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At the beginning of the season, everybody wants to be able to wrestle down at Madison in February. It feels real good to do that (for the first time) in my senior year.

The time away (from wrestling) was good. I missed it. It gave me a lot of time to think. I'm glad I'm still able to wrestle even though I've had a lot of injuries. The feeling of going to the ring and that adrenaline rush is what I like most.

I've never had a kid who will match John's work ethic. He would wrestle live every day if I let him. He truly loves to wrestle.

The tradition there goes back a long time. It will be a good environment for our guys to wrestle in. It will be Big Ten wrestling at its best.

The toy industry continues to wrestle with the new digital reality of kids' lives. Kids aren't really 'getting older younger,' they're just playing differently than they have in the past. However, despite this shift, it's important to note that toys continue to be one of the top choices for kids when choosing leisure time activities.

You can't discount any of the teams, because it's such a tough (area). It's all about who's going to show up, wrestle best, who's healthy and the top two teams will come out of there and they'll represent our (area) in the state.

While the struggle was happening, the second security guard came in after firing on the subject. A third bystander also joined in trying to wrestle him to the ground. And while they were in that position on the ground, the subject stabbed the (second) security guard, who fired on him three times.

We were flat and we weren't aggressive. We didn't wrestle to our capabilities.

We need to get a bunch of guys to go in there and wrestle like they're capable of wrestling. We need to stay away from major upsets.

We need to get bonus points where we can and wrestle well in other matches. We'll juggle the lineup if necessary to advance to the semifinals.

As tragic as this is, I'm proud ... of my six guys that wrestled this weekend, because they were able to overcome this awful tragedy and wrestle the way I think Caleb would have wanted us to wrestle. To have the guts and the courage to move on is astounding.

When you don't know David, he can be tough to wrestle against. But there are a lot of tough kids in that weight.

We will have to wrestle tough. We have to win some key matches.

We want to wrestle as well as we possibly can. If we do that, we'll get some kids qualified.

We want to wrestle well at their place and shut them down in their own gym. We'll use that as a motivator. But it's easier to be at home.

When I wrestle someone at 103, they're not as strong as what I'm used to because I wrestle my brother so much.

These are the guys that make a difference when we're making our run for the CCS title. These guys are the intangibles who are starting to really wrestle at the caliber we want and I'm really pleased with that.

You find out a lot about your team when you wrestle eight times in two days. Considering the caliber of competition, I'm happy with how we did.

This speaks volumes about these kids. I think the boys believe ... well, what was (Brian Brakeman's) quote: 'It is time to see whether (Reynoldsburg) can wrestle with the big boys.' I think we've shown that we can.

We'll have to wrestle a smart match. He (Samuels) knows that.

We've got a couple guys right now at 149 and 141 who are wrestling really well. But we've had a couple guys banged up and a few others who regressed a little during the season. We've been fixing things this week and getting everyone prepared for the Big Tens. This has been our goal all season, and we feel that if we wrestle like we should that we could win.

Tonight I don't know what he was. I haven't seen Kyle wrestle like that in two years. Hopefully, we can flush that out before Saturday.

We've got a lot of goals. One is to win a team state championship. In order to do that, we've still got to wrestle tomorrow, regardless of what the score is. If we were to lose everything and someone was to win everything, they could still catch us, so ... plus we have a lot of guys who have the goal of being a state champion.

We had a good day today. We had a bad quarterfinal round (Friday night). We dropped a lot of close matches we should have won, but to have 10 guys in the wrestle backs for two straight days, that really is a tribute to their character.

We wanted to come out here and wrestle hard because it's Murphy-Carbondale and our kids want to win. I know that both sides want to win and both sides came out and wrestled hard. You can't even make predictions in this meet because anything can happen from one meet to the next - but hey, it's Murphy-Carbondale.

We had a really good tournament and we had guys wrestle hard. New Milford also had a great tournament. This says a lot for wrestling in our two little towns.

