Due to the numbers we have everybody practicing together and look to have a city school wrestling club. It seems to have worked out with everybody having a great meet in Port Alberni.

I have been talking with numerous coaches and we have been brainstorming numerous ideas to build up local school and community wrestling. We had a great season, and I am already looking forward to next year.

This tournament was an eye opener for our group. Two of our athletes placed in the top six, but all of our athletes got to see first hand what that next level in wrestling looks like.

Max is an anomaly in that this is only his second year wrestling in high school and he's improved by leaps and bounds. His learning curve has been very sharp, and he's become someone who we count on to win for us. He's a wrestler that not too many people know about, so we're hoping he will continue to surprise his opponents in the future.

It was another great high school wrestling match. If you can't get excited about what happened on Saturday and tonight, you can't get excited.

I saw right away that high-school wrestling was a lot more intense. The matches are longer and there is a lot more conditioning needed because you're going against wrestlers that are a lot more experienced. It took a little time to adjust to that.