I've been following wrestling for a lot of years and I just want to say that Valley Center's wrestling program is one of the best around. Their coaches can make a great wrestler from scratch. They've never had to rely on "move-ins" to stack their team. They teach team concept and loyalty and it showed last night. Their entire team was into each and every match, cheering for their teammates and showing their unity. I saw some individuals on Goddard's team that wrestled and then went into the crowd to chat with buddies. And what is up with one of the daddy's coaching over Jilka's shoulder? Was that their 112-pounder's dad? Come on, Jilka. And what about the quote in the Wichita paper about having 5 wrestlers out? I counted 2. Making excuses before the loss.......just in case? Jilka you got class, but you need to get rid of your 4th coach. I was a little surprised at how out of shape a couple of Goddard's wrestlers were, too. Their HW was gasping by the end of the 1st period. What a great dual! Good luck to both teams at State.
