24 Quotes by Russ Witzig

Brandon is having an outstanding season. He just goes out there every match and attacks his opponent.

It would have been very tough to take Edwardsville down anyway. They are so strong we would have struggled winning the regional with Zach. But since we don't have him, I don't see any way we can win it. We're just going to focus on getting as many guys into the sectional as we can.

Ryan just wrestled five really physical matches and was able to get ahead and get some big wins. He got some big pins against tough guys and got us some extra points. I thought that the dual with Mascoutah and CM would come down to pins and I think it did.

It's a rivalry for us because we hang out a lot. It doesn't mean as much for the kids as it does to us.

It's a win. We got two wins tonight and that's what we came for. Now we have to get ready Friday night for three more.

Edwardsville is head and shoulders above the rest of us. But after that, I think the field is balanced with us, Alton and CM. We all have really good guys in the lineup.

It was a good win. They have some good kids, Wood River is back at double-A now and they are struggling with their enrollment a little bit. But they have some very good wrestlers in that lineup and they all came out and wrestled hard against us and didn't give us anything.

I'm not real happy with it. We had a bad day yesterday with a couple kids I thought would get through not getting through. I really thought we could be a top-five team.

I'm really proud of Andy's efforts to finish third. He finished behind two of the top ranked guys in the state and he's giving up 50 pounds to just about everyone he wrestles because he's only 203 pounds.