Andrew was a lot better on his feet and he was taking good shots, but he was not finishing his takedowns and it cost him. Once the guy was on top, he was just wearing Andrew down.
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The kid he lost to won the tournament. He wrestled well against a good kid and lost. He almost had four or five takedowns, but he was too close to the edge and the kid was smart enough to get out-of-bounds.
We just want the kids to attack. We'll count up the takedowns at the end of the year. We want them to be aggressive, to not shut down for six minutes. We want them going for major decisions instead of regular decisions, tech falls instead of majors, falls instead of tech falls. We want them getting team points, to buy into the team concept, and they're starting to believe in it.
Hamilton wrestled a smart match and really stayed on the offensive. He really took it to J.C. and got the takedowns when he needed. J.C. is always in the match so it was competitive throughout. Hopefully that's the last time we see J.C. this year.
Luke is extremely hard to score on. He's got good solid takedowns, he's solid on top and he's very hard to take down.
Bernie had some good takedowns and scored quite a few points with his tilts.