Sixth place is a bit of a letdown, but it was a very competitive weight class. I'm not taking anything away from the other wrestlers, but I could have done better if I hadn't been injured.

Alex finished the year at 15-14 in a very tough weight class. Things didn't go exactly the way we wanted today but Alex had a very respectable year and should do even better next year.

Tony was competing in a good weight class. It was great for him to dominate like that in the final.

He's a strong kid. He's probably one of the strongest in his weight class. He can get off his back better than anyone we've ever had here.

You have to do good in every weight class. We have to save points, and we didn't do that.

Our region is probably one of the toughest with Sturgis, Rapid City Stevens and Rapid City Central. Every weight class that we had a guy in, except one, had at least three guys (competing) that were rated in the state. Some of them had four.