11 Quotes by Ron Averill

When we started the 125-pound weight class, I think we were down 24 points and Turner still had five wrestlers. The key wins were the ones when we were head-to-head with Turner. When you look at the end of the day, all the matches throughout the day worked into the final outcome. I take that, and I appreciate that, but the way the team played for the championship was really good.

Having those three guys in the finals is going to nail our name to the wall pretty well.

We have to be excited about the opportunities we have tomorrow. We have a lot of guys who are looking at winning matches on the back side and that's really what is going to determine the team championship. It's on the shoulders of the guys on the back side.

I'm hoping they can stay focused and relax at the same time. The sad thing would be to go down there and have all kinds of success and not have any fun with it. I want this to be something the kids can remember and tell their grandkids about.

There's no way we can be disappointed with the way the guys have competed. We've had some matches that didn't really go our way and we would have liked to have won a few others. But the reality is we had an awesome day.

They've been working a long and hard season to make sure that we had that ability to be where we were at. When it comes down to that day, you just have to step up and make it happen.

The result as a team is going to come off the individual performances. Over the years I've seen a lot of guys not perform to their potential because they let the nerves get to the them. The challenge for us is to have that balance of being excited about our opportunities and not take anything for granted.

It's not like we haven't been here before. It's just impressive the way the guys dominated throughout those finals matches.

That first round is huge. You've got to come out focused and going straight ahead. If we can stay focused we could come through that first round with 10 wins.