Ricky Shook Guys Quotations

Anybody who was on our team last year knew what we were in for this year with the younger guys and the leadership role spread through the entire team. Our captains, everybody just watches them and knows what to expect.

The State Open, the way it's bracketed, you just never know where you're going to end up. If you have three good guys that go to the finals you're going to score a lot of points. Some teams this year have that available to them, teams like Windham or Ledyard or even a team like Griswold probably.

We're just striving to get guys through this week. I'm hoping to get between four and eight guys through. If we get eight, that would be great. If we get four, it's going to be a struggle. We usually end up right in the middle of what I think, so we'll probably get five or six.

We had a really good tournament and we had guys wrestle hard. New Milford also had a great tournament. This says a lot for wrestling in our two little towns.

If you have a three or four guys go deep, you can win the State Open. You've got to get everybody to wrestle well and get your team points. That's what we're going to try to do.