Early in the semifinal round, we lost a little bit of wind. When (eventual runner-up Shawn Beard of West pinned eventual third-place finisher) Kenny Palmer in a semifinal, that took a little wind out of our sails, but we still came back to put 13 guys in the final round. I told the guys they had to be aggressive (going into the final round), and I think we might have been a little too aggressive a couple times.
The whole year has been really good. The team is relatively young, and I have a really good freshman in Quinton Ryman. He`s really charismatic, a very good kid and one of the hardest workers on the team. The whole coaching staff is pleased with him.
We`re already gearing up for freestyle wrestling. The more matches we can get in over the summer the more it`ll help us to make up ground with the OCC schools.
It was just one of those days for the Red Devils. When it comes down to crunch time, it`s about who`s most prepared. West had the same things happen to them. We just ran into a couple meat-grinders. We had probably one of the toughest districts in the state.