No one has more heart than Nick. When other guys get pinned, we need others to pick up the slack, and Nick did that tonight.

Dan just mauled him. He didn't even think about scoring a point against Danny.

Wow. What an unbelievable feeling. We've been pushing the program up the past few years, and tonight we took it to a whole new level. Getting to state is a huge boost for the program and there are so many people responsible, starting with the kids on the mat.

If we don't get pinned and get our pins, we can beat anybody.

We had a bad seeding meeting and we didn't get help from coaches in our conference. At the end of the day, I wanted them to see why I asked for the seeds I did.

We used that as a lot of motivation. I guess we're not going to get help if we're seen as the team to beat.