They've improved a lot this season with their moves, with knowing their moves and learning the sport. The hardest part is probably learning that wrestling is a physically demanding game. It's not just a matter of getting out here and throwing people around, you know. You've got to lift weights and train, and there's a lot of endurance to it.

Either you know the moves or you don't. You just take what you know into each match.

I was really hoping to make it to Saturday, because then you know you're making it to an elite stage.

We learned a lot of things wrestling in the district meet. The kids picked up a lot about how wrestlers that are good enough to go to the state finals wrestle. Watching good teams, you learn a lot about style and aggression and what the sport is really about.