It's been an interesting challenge this week. We've got some mixed emotions now in our room. We've had guys that are tired of wrestling. It's been a long season, and we're having a hard time concentrating.

I got him a good one, right on the neck. I might give him another one before the night is over, I'm sure. Kyle is a strong kid. He's big and physical. He was a JV kid last year. This was definitely the biggest win in his life.

It's going to be an extremely tough dual. On paper, they are a stronger team than we are. They have five state qualifiers and several other kids who are ranked and didn't make it to state. Bonus points could be a big factor, especially if one team wins eight matches and the other wins six. In that case, bonus points will be a big factor.

We wrestled hard with a similar intensity level as Saturday at sectionals. This has been a focus of ours all season, to win and make it to the state duals. We were hoping for a better draw. Louisiana-Muscatine was a team we faced in 2004 and, of any team we wrestled, they scored the most points against us.

We have a situation that's not good. When we have a seven-team tourney with so many byes, it's a bad situation.

It has changed a lot. They were not as abundant as they are now. I think what happened is everybody realized, if you are going to be competitive at the varsity level, you have to do what they are doing. If they have a little kids program, then we have to have one, too. It is kind of one of those survival things.