referee come over after the match and say the wrong call was made, but it didn’t do Matt any good. Our kid has his hand raised as the winner and it’s...

He stepped in and really wrestled well. I think that’s a perfect example of our depth this season. We’ve had our share of injuries this season, but guys have stepped up and performed whenever they...

We need to have 11, 12 guys, at least, get through to the sectionals. Ideally, we’d get all 14 of them through and I think we can do that if we all do what we...

We had a really good day today. The 10 kids that we had advance came in and really banged. It was a team effort. We feel real good about it. The kids are sore and...

The kids all wrestled hard all day long. We had some tough matches that we won, some we lost and some bad breaks along the way. But I’m proud of what we did up here...

We knew we would have tough some matches in the finals. But I thought that the kids wrestled hard. Then we won three third-place matches as well, so overall it was a good tournament for...

We control our own destiny in the conference, and that’s all you can ask. But it’s not going to be easy. East St. Louis has some very good wrestlers. They may not have the depth...

Looking back on the sectional tournament, getting eight guys through was a good day. Now we are going to state with the mindset that just getting there is not enough, we want medals.

We had five guys in championship matches and that’s the most we’ve ever had. You have to be happy with that.

Chris had a great year and it ended here with another win.

It’s would be real tough to catch Oak Park. But tomorrow’s another day. It’s kind of a day for individuals. We still want to finish as high as possible as a team, but it’s more...

We’re banged up after the individual state tournament.. But these kids have been resilient all year long and we’ve battled through a lot this season.

That just killed Matt’s momentum. Picture yourself thinking you won a match and then having it taken from you, he didn’t recover from that and it cost him.

We’re going up there and taking it one match at a time. Right now, we’re just celebrating our first sectional.

Adam was winning by one late, but he was called for stalling to tie the match. It was kind of a tough call right there. Then their guy escapes in overtime to get the win....

It’s a big jump from sectionals to state. There are a lot of tough wrestlers up in the Chicago area. We’re going to go up there and battle and see what we can come back...

They (St. Rita) are a very good team. There’s no doubt about that. We got off to a rocky start against them. But to our kids’ credit, they fought back. They gave it everything they...

The kid Sean wrestled, I think is ranked third or fourth in Missouri, so he’s a quality wrestler. Sometimes you have to win the close ones, and Sean did that tonight.

We’ve had a good start and we’re wrestling well right now. But there is still a long way to go.

It’s been a long time that we’ve waited for this chance. We have had good teams in the past, and we just could not get past Granite. Hopefully we have one more good weekend in...

That was a tough match. It was tough, both guys battled hard, Sean should be proud, but he’s not. He’s a competitor and he hates to lose. There’s nothing I can say to him tonight,...

I thought Chris looked very impressive. He really goes after people, doesn’t he?

We knew we were going to have a tough time in the championships. Not to say we were underdogs, but we knew we were up against some kids who had beaten us before. I thought...

You can’t ask for much more than that.

A.J. wrestled really well against a kid who placed in the state. It was a good win for him.

They have been in our regional a lot and we have not been able to get past them. This time, we won’t see them until the sectional.

Daryl had a real tough road today. But he beat a tough kid from Mascoutah and came back and wrestled real well in the next match.

We had a great day. A.J. came back strong after losing yesterday. When Sean puts his mind to it and competes, he’s capable of beating anyone.

Morris is the same way. He got a kid that finished very high in the state and had a great season and he stepped up .

We kind of took it on the chin for a few years. But this is two in a row now and I think it shows a change in the quality of wrestlers in Metro-East has...

We’re going to get after it in practice and then be ready to go on Tuesday night. We’re going to take a look at our injuries and see who can and can’t go, and then...

He had a protective brace on his wrist, and that really didn’t allow him to use that hand at all. He’s the best guy we have at that weight and we wanted to give him...

It’s real nice to see Morris get through. He’s had some ups and downs this season. He’s a determined kid and it showed with that last win.