We had a sophomore-region tournament earlier. We took nine kids and we had seven champions and two second-place finishers. I think that although we don't have as many juniors this year, we will be just fine next season.

We have some guys who are ranked, but nobody expects any of them to be that guy on top of the podium at the end. But these guys are tough. I wouldn't count them out yet.

Alex Knight was a big victory for us. It was a bit of redemption for Olympus. He beat Ryan Gonzales of Payson, who was a defending champion, and two years ago Gonzales beat a guy from Olympus that was a defending champ. It felt good to kind of get a payback.

Everyone knew coming into the state tournament that those three teams were the teams that everyone was gunning for. We knew that we were basically fighting for fourth place, and we did what we set out to accomplish.

Those guys really push each other. They keep each other going day in and day out.

If their freshmen test score is in the top 10, we give those 10 kids $1,000.