Everything that we do throughout the whole season - the number of matches we wrestle and the competition we wrestle - is in preparation for this.

To take away games, you really, really need to examine the specifics and wrestle with it. This is a really big deal. It's something that none of us should take lightly.

To begin with, I had to take my faith and my beliefs and set them aside, so I could take an objective approach. I wanted to know why I believed the things I had been told. Through the whole process, it strengthened me. I feel I am more of a believer now than I ever was. There are some skeptics' views that really make a lot of sense. I really had to wrestle with them. Scripture comes to life now in a way it never had.

To be honest, we didn't wrestle very well. We had some opportunities to get some more wins and didn't pull it off. We made some mistakes we shouldn't be making this time of year.

We'd hope so, a little of that intimidating factor. We go down to Reno and wrestle in tournaments and see a lot of different people from throughout the country, and they know of Keegan.

Adam wrestles with a lot of heart. When you're wrestling guys that are 30 or 40 pounds heavier than you, you have to wrestle with heart.

Realistically, we would like to get 10 kids out to district. Is this feasible? I think so, if they all wrestle to their potential. Anything less than eight district qualifiers would be a disappointment.

The older I get, the smaller the ones I wrestle with. I used to go at it with three at a time, I can't do that and come to work the next day anymore.

The thing we can't do is give up pins. That's the one thing we cannot do. I don't care if you go out there, wrestle your hardest and lose, but that is the one thing that we cannot do.

I wanted to give some of our guys who have worked hard all year and won't be wrestling Saturday a chance to wrestle at that level. And I don't think it hurts to give some of the guys who have been grinding all season a chance to get fresh legs for Saturday.

Again, that's something that the public has to wrestle with.

Every time I wrestle him I have a hard time with him. He constantly moves in and out. With a lot of people I can set up my ties, and with him, he stays away, so it makes the match a little bit more interesting.

We had some real tough draws. We knew that going into it. We tried to wrestle as well as we could.

Ryan came out on a mission. I thought he wrestled a little flat at sectional, and obviously this week he didn't wrestle flat. He had something to prove.

Actually I'm doing it because it helps promote my book. I work Monday through Friday... I don't need to go wrestle definitely, but it does help promote my book and it gets me out there to an audience that cannot be denied. Plus I found that I love it. Now I did something wrong, you see all my caps and gowns, I'd given away to charity. All my trunks, I've given away to charity. I have no boots. I had decided that I'd already wrestled my last match. I have to admit, I'd like to apologize to anybody who saw me in January, that I did wrestle but I was not properly supported.

Some say he's the best in the country. I just want to go out and wrestle the best and see what I can do against him.

Definitely, it's always an advantage to wrestle at home.

A man had entered her apartment, went into her bedroom while she was asleep (and) sexually assaulted her. She was able to wrestle away form the guy and get out of the apartment to get somebody's help.

Although we went 2-2 we still wrestled fairly well. We played around with our lineup a little to see how we would do in certain weight classes and to get some younger kids mat time as they did not wrestle jayvees there.

A lot of other kids in the past have paved the way. I always try to help others wrestle their best. You especially want to help and encourage the younger kids. You want them to keep up the program after you are gone.

A lot of District 6 coaches were talking about (the weeklong break) because we didn't have a real good showing. We looked a little bit flat. Trevor and Eric didn't really wrestle as well as they could have. Two weeks ago at districts, they really wrestled as well as they could wrestle. Today, it looked like they weren't quite at that level. It might have affected us a little bit. I'm not sure. It's hard to say.

They've been using different kids. We don't know much about Brown, but we have to wrestle with just as much intensity as we would in a meet where we knew our opponent.

Putting 12 in the finals is almost more than you can ask for. I was proud of our five champions, but you always want more. We lost a few matches to better wrestlers and a few we just didn't wrestle well in.

Televised local pro wrestling. It is one thing to watch several WWE rejects wrestle each other but the best part is watching all of Steve Reed's neighbors from the mobile home park that show up for these events.

Our expectations were higher than what happened here. We weren't up to snuff today but it has been a good season. Columbus Junction has a good team but I felt like we did not show the desire to wrestle to our ability.

Tecumseh is beatable. We just have to come out and wrestle well. We've never had a state-qualifying team before, and this is the best chance we have.

Our shape is good and we're going to wrestle hard. It's great to have the tournament (at home).

Ever since I was 4 years old, I've wanted the chance to wrestle on that 3-foot high stage for the state championship. Now I finally have that chance. It's a dream come true for me, and I can't wait to be out there.

Eric is on a roll. He's wrestling as well as I've seen him wrestle in high school, and it's happening at the right time.

This tournament is a great chance to see some of the teams in our league we haven't seen yet. A lot of people haven't seen Fortuna wrestle this year. They haven't participated with hardly any of the league schools and they've been competing well.

This was a lot of fun. I wanted to wrestle well for the fans, and just because that's the way I am. But it was a lot of fun. There wasn't any pressure, it really didn't matter what happened, it was all about having fun.

This should be a good thing for him going into state. He'll be confident and he knows he can wrestle with the big boys in the state.

The White House is trying to wrestle back control of the agenda. He's got to proactively make news rather than just react,

The week before league he asked if he could wrestle at 173 pounds and go varsity, and here he is going to the section tournament now. He's wrestling light. He only weighed in at 166, 167 ... but he looked awesome today.

I know Zach has been coughing, but the thing is, you've got to wrestle the way you are. Nobody cares about excuses this time of year. You just have to get it done, and I don't think Zach let that bring him down. He was ready for that match.

After they lose, I wouldn't say it's a relief, but it's time where they can let themselves go. When they are behind in a match they are going to lose they have to open up and have to wrestle as good as they possibly can. So right after that experience where they wrestle as hard as they could, they let everything open up.

I'm sure he won't be seeded any higher than fourth. Even though he's a three-time section champion, that doesn't matter. It's about what he did this year and he just didn't get to wrestle that much.

I knew exactly what we needed that last match (four or more points). I don't want to put this on Scotty because he wrestled well. We just didn't wrestle very well as a team tonight.

I knew I had to take better shots. I was wrestling real poorly the first time (I faced him) so I knew I had to wrestle a lot better -- and I did.

I knew they were a very tough team. We knew we would have to wrestle well to even be in the match.

I'm confident in my wrestlers, but we have a tough mountain to climb. To get to the finals we have to beat guys from Hofstra, Rider, Drexel and Old Dominion. It won't be easy, but how we wrestle that day will determine everything.

I'm confident when I wrestle guys a second or third time. I get better when that happens because I know what they're strong at. I knew Jimmy was real good on his feet, so I was more prepared for that.

I'm happy we're state champs. I know some of the kids who didn't get a chance to wrestle at the varsity level last year want to be No. 1 in the state -- but being a state champ is just as good.

I guess he knew how I wrestle or something, because he just took me out of the way I wrestle. Every time I tried to set something up, he went for a collar tie-up, and he was just so strong.

If I wrestle in college it will be as a heavyweight and I'll have to bulk up a whole lot more. In a way, it sucks, but it wouldn't bother me. I'll be able to chow down instead of cutting weight constantly. I've weighed as much as 250 pounds and that's when I maxed out on the bench press at 485 pounds. So I guess being at heavyweight would be all right.

I?m just not very pleased. Yeah, we won 55-15, but they gave up a lot of forfeits. We were lackadaisical and empty and we can?t wrestle like that to win.

I'm just glad this day is over. This is almost like a wakeup call. I had never been put on my back all season long until (yesterday). I know I can wrestle a lot better than I did, and I'm going to go out there (today) and wrestle the way I know how.

I'm pretty disappointed, along with the rest of the team. We had our chances and we just didn't make the most of them. We just didn't wrestle well today. Sometimes when it rains, it pours, and that's exactly what happened today.

I knew I was going to wrestle Collin in the finals. Collin is real good. We've butted heads in the practice room at camps . . . I have to wrestle the match of my life.

I'm real proud of the fact all three of our seniors were able to wrestle in the district. I think they raised the bar from where it was and where we want to go. Hopefully, we'll have this many moving on to state next year.

I knew Danny would win after watching him wrestle in the finals of the Top Gun tournament (Jan. 13-14 at Alliance, Ohio). Danny lost, 3-2, to a kid who also won at the Ironman tournament. That kid was dominating everybody until he wrestled Danny.

I just went out and did what my coach told me to do -- wrestle the entire match. I knew I had him about the second or third time he tried shooting and he didn't even get my legs.

I had to take a long road. After my quarterfinal loss, I had to wrestle a lot.

I loved it right away. It was great to finally wrestle kids my own size and age after getting pounded by my brothers.

In order to wrestle him (Allen) again, I have to win each match. I need to take it one match at a time.

In the early matches we didn't have the intensity that we needed. They beat us at a few weights I thought we could win, but we didn't wrestle well. You have to credit Rapids, they got the job done.

In some ways that would have been nice. But I love the guys I wrestle with and I love the coaches. They work me hard.

If you don't wrestle a weight class, those are points you're giving away. This year, they'll start at 130 (class), and wrap around. They used to start at 103, but they changed the rule a couple of years ago to add excitement.

If you allow those who are the most vocal and most antagonistic to get a meeting with the president for fear that publicity will hurt you if you don't, you're creating incentives for your critics to become even more antagonistic and more vocal. Then, you're forever stuck in: Will you or won't you meet? You'll no longer lead. You'll just wrestle with meetings.

If you have a three or four guys go deep, you can win the State Open. You've got to get everybody to wrestle well and get your team points. That's what we're going to try to do.

I hope we wrestle them again. It's good, but it's also bad. These kids worked so hard to get the No. 1 ranking, and they kind of just gave it away. We tried to warn them that High Point was a great team and ready to take it to us.

I just beat the 12th ranked kid in the state. I watched Hoffman wrestle at Top Gun and Brecksville and I thought I could beat him if I wrestled to my ability. I haven't looked at the district bracket yet, but I am hoping to go to state.

I'm excited. Just the improvement these guys have made has been great. Hopefully we'll have two state champions. The kids that I have always step up. If they wrestle like they know how, we should be OK.

I'm feeling good, and hope to make it to the finals. The key for me is to wrestle smart and not make any mistakes.

I just wrestle my style and not worry about what my opponent might do. I don't tie up - I have to wrestle with quickness because I'm small for my weight class.

I knew after watching Dane wrestle a couple times last year that he's got the whole package. He's very talented and has been wrestling for a long time.

I'm going to come out like an animal. If I don't step up and wrestle better than I ever had, that's it. But I'm going to place, I know I will.

Switzer got us off to a good start. We're always telling our kids they have to wrestle the full six minutes, especially at the district duals where everyone is out to win.

Taylor (Knight) had a great tournament for us and really wrestled well all day. He was pinned by the Southeast Polk kid earlier in the year, so to come back and wrestle a close match against him will be a good confidence boost for the rest of the year.

Everyone has been stepping it up in practice, so we're ready. I can't wait to wrestle at league.

Anytime you can wrestle a team that's ranked that high nationally it's a nice opportunity.

Arundel came to wrestle and we didn't. Kids who won the first time didn't win tonight. That shouldn't never happen.

I try to lead by example. I try to tell everyone to wrestle as hard as you can and to approach every match the same. Whether it's win No. 1 or win No. 102, you have to approach it the same way.

Once in a great while you'll come across a male who says, ?I will not wrestle a female'. They'll forfeit the match before they'll wrestle a girl. But that doesn't happen very often with her. We respect that. We'll say, ?OK'.