I think we have a number of guys that can go after a West Region title.

I think we can have two going at some weights.

Rankings don't mean anything to me, but it was fuel for the fire for our guys and I hope they go in with a chip on their shoulder, because I know we're talented enough to win the whole thing. However, you have to earn respect, it's not given to you, so we have to go earn it.

The pins killed us. When we're in those matches and go to being pinned ... that killed (us).

We had a couple of rough days (against Sidney, Bismarck) and it was nice to heal the wound a little bit. Traditionally Parent's Night gives us a little more because guys know it's their last home dual and you always remember that last match and your final match of your season.

I talked it over with my parents (Wendy and Chris), my coach (Southern Connecticut's Tim Quill of Wolcott) and made the decision to leave college for the second time and drive to Ann Arbor. I had no money, just my 130,000-mile Chevy Cavalier. I put a suitcase full of clothes and my electric guitar in the trunk, gassed it up and took off.