He struggled with the flu and couldn't get out from the bottom position.

I'm really proud of him. Mike just kept coming back for his team. He worked harder than anyone in the state and he's a state champion, no one can take that away from him.

I'm excited. I'm also proud of the guys who weren't able to qualify. We had a day where we beat guys we lost to earlier this year. The whole team wrestled well.

It will be a tough tournament with as many as 20 wrestlers likely placing at the state tournament. We have a tough tournament team but have battled injuries. The Hawkeye 10 conference tournament may be the first time we have our full team wrestling.

It's awesome. Luke has come through adversity with his retina and pneumonia. He's worked for this his whole life.

We went through ups and downs this season. We peaked at the right time and we are stronger for it. It has been a good learning experience for our younger guys and we want to come back here again next year.

We were pretty banged up with injuries and sickness at the Hawkeye 10 and against Creston. We needed the rest to get everyone healthy. Having wrestlers out of the line-up has affected our team mentally. We have addressed that with the team and we expect to wrestle well Saturday.

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.

We've been working hard in preparation for districts. This is when the big dogs get knocked off.

We beat them handily at the C.B. Invite with four champions and five seconds to North's two champions and one second. However, they had good wrestlers out of the line-up at 119 and 145 so I expect a battle in their gym.