I think the proof is in the pudding. The Valley produces state championship contenders every year. Some people might not think that the Valley is that tough, but no one has proven otherwise.

I'm sure we've both thought of that, but we can't look ahead. We've lost to Rapids in the semifinals the past two years. If we meet them this year it will be for some hardware and that would be great.

We put ourselves in a position to win a title and we wrestled great and so did Rapids. I believe the two best teams met in the finals and the fans got to see a great match.

Do we think about Rapids? Yeah. If we wrestle Rapids we'll be one of the top two teams in the state, but we're concentrating on winning the first two matches before that.

I hope the fans were happy. This is what high school wrestling is all about. It's not as good for the coaches because these will take years off your life.

Somebody needs to be ultimately responsible for the hiring and firing of the staff. It would not be appropriate, in my view anyway, to have an employee, a Senate employee, who's not ultimately held accountable by an elected official